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Peter Nguyen, co-founder of thuocsi.vn Thuocsi.vn is a B2B platform for healthcare and pharmacy, supplying different types of healthcare and pharmaceutical products in Vietnam. During the pandemic, we experienced supply chain disruptions both at home and abroad. The company had to temporarily close if there was just one infection. Indeed, several distributors and suppliers of important drugs for Vietnamese customers have encountered a lot of disruptions. Fortunately, we have set up our own warehouses in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City to respond quickly to the situation. When the cities were locked down, we still managed to transport products from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi in one night. Our plan is to find some more warehouses in the southern area. In particular, we will develop smaller distribution centres in close proximity to customers. This will help streamline our operation as well as reduce the delivery time to only 1-2 days. Nelson Wu , CEO of BEST Inc . … [Read more...] about Navigating supply chain operations in the new normal

An ethnic minority woman is vaccinated with a booster shot against COVID-19 in Thượng Thôn Commune in the northern mountainous province of Cao Bằng. — VNA/VNS Photo Chu Hiệu HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam saw a slight increase in new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday with 1,322 cases detected, bringing the national total to 10,711,389. The number of new transmissions registered was an increase of 143 compared to Monday. The capital Hà Nội again had the most daily infections with 321. The other localities reporting new transmissions were Vĩnh Phúc (98), Phú Thọ (94), Yên Bái (58), Quảng Ninh (52), Nghệ An (50), Hải Dương (50), Tuyên Quang (44), Bình Phước (40), Lào Cai (39), Hà Nam (38), Hải Phòng (36), Thái Bình (33), Thái Nguyên (32), Nam Định (28), Hòa Bình (27), Bắc Kạn (27), Hưng Yên (24), HCM City (22), Hà Giang (19), Lâm Đồng (16), Quảng Bình (16), Sơn La (16), Hà Tĩnh (15), Bắc Giang (14), Điện Biên (13), Quảng Trị (12), Ninh Bình (11), Cao Bằng (11), Đà Nẵng (10), Thanh Hóa (8 … [Read more...] about 1,322 new coronavirus transmissions reported on Tuesday

Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The recovery of the industrial real estate sector will be fueled by new investment waves , according to the Vietnam Association of Realtors (VARS). Vinhomes IZ, an industrial property arm of developer Vinhomes, has raised its charter capital from 70 billion VND (3.02 million USD) to 18.5 trillion VND over the last two years. VARS said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had meetings with numerous major US corporations during his visit to the US last week which provided positive feedback. Meeting with the Vietnamese PM, Apple CEO Tim Cook said his company is planning to expand the supply chain and hopes more eligible firms from Vietnam will integrate into its global value chain, VARS noted. The global economy has been severely hurt by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, worsened by China’s “Zero COVID” policy, triggering supply chain disruptions and surging costs and transportation time. As a result, demand for storages, warehouses and … [Read more...] about Industrial real estate recovery to be fueled by new investment wave

Hastily converted from sports stadiums, schools and cultural venues, Wuhan's 16 makeshift "ark" hospitals were designed to ease the burden on the city's overstretched healthcare system. (Photo: AFP/STR) When 43-year-old Ma was first summoned to a sports stadium converted into a medical facility on Feb 4, it was a virtual construction site with electrical wiring and beds still being installed. Separated from his wife and young child who had returned to eastern Shandong province for Chinese New Year, Ma said he felt "scared and anxious" when the call from the jury-rigged Wuchang hospital came in the middle of the night. But the situation has slowly improved, with the number of patients receiving treatment in the improvised hospital declining from a high of 760 in mid-February to 320 earlier this week. "We had 30-40 patients being discharged per day, but the number of patients admitted was only a dozen or so. This was when the whole situation changed for us," Ma, who is the … [Read more...] about Wuhan doctor recounts fears and hope at COVID-19 frontline

A scene in Trinh and I movie The bullet of the madman by director Luong Dinh Dung hit theaters on May 20, overwhelming the audience with the team's willingness to spend on the film. The film has a series of great scenes flattering viewers and making a strong visual impression. In particular, the scene at Dinh Vu port in the Northern City of Hai Phong over an area of 20,000 meters square with more than tens of thousands of containers is the highlight. The film crew also mobilized 57 container trucks and seven 25m-high light cars to meet the light for big action scenes. For the rain scenes, many complex rain systems were mobilized, each day the crew had to use up to 20,000-30,000 liters of water. Director of photography Morgan Schmidt admitted that Dinh Vu Port was the most difficult scene in the film. Meanwhile, although it will be released on June 17, the producer of the film Trinh and I has just revealed the cost of VND50 billion (US$2,1 million). It took five years to … [Read more...] about Big-budget films compete with each other in movie market

The Hanoi People’s Committee Office has issued Official Letter 8099/VP-KT dated August 28, requesting city’s agencies and sectors to carry out the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue at meeting of the Steering Committee for National Target Programs for the 2016-2020 period. At the meeting of Steering Committee for National Target Programs for the 2016-2020 period, Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue concluded major tasks and orientations  from now to the end of the year as following: Enhancing the dissemination   of new-style rural area model; further implementing the  Joining Hands to build New-style Rural Area movement and Joining Hands for the Poor campaign launched by  the Prime Minister; Increasing investment resources and channeling  mid-term resources for poverty reduction policies and programs; giving priority to utilities and development in ethnic minority areas, poor districts and communes, communes in border areas, especially … [Read more...] about Hanoi to perform key tasks of national target programs

Hanoi People’s Committee has recently issued Document 3183/UBND-KH&DT, requesting units to report the implementation of 2016-2020 National target programs in the first half of 2017 in Hanoi. This is the city’s effort to realize regulation on report according to Regulation on managing, operating implementation of National target programs in the period of 2016 to 2020 (issued together with Decision 41/2016/QD-TTg dated October 10, 2016 of the Prime Minister). Accordingly, the Hanoi People’s Committee requests Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to report the result after implementing National target program on new-style rural area construction in the first six months of 2017, and Plan 188/KH-UBND dated October 6, 2016 on implementing Program 02-CTr/TU dated April 26, 2016 of the Hanoi Party Committee on developing agriculture, building new-style rural area and improving peasants’ life in the 2016-2020 period. Report will be submitted to the Authority of … [Read more...] about Hanoi to report on implementation of National target programs in 2016-2020 period

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (L) meets with US President Joe Biden (Photo: VNA) Boost in tourism At the conference to promote investment, trade, and tourism between Vietnam and the US, the Saigontourist Travel Company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on a comprehensive strategy with US and their Vietnam Airlines partners to promote two-way tourism cooperation. Commenting on the US tourist market, a representative of Saigontourist company said that this is one of the major tourist markets. Every year, the company welcomes and serves about 30,000 US tourists for tours into Vietnam by air and sea routes. According to the present schedule, in 2022 and 2023, the Saigontourist company is expecting to receive a total of 23 cruise ships, with an estimated number of 22,550 tourists from the US alone. According to Mr. Nguyen Huu Y Yen, General Director of the Saigontourist company, his company is currently focused on promoting a program titled "Vision Destination … [Read more...] about Vietnam, US plan several cooperative ventures

According to Pao Jirakulpattana, vice president at Warburg Pincus Singapore, China is competing with many other emerging areas, including Vietnam. “If you look at the investment flow on the global scale, although the flow is coming back to China in the global perspective as political tensions have arisen, ASEAN is becoming an attracting destination, including Vietnam,” Jirakulpattana said. “Vietnam has done pretty well in receiving new investment flows. We highly appreciate the determination of the government to define which sectors should be the top priority. For example, the electronic and power sector will develop strongly in the next 10 to 15 years. Vietnam has started with intensive labour sectors. However, sustainable development must be more concentrated,” he added. Jirakulpattana also expressed Vietnam’s disadvantages in capital and financial products. “We do not have an efficient approach for large-scale international investors yet, such as the Centre Group or chains … [Read more...] about Investment flow drives Vietnam’s industrial property

Hoàng Lan In Tày ethnic group language, bánh pẻng phạ or bánh trời (heaven cake) has put Bắc Kạn on the map as one of the traditional speciality centres of Việt Nam. The cake has been ranked first among the top 100 Việt Nam’s specialities by VietKings. The cake came into being from the province’s Ba Bể District, with ingredients including sticky rice, tea, pork fat, sugar and traditional wine (locally known as rượu cuốc lủi, ) according to local elderly Nông Thị Lựu. Pẻng phạ cakes of the Tày ethnic group help to make Bắc Kạn one of Việt Nam's speciality centres. Photo danviet.vn The sticky rice should be of quality and fragrant (locally known as khẩu nua pái ). It is ground to become powder which is later mixed with a cup of wine and strong tea, instead of pure water as with others cakes, said Lựu, adding that the wine and the tea create the unique characteristics of the cake. Other steps include: cutting the mentioned wet powder into pieces and shaping it in a … [Read more...] about Tày ethnic group’s bánh pẻng phạ ranks first among VN’s top 100 specialities