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Police in Vung Tau City in southern Vietnam have arrested a man who used his Facebook page to disseminate false and distorted information related to the current COVID-19 fight in the country. Nguyen Thien Nghia, 50, was detained on Thursday on charges of ‘illegal provision or use of information on computer networks or telecommunications networks,’ as prescribed in the Vietnamese Penal Code, police officers said. The man, who hails from Ho Chi Minh City but resides in Vung Tau, part of Ba Ria - Vung Tau Province, will be temporarily jailed for two months pending prosecution for his offense, police said. Nghia had been found using his Facebook account 'Nghia Nguyen Thien' to post and share many stories that contained untrue contents in relation to COVID-19 prevention and control activities, and research and production of COVID-19 vaccines. The man’s posts both caused panic and anxiety among readers and denied the efforts of authorities, relevant agencies, and the people in …

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The Hòn Thơm Cable system will welcome international tourists with "vaccine passports" coming to Phú Quốc Island during the first phase of reopening. — Photo courtesy of thanhnien.vn HCM CITY — Kiên Giang Province People’s Committee on October 21 issued a pilot plan to welcome international tourists using "vaccine passports" to Phú Quốc Island beginning November 20. The plan aims to gradually restore the international tourism market, ensure security in tourism activities, and contribute to socio-economic development targets set for 2021. The People’s Committee of Kiên Giang Province requests all international tourists to have a vaccine passport and strictly comply with epidemic prevention measures in Việt Nam. At least 90 per cent of the population and workers in Phú Quốc have to be fully vaccinated in order to be ready to welcome international guests in the future. The pilot plan will be implemented in two phases within the course of six months. Specifically, from …

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By the end of September 2021, Viettel had 44 patents granted in Việt Nam and seven in the US. — Photo courtesy of Viettel HÀ NỘI — Viettel is the most influential Vietnamese enterprise in terms of innovation in South Asia and Southeast Asia in 2021, according to Clarivate, a global leader in providing information on the reputation of research quality and innovation. Clarivate has released an independent assessment report on a list of 276 institutions including universities, government research agencies and technology corporations that lead innovation globally. In South Asia and Southeast Asia, there are 27 accredited institutions. Viettel is the only Vietnamese enterprise together with Hà Nội University of Science and Technology in the category of higher education institutions, and the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology in the category of Government Research Organisations. Clarivate’s assessment is based on an analysis of patent and citation volume, patent success and …

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A farm products stall that reopened at the Hóc Môn [District] Wholesale Market in HCM City on October 21 after nearly four months of closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. — Photo vov.vn HCM CITY  - HCM City reopened the Hóc Môn Wholesale Market on October 21, allowing half its stalls to do business, after nearly four months of closure to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The company that manages the Hóc Môn Wholesale Market has allowed 153 stalls selling farm produce and 50 selling pork to reopen to meet burgeoning demand. It said if things go well the market would be expanded after November 10, and all stalls might be allowed to reopen if the epidemic is well controlled. On the first day over 400 tonnes of agricultural produce and foodstuff from various provinces and cities arrived at the market and were traded. Lê Văn Tiễn, deputy manager of the Hóc Môn Wholesale Market, said traders and workers entering the market should have had both shots of a COVID vaccine and make …

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The signing ceremony of the Trade Policy and Export Promotion (SwissTrade) project in Hà Nội on Friday. — VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — To improve trade performance and the international competitiveness of small-and-medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), Switzerland and Việt Nam on Friday signed an agreement to implement the Trade Policy and Export Promotion (SwissTrade) project. The project will run from 2021-2024 with a total budget of CHF 5.627 million (equivalent to VNĐ148 billion or US$6.5 million). Switzerland’s grant contribution is CHF 5.0 million, and the counterpart funding from the Government of Vietnam and beneficiaries is CHF 627,000. The SwissTrade project will offer technical assistance to the Ministry of Industry and Trade in shaping the strategic direction of import and exports from Việt Nam over the next ten years. The agreement will also help the ministry with public-private dialogue, allowing further exchanges between the private sector and national authorities. It will …

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Awareness is key to keeping safe in Hà Nội in the new normal: experts 3,034 new COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam on Tuesday Hà Nội to open COVID-19 vaccination registration for children from age 3 Workers receive free COVID-19 rapid tests 3,797 new COVID-19 cases recorded in Việt Nam on Friday A woman in the south-central province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is vaccinated against COVID-19. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 3,985 new COVID-19 cases on Friday, as well as 56 deaths. The new cases were found in 50 cities and provinces nationwide, with 1,782 cases detected outside of centralised quarantine or locked down areas. Eight cases were imported. HCM City reported the highest number of new cases with 1,205, followed by Bình Dương (471) and Đồng Nai (417), Đắk Lak (266), An Giang (220), Sóc Trăng (148) and Tây Ninh (147). Some localities recorded two-digit cases, including; Bạc Liêu (83), Kiên Giang (80), Trà Vinh (76), Bình Thuận (74), Long …

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Illustrative image (Photo: suara.com) Jakarta (VNA) - Indonesia has set a target to become a centre of the world's halal industry in 2024 given its potential market for halal products in the country. “Indonesia has the potential to become a centre of the world’s halal industry as well as the world’s fashion Mecca. We target that this goal can be achieved by 2024,” state news agency Antara quoted President Joko Widodo as saying at the opening of the online Trade Expo Indonesia (TEI) Digital Edition on October 21. Citing the State of Global Islamic Economic Report in 2021, the President said that Muslims around the globe spend more than 2 trillion USD on various sectors from food, fashion, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals, to recreation or tourism. “Certainly, this is an opportunity that we must take advantage of,” he said. Meanwhile, Trade Minister Muhammad Lutfi said that Indonesia’s export of halal products reached 6 billion USD, ranking 21st in the world. The …

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Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen  gives  Khan Ran (Vietnamese traditional checkered black and white shawl) to female doctors and reporters on the occasion of Vietnamese Women's Day, October 20 (Photo: SGGP) Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nam, Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City Command and leaders of many departments, around 100 medical workers, and reporters from many newspapers and media attended the delegation, visiting outlying district Cu Chi, home to tunnels' system built during the war of resistance against America. Delegators offered incense at the Saigon - Gia Dinh Revolutionary Traditional Area, Ben Duoc Temple - the place to commemorate the heroes and martyrs who died in the resistance wars against the French and the American, the historical relic sites and tunnels, and the model of countryside market in the liberated area. They also visited Ba Den (Black Lady) Mountain, famous for its majestic landscapes and magnificent caves and …

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With a planned budget of up to $2.9 million, the three-year project aims to increase the sustainability of fisheries, enhance climate change adaptation, and improve biodiversity conservation, the U.S. Embassy in Hanoi said in a statement Thursday. The project, called the Mekong Delta Coastal Habitat Conservation project, was announced during U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’s visit to Vietnam in August. It will be implemented by the USAID, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), and the Directorate of Fisheries of the Vietnam Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. The Mekong Delta and its islands are home to 70 percent of Vietnam’s mangroves and 90 percent of its seagrass beds. Fed by the sediment and nutrients from the Mekong River, the targeted habitats support Vietnam’s richest fishing grounds, but they are under growing threats. The delta’s mangrove forests, which provide nursery habitat for sea bass, snapper, and other commercially important …

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The three localities with the highest numbers of cases are Ho Chi Minh City with 1,205; Binh Duong with 471 and Dong Nai with 417. The new cases bring Vietnam's Covid-19 tally since the beginning of the pandemic to 881,522, including 876,789 in the current wave starting late April Health authorities also announced 56 Covid deaths, raising the nation's death toll since the pandemic started last year to 21,543. A total of 5,202 patients recovered on Friday, pushing the total number of recoveries to 803,326. Over 50.3 million people have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine shot, in which 20.2 million people have been fully vaccinated. …

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