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Representatives of VPbank and Hưng Vượng Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement. — Photo courtesy of VPBank HÀ NỘI — VPBank and Hưng Vượng Group on Friday signed a strategic cooperation agreement to meet the capital demand of individual customers buying or investing in real estate in projects distributed by the property developer. VPBank will provide financial support packages for customers of Hưng Vượng Group who need to borrow, buy and invest in real estate with very competitive interest rates and credit conditions. This means that in the first two years, customers will not have to pay the principal to the bank, but only the interest. Customers will be able to borrow up to 80 per cent of the total value of the collateral with the disbursement limit up to VNĐ20 billion in 25 years. In particular, to help customers access favourable loans, VPBank accepts many different sources of income for customers to prove their solvency such as salary, income from individual …

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Locals harvest sea grapes in Ninh Hải Commune, Khánh Hòa Province. VNA/VNS Photo Trần Như Hoàng, a resident of Ninh Hải Commune in Ninh Hòa Township meticulously takes care of sea grapes at his farm in the central coastal province of Khánh Hòa. He has grown sea grapes for many years and now enjoys a decent income from them. “I don’t have to worry about the market for this because the demand is great. Growing sea grapes is more stable than other fishery products,” he said. Each year, he earns a profit of VNĐ350 million from his 3ha farm. The money gained may not be as high as growing snails or lobsters but the demand is stable and it doesn’t depend on the overseas market like other fishery products. About 40km away, local employees are busy harvesting seaweed in the vast farm of Nguyễn Quang Duy in Vĩnh Lương Commune in Nha Trang City of the same province. Visiting the seaweed processing and packing facility of Duy, one might be overwhelmed by the scale of production. At …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets embassy's staff in Russia President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in Moscow, Russia, on November 30. The President said that he had just had very successful talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed 20 issues related to cooperation between the two countries, upon which they reached high consensus, he said, adding that the Russian President supported many issues raised by Vietnam. The two leaders agreed to issue a joint vision statement on the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership until 2030. While appreciating the preparations for the visit made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies, and especially the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the President asked the agencies to perform well the tasks assigned by the Party and the State as well as to nurture the good relationship between the two countries. He also underlined …

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Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …

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Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …

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