The exodus of migrant workers will cause severe labour shortage for HCM City and southern provinces. VNA/VNS Photo By Vân Nguyễn Đặng Trọng Hà, 27 years old, from central province of Nghệ An, moved to southern Đồng Nai Province in April with the hope of finding a well-paid job. He had no idea COVID-19 would strike the region and leave workers like him jobless and stuck at home for months. After losing his job at a shoe company and spending nearly five months in Đồng Nai without any income and support, he set out for his hometown in Nghệ An Province, about 1,300km away, on motorbike, the longest motorbike trip he ever took. “Sài Gòn is no longer the promised land for workers like me,” Hà said while he was staying at a quarantine facility in his hometown following his trip. “For me, there will be no return to the southern region. After quarantine, I will return home, find a job in my hometown or in the Hà Nội area to earn money, learn a foreign language to make me …
Despite Covid hurdles, businesses strive to sustain production, supply of essential goods
Special factors at two high-end resorts of Sun Group named in the Top 25 Leading Asian Resorts VinFast announces global debut of its new EVs at the 2021 Los Angeles Auto Show Sun Group launch colourful riverside resort city - Sun Riverside Village Sun Group makes a cooperation with The Ascott Limited Sun Group wins the award of the “Best Workplace in Asia” for the second time The Vietnam Strong Brands 2021 awards ceremony was held in Hanoi recently. The programme, with the theme ‘Overcoming challenges ’this year, named Masan Group among the Top 10 Strong Brands in Vietnam for its ability to adapt, transform strongly and contribute to the community during the Covid-19 pandemic. Representative of Masan Group receives the Vietnam Strong Brand Award 2021. Vietnam Strong Brands is organised by Vietnam Economic Review to honour entrepreneurs and businesses for outstanding achievements in business performance, brand protection, product and service quality, …
EVFTA gives fresh impetus to trade and investment co-operation
The Vietnam-EU Trade Forum is expected to take place on October 27 in Hanoi. The Vietnam-EU Trade Forum is expected to take place on October 27 in Hanoi to highlight the importance of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) which has provided fresh impetus to trade and investment co-operation as the world moves into the new normal situation. The virtual event is set to be co-hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Delegation of the EU to Vietnam, and the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham) in Vietnam. Most notably, the function will serve to connect 14 points of Vietnamese Trade Offices in Europe, while guests will be directly provided with market information whilst receiving support in a bid to strengthen connectivity with partners in the region. The forum will primarily focus on assessing the economic and trade changes between the nation and the bloc following the enforcement of the EVFTA, the practical effectiveness of taking advantage of the trade …
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Motorbike sales slash nearly 46 percent in Q3
The Vietnam Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers (VAMM) has said its members sold 367,037 motorbikes in the third quarter of 2021, a year-on-year drop of 45.84 percent. The VAMM members, namely Honda, Piaggio, Suzuki, SYM, and Yamaha, are manufacturing and distributing about 100 models of motorcycles with prices ranging from more than 10 million VND to over one billion VND each. Notably, Honda Vietnam is making up nearly 81 percent of the sector’s market share with the most diverse range of products. Experts said that, after growing by nearly 30 percent in the second quarter, the motorbike sales fell sharply in the third quarter due to the complicated developments of COVID-19. They noted that the Vietnamese motorcycle market has gone through a difficult period similar to what happened to the auto market. To stimulate market demand, businesses are giving incentives and running promotion programmes, especially the peak shopping period at the end of the …
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Đắk Nông Province welcomes investors, says local Party chief
An event to celebrate local businesses’ contributions to combating the COVID outbreak while also keeping the economy afloat in Đắk Nông Province on October 13. The province is focusing on improving its investment climate and simplifying administrative procedures. — Photo nld.com.vn ĐẮK NÔNG — Đắk Nông strives to improve its investment climate and welcome businesses and investors to the province, Ngô Thanh Danh, its Party Committee Secretary has said. Speaking at an event held to honour local businesses’ contributions to the province’s efforts to ensure economic growth while also staying safe from the COVID-19 pandemic, he said in the year-to-date Đắk Nông’s economy had grown by 7.72 per cent. Retail sales and exports also saw growth, he said. The province has been focusing on improving its investment and business climate and offering assistance to key projects in various fields such as solar and wind energy, industrial and agricultural products with high added value and …
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HCM City contains outbreak, ready to enter “new normal” phase
Nguyễn Thị Lệ, chairwoman of the People’s Council, speaks at the opening session of the two-day People’s Council meeting on Monday in HCM City. Photo hcmcpv.org.vn HCM CITY — HCM City authorities have announced that the country’s pandemic hotspot has contained its largest-ever COVID outbreak and is ready to reopen the economy, Nguyễn Thị Lệ, chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, said at a meeting on Monday. Speaking at the opening session of the third People’s Council meeting, Lệ said: “Today I officially announce all 21 districts and Thủ Đức city have been able to control the outbreak, and are ready to enter the ‘new normal’ phase of the reopening.” Lệ attributed the pandemic prevention achievements to the combined efforts of both the people and city government. The achievements, however, have come at a high cost as the city has not met its economic targets, she said, referring to the socio-economic situation in the first nine months. “Prolonged lockdown measures …
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Local administrations should avoid measures contrary to Government’s COVID-19 adaptation plan: Health ministry
A woman walks past a panel in Hà Nội on Sunday advising people to wear masks to protect themselves, their family and the society against COVID-19. — VNA/VNS Photo Thành Đạt HÀ NỘI — Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên urged local administrations to not set policies that go against the spirit and letter of the Government’s Resolution 128 , released last week on the national plan to live with COVID-19. He made the remarks on Monday's roundtable held by the Việt Nam Government Portal on the temporary national framework on COVID-19 response, as public and businesses’ frustration grows with varied regulations from different localities to deal with the severe and persistent fourth wave of COVID-19. Tuyên reiterated that the fourth wave has changed Việt Nam’s approach from total elimination of COVID-19 to living safely with the disease while promoting socio-economic development. However, he noted that we still need to detect cases and localise locked-down areas to the …
Vietnam Airlines to resume Hanoi-Can Tho air route from October 18
Vietnam Airlines aircraft (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has officially restored its regular route between Hanoi and Can Tho in a pilot period from October 18 to 20. Tickets for the flights are now open for sale at the carrier’s website, mobile application and official ticket offices and agents to meet the travel demand of passengers. Specifically, Vietnam Airlines will operate one flight per day from Hanoi to Can Tho and vice versa by Airbus A321. The flight departs from Hanoi at 10:00 and from Can Tho at 13:05. Passengers on the flight must satisfy pandemic prevention and control requirements, including a negative testing COVID-19 certificate within 72 hours and full vaccination of two shots, or certificate of recovery from the disease within six months. From October 10, Vietnam Airlines has restored 16 domestic routes including between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang; between Ho Chi Minh City and Hai Phong, Thanh …
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CAAV proposes full resumption of domestic air routes from December
Illustrative photo (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport permit airlines to resume domestic air routes as normal from December if the COVID-19 pandemic is controlled well nationwide. The CAAV has submitted a draft plan on the operation of domestic flights between October 21 and November 30 after 10 days of the trial reopening of domestic air routes. It suggested that the flight frequency on the routes of Hanoi - Da Nang, Hanoi - Ho Chi Minh City, and Da Nang - HCM City for each airline should not be over 10 percent higher than the average that carrier operated in the first week of April 2021, before the fourth wave of infections began. Accordingly, there will be six flights per day for each route (two by Vietnam Airlines, two by Vietjet Air, one by Bamboo Airways, and one by Pacific Airlines). Each of other routes will have no more than one round-trip flight by one carrier per day, the …
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Health Ministry leaders asked to directly provide COVID-19 fight information on mass media
Illustrative image (Source: vietnamnet.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked leaders of the Ministry of Health to provide latest information to the media on daily and weekly basis on COVID-19 prevention and control situation. According to the Government Office’s Document No. 7540/VPCP-KGVX, the PM, who is also head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, made the request with a view to ensuring localities, sectors, businesses and the community are kept updated on the pandemic situation, thus reaching social consensus in fighting the pandemic. In the document, the PM stressed the significance of the timely provision of full information on COVID-19 situation and control measures to sectors, localities, the public and business community in maintaining results of pandemic fight. The Government leader asked the Ministry of Health to regularly update, sum up and announce information of pandemic developments, …