Four Vietnamese citizens and a US national who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,536, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening. … [Read more...] about Five more imported Covid-19 patients confirmed on Friday
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Picky viewers keep filmmakers on their toes
On January 10, during a talk show about the movie industry in Ho Chi Minh City, film producer Charlie Nguyen said that his latest offering, "Nguoi Can Quen Phai Nho", released last Christmas, had earned just VND1.9 billion ($82,338), which was a huge failure. … [Read more...] about Picky viewers keep filmmakers on their toes
India begins mega-rollout of Covid-19 vaccine
Health workers, people over 50 and those deemed at high-risk are prioritised to receive one of two approved vaccines, although one has yet to complete clinical trials. On day one around 300,000 people will receive the first of two doses, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to launch the programme virtually in New Delhi. Authorities say they are drawing on their experience with elections and child immunisation programmes for polio and tuberculosis in rolling out the vaccine. About 150,000 staff in 700 districts have been specially trained, and India has held several national dry runs involving mock transportation of vaccines. But in an enormous, impoverished nation with often shoddy transport networks and one of the world's worst-funded healthcare systems, it is still a daunting undertaking. Regular child inoculations are a "much smaller game" and vaccinating against Covid-19 will be "deeply challenging", said Satyajit Rath from the National Institute of Immunology. - Bicycle … [Read more...] about India begins mega-rollout of Covid-19 vaccine
Former Sagri official dies
In the case, investigators have prosecuted and arrested former Sagri chairman Van Trong Dung and former Sagri chief accountant Nguyen Thi Thuy. Former HCMC vice chairman Tran Vinh Tuyen and Tran Trong Tuan, former deputy head of the HCMC Party Committee Office, were also charged. … [Read more...] about Former Sagri official dies
Steam, Netflix do business in Vietnam without paying taxes
However, according to Decree 71/2007/ND-CP detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Information Technology, specifically Articles 8, 9, 10, 11 of Section 1, Chapter 2, games are generally considered digital information content products. Therefore, games on Steam are subject to 10% VAT in accordance with the current law. This is the selling price currently applied when paying by the method of domestic banks affiliated with VTC Pay. … [Read more...] about Steam, Netflix do business in Vietnam without paying taxes