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Vietnam’s agriculture minister on Wednesday called on his Japanese counterpart to accelerate quality assessment process for longan exports from the Southeast Asian country to enter the East Asia market in 2022. Le Minh Hoan, Vietnamese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, joined a working session with Kaneko Genjiro, Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the Vietnamese agriculture ministry reported on Thursday. During the discussion, Hoan urged his Japanese counterpart to accelerate procedures at Japanese appraisal authorities in order for Vietnamese longans to enter Japan in the 2022 harvest. The Vietnamese minister also suggested that Japan apply online inspection or facilitate procedures for enterprises to ship heat-treated poultries to Japan. Mechanisms for Vietnam’s pomelo and Japan’s grape harvests to enter the other market will also be devised, the two ministers concurred. Vietnam is promoting agriculture development to ensure food …

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PANO - The “6 th Europe-Asia meet: contemporary dance,” the biggest international festival for contemporary dancers, will be held in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh city from September 24 to 27. The show will take place from September 24 to 27 in HN and HCMC According to a representative from the Goethe Institute, the festival’s organizer, contemporary dancers from Germany, France, Israel, Japan, Austria and Vietnam will have performances featuring both real and imaginative ideas and a deep exploration of the soul of contemporary people. All performances are staged with light and multi-media installations. Translated by Chung Anh …

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Demand for industrial, logistics estates at core of enquiries next year: Savills Demand for industrial and logistics estates in addition to ready-built factories and warehouses will continue to be the core of enquiries next year, according to an expert from property consultancy Savills Vietnam. “However, in terms of new trends, data centres and cold storage facilities are in demand and have gained traction in 2020 and 2021,” John Campbell, manager of Industrial Services at Savills Vietnam told the Vietnam Investment Review. “Next year, we expect this to continue, as Vietnam is now on the radar for hyperscale facilities.” Low-value industries are beginning to set up elsewhere in Southeast Asia as Vietnam no longer offers the same incentives, he said, adding that these industries such as textiles and furniture struggle to source affordable labour and land in Vietnam. However, foreign and high value-added investors remain bullish on Vietnam’s long-term growth, …

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The United States has additionally offered Vietnam over two million Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine jabs, bringing its total donations to the Southeast Asian country to more than 18 million doses. “Another shipment of 2,074,410 doses of Pfizer vaccine arrived in Hanoi early this morning,” the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam said in its verified Facebook page on Friday. The U.S. has so far donated over 18 million vaccine doses to Vietnam through COVAX as part of its steadfast commitment to support Vietnam in the fight against COVID-19, the embassy said. “And more are on the way!” it added. The two countries have cooperated to improve Vietnam’s capacity in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, based on their long-term cooperative relationship, according to the embassy. The U.S. has aided nearly US$1 billion to Vietnam over the past years for develop health infrastructure development, and the former has also committed $26.7 million as support for Vietnam to respond to the pandemic. In …

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The ceremony saw the attendance of Consul General of Japan in Ho Chi Minh City Watanabe Nobuhiro and the hospital director Major General Nguyen Hong Son. During four months of cooperation and accompanying the Consulate General of Japan in its vaccination, Military Hospital 175 have safely and effectively provided over 3,200 shots for Japanese workers and businesspeople living and working in Ho Chi Minh City and neighboring localities. The two agencies have also coordinated with each other to offer 14,000 doses from the abundant COVID-19 vaccine source to people in provinces of Lam Dong, Binh Thuan, Vinh Long, Ben Tre, Kien Giang, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Thap. The Vietnamese hospital has also teamed with the Consulate General of Japan to give PCR testing and issue PCR testing certificates to those entering Japan from Vietnam. In addition, its treatment center for COVID-19 patients has successfully cured Japanese patients, taken care of and given health consultation to Japanese …

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