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The Department of Health in the southern province of Tay Ninh registered 3,004 Covid patients whose samples had been taken for testing in the previous days to the national database, making it the locality with the highest infection tally on Saturday, 3,676 cases. The province is followed by its neighbor Ho Chi Minh City with 1,773 cases. The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho had the third highest number of infections of the day with 954, followed by industrial hub Binh Duong with 716. Vietnam recorded 148 deaths on Saturday, pushing the Covid-19 death toll in the country to 24,692 or 2.1 percent of infections. 1,668 Covid patients were declared free of coronavirus the same day, bringing the number of recovered cases so far to 956,924. As of Saturday, 48.4 million of Vietnam's 96 million population have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19. In the fourth wave which hit Vietnam almost seven months ago, more than 1.19 million people have been infected. …

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Demand for industrial, logistics estates at core of enquiries next year: Savills Demand for industrial and logistics estates in addition to ready-built factories and warehouses will continue to be the core of enquiries next year, according to an expert from property consultancy Savills Vietnam. “However, in terms of new trends, data centres and cold storage facilities are in demand and have gained traction in 2020 and 2021,” John Campbell, manager of Industrial Services at Savills Vietnam told the Vietnam Investment Review. “Next year, we expect this to continue, as Vietnam is now on the radar for hyperscale facilities.” Low-value industries are beginning to set up elsewhere in Southeast Asia as Vietnam no longer offers the same incentives, he said, adding that these industries such as textiles and furniture struggle to source affordable labour and land in Vietnam. However, foreign and high value-added investors remain bullish on Vietnam’s long-term growth, …

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During the working session, Ngoc highly valued the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on legal and judicial cooperation (MOU) in 2018 between the Vietnamese Ministry of Justice and the Swiss Federal Department of Justice and Police (FDJP), and thanked the FDJP for its practical implementation of this MoU. He said that apart from international justice, the two ministries should expand cooperation to other areas within their functions and tasks such as civil status, nationality, international adoption, especially Switzerland's acceptance of Vietnam's accession to the Hague Convention on Taking of Evidence. Ngoc suggested the Swiss side continue to support Vietnam in studying the experience of joining and implementing the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; implementing the U.N. Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards 1958, and experience in formulating and implementing international judicial laws, …

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Increased awareness The Hanoi Urban Environment Limited Company (URENCO) is cooperating with related departments and sectors to continue implementing a program to recover recyclable waste and batteries, and has received positive support from the public. The program aims to raise awareness and prompt action on waste classification at the source, recycling and reuse of waste, minimizing impacts on the environment and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. According to Nguyen Cong Thinh, Deputy Director of the Science Technology and Environment Department under the Ministry of Construction, waste has long become a top concern not only in Vietnam but also in the world. The classification of waste at the source not only yields economic benefit but also helps reduce emissions and the volumes of waste to be buried. URENCO’s recycling program is held every Saturday morning at locations in four central districts of Hanoi. Unilever Vietnam has also cooperated with VietCycle and Duy …

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Unusual works in the capital city not only bring earnings to industrious workers but also portray a special part of Hanoi. Writer Do Phan once commented, “People say that Hanoi is a land of hundreds of occupations, but in fact, that's just a convention. If calculated according to the history of thousands of years, then a hundred occupations’ is not enough, the right number but much higher.” A mechanical repair shop in Hanoi in the 2000s. File Photo Indeed, Hanoi is the place where many odd jobs have been practiced, from ancient times to the present. There are trades that have existed for hundreds of years while many others have completely disappeared. These trivial jobs in Hanoi are only seasonal, but necessary and can help people to earn daily living. In the difficult time of the wars and the centrally planned economy in the last century, unusual services were offered in Hanoi as people tried to earn from trivial things, such as making paper …

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Scagliotti and her husband, who is President of the Italy - Vietnam Chamber of Commerce, travelled a long distance from Italy to Switzerland to meet President Phuc. The Vietnamese government leader highly valued positive contribution of the Honorary Consul and the Vietnamese Honorary Consular Office in Turin to Vietnam - Italy relations over the years, and praised Scagliotti for conducting research activities and publishing works on Vietnam. The Vietnamese Honorary Consular Office and the Center for Vietnamese Studies in Turin have become bridges for Italian and European readers and friends to understand more about traditional values, culture and history, and people of Vietnam, President Phuc said. Scagliotti said she have loved Vietnam since she was a student. Scagliotti operated actively in the antiwar movement to oppose the U.S. invasion of Vietnam in the early 1970s. The Honorary Consul said she always considers President Ho Chi Minh as a shining example of patriotism, who …

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