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Ho Chi Minh City transport authorities are fielding suggestions for its draft plan allowing people and vehicles to enter and leave the city since October 1, in preparation for the southern Vietnamese business hub to enter “new normal conditions” amid the COVID-19 fight. The plan aims to facilitate vehicles that transport goods and people with legitimate reasons from the city to other localities and vice versa from next month, when the city is prepared to reopen its economy. Based on the opinions collected, the city’s Transport Department will perfect the plan and submit it to the municipal administration for approval. According to the draft plan, people travelling on vehicles must comply with all required epidemic prevention measures and make health declarations on the website suckhoe.dancuquocgia.gov.vn or through VNEID app. Transport firms must meet conditions specified in the set of epidemic safety criteria applied for transport activities. From October 1, the city will …

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Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Wojciech Gerwel (second from left) presents medical equipment and supplies to Vietnam (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) – A batch of medical equipment and supplies worth nearly 4 million USD, presented by the Polish Government, arrived at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport on September 11. Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Truong Son thanked the Polish Government for the gift which he said contributes to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam. The timely and valuable support for Vietnam in the context of the complicated developments of the pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City manifests the long-standing traditional friendship and the willingness to help each other between Poland and Vietnam for more than 70 years, he said. He affirmed that the Ministry of Health will promptly distribute these medical equipment and supplies to local hospitals, with priority to those in Ho Chi Minh City . Polish Ambassador to Vietnam …

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The design of the Long Thanh International Airport. (Photo: VNA) The People’s Committee of Dong Nai was requested to promptly implement compensation, support and resettlement for local residents in the project site as scheduled. According to the provincial People’s Committee, Dong Nai has to conduct ground clearance on total area of 5,000 hectares for the project, including 2,532 hectares for its first phase. So far, Dong Nai has handed over 1,284 hectares of cleared land to the Southern Airports Authority, or 51 percent of total area for the first phase of the project. However, the Ministry of Transport held that the ground clearance activities for the project remained slow. The People’s Committee of Long Thanh district attributed the situation to problems in compensation for a number of difficult cases, including those having the land transferred and presented with handwriting agreements, along with Covid-19 impacts. It has received guidance from the provincial People’s …

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The People’s Committee of Dong Nai was requested to promptly implement compensation, support and resettlement for local residents in the project site as scheduled. According to the provincial People’s Committee, Dong Nai has to conduct ground clearance on total area of 5,000 hectares for the project, including 2,532 hectares for its first phase. So far, Dong Nai has handed over 1,284 hectares of cleared land to the Southern Airports Authority, or 51 percent of total area for the first phase of the project. However, the Ministry of Transport held that the ground clearance activities for the project remained slow. The People’s Committee of Long Thanh district attributed the situation to problems in compensation for a number of difficult cases, including those having the land transferred and presented with handwriting agreements, along with COVID-19 impacts. It has received guidance from the provincial People’s Committee to deal with the issues. According to the Airports …

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The design of the Long Thanh International Airport. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has asked the southern province of Dong Nai to focus on completing ground clearance to speed up the progress of the first phase of the Long Thanh International Airport project. The People’s Committee of Dong Nai was requested to promptly implement compensation, support and resettlement for local residents in the project site as scheduled. According to the provincial People’s Committee, Dong Nai has to conduct ground clearance on total area of 5,000 hectares for the project, including 2,532 hectares for its first phase. So far, Dong Nai has handed over 1,284 hectares of cleared land to the Southern Airports Authority, or 51 percent of total area for the first phase of the project. However, the Ministry of Transport held that the ground clearance activities for the project remained slow. The People’s Committee of Long Thanh district attributed the …

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Netherlands donates ventilators and medical equipment to Vietnam The government and business community of the Netherlands will donate ventilators and medical equipment worth VND43 billion to help Vietnam combat COVID-19, Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman told her host Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Hanoi on September 10. She affirmed that the Dutch government attaches great importance to the comprehensive partnership and the strategic partnership on climate change adaptation, sustainable agriculture and water management with Vietnam. The relationship between the two governments and their business communities continues to develop effectively for the sake of the economy, people and planet, she said. The Ambassador thanked the Vietnamese Government and the Prime Minister personally for caring about the EU business community, including Dutch businesses in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, and noted the two countries are having many opportunities and prospects to strengthen …

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Various types of medical supplies, a gift from the Polish government, arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday afternoon. The donation, which is worth about US$4 million, includes ventilators, heart rate monitors, anti-droplet glasses, face masks, and personal protective equipment, weighing approximately eight metric tons. During a ceremony at the airport, Wojciech Gerwel, Polish Ambassador to Vietnam, handed over the aid to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son and vice-chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Duong Anh Duc. Ambassador Gerwel stated that Vietnam is Poland's priority partner in the region and the first non-European country to which Poland donated vaccines and medical equipment. A shipment of 501,600 COVID-19 vaccine shots gifted by Poland previously arrived in Vietnam on August 23. Deputy Minister Son thanked the Polish government and people for the noble gesture, stating that the health ministry will …

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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, upon returning from the European trip, handed over COVID-19 vaccines, medical supplies and cash contributions donated by foreign countries and Vietnamese expatriates overseas to the Ministry of Health and the Vietnam Fatherland Front. Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long receives the token of the shipment comprising 200,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine donated by Belgium and Slovakia. During the trip, the Governments of Belgium and Slovakia donated 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine each and pledged to cede millions of doses more. Many organizations, businesses and individuals provided medical equipment and supplies, especially COVID-19 test kits, valued at over VND1 trillion. In addition, Vietnamese expatriates in the Czech Republic and Austria donated VND365 million to support the COVID-19 fight in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, and the National COVID-19 Prevention Fund. Addressing …

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About 67 per cent of surveyed banks believe they will lose market share within two years if they fail to digitally transform, according to a new... Some 58 per cent of global respondents predict that they will completely cease to exist in the next five to ten years unless they change their business models. — Photo bnews.vn About 67 per cent of surveyed banks believe they will lose market share within two years if they fail to digitally transform, according to a new report from cloud banking platform Mambu and The Financial Times Focus (FT Focus). The ‘Evolve or be extinct’ report was conducted by FT Focus and surveyed over 500 senior banking executives globally to gain insights into their perception of the banking industry, now and in the future. The results illustrate the urgent need for banks to modernise their offerings, with 58 per cent of global respondents predicting they will completely cease to exist in the next five to ten years unless they change …

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Vietnam to attend ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 Vietnam and 10 other countries have signed up to participate in the ASEM Cultural Festival (#ASEMfest), a side event of the 13th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) to be hosted by Cambodia in November. The ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 is scheduled to get underway between November 22 and 26. This international cultural event will be held virtually with the main activities such as performing arts, and the screening of feature films and documentaries, as well as the exhibition which would be held in hybrid format at the National Museum of Cambodia. The festival aims to explore the cultural diversity and promote the exchange, cooperation and artistic creation between the cultures of both regions, contributing to enhancing cooperation and development between the ASEM partner countries. Joining as a founding member of ASEM in 1996 marked an important step in the implementation of Việt Nam's policy of open foreign policy, multilateralisation and …

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