Covid 19 pandemic

In an announcement released on Thursday evening on the loosening of social distancing, Danang authorities said the city had entered a new stage of Covid-19 prevention as the pandemic had been put under control from last week and transport services resumed from September 5. However, the city still warned local residents to only go out when necessary and wear face masks in public. Entertainment, karaoke joints, massage parlours, sports, bars, discos, public internet cafes, casinos, gyms, swimming pools and events with more than 30 people are still banned. To date, 308 out of 389 COVID-19 patients have been released from hospital and only 35 patients are in treatment at quarantine centres. The city has witnessed no SARS-CoV-2 infection cases in the community for 14 days as of Friday morning. … [Read more...] about Danang beaches crowded again as Covid-19 pandemic under control

Regarding external relations, they unanimously recommended to increase the frequency of the ASEAN - Australia Summit from every two years to an annual event, granting development partnership status in Israel and France, and continuing to consider the proposals to become a full dialogue partner of ASEAN. … [Read more...] about ASEAN FMs agreed to promote cooperation while coping with COVID-19 pandemic

The full participation of partners in the meeting has proved the position and role of ASEAN as well as its image in the eyes of international friends, Dũng said. It also showed the determination of countries to maintain dialogues for peace, stability and cooperation. … [Read more...] about ASEAN should maintain commitment and solidary amid COVID-19 pandemic: Deputy FM

The contents of the investigation include identifying information of the enterprises (name, address, telephone, fax, email, tax code, type of economy, main business line); the situation of production and business activities of enterprises; solutions of businesses to respond to the effects of COVID-19; evaluate the effectiveness of Government solutions to support businesses; and information on the competitiveness of businesses. … [Read more...] about GSO to implement 2nd survey of COVID-19 on businesses

According to Mr. Anh, Malaysia is a fairly large market with a population of nearly 32 million people and a high per-capita income. This is a country with extremely good trade relations with Muslim countries, such as Indonesia and countries in the Middle East. Therefore, when entering the Malaysian market, it means there will be an opportunity to penetrate the Halal product market with an annual demand of more than US$2 trillion. Besides, Malaysia is an industrialized country that has a huge import demand for food products, such as rice, coffee, vegetables, aquatic products, and confectionery, so although the Covid-19 pandemic has been affecting greatly to world trade in general and trade between the two countries in particular, it still opens up opportunities for Vietnamese enterprises to bring these products into the Malaysian market. And currently, Vietnam is one of the largest suppliers of the aforesaid products to the Malaysian market. Exchanging and sharing experiences of … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese seek to export farm produce, medical equipment amid Covid-19