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The 11,521 new COVID-19 cases include 15 imported cases and 11,506 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (5,972), Bình Dương (4,013), Đồng Nai (345), Long An (273), Kiên Giang (180), Tiền Giang (118), Tây Ninh (114), An Giang (106), Quảng Ngãi (52), Cần Thơ (50), Quảng Bình (37), Đồng Tháp (35), Khánh Hòa (35), Bình Phước (21), Bình Thuận (18), Hà Nội (15), Bạc Liêu (14), Ninh Thuận (13), Quảng Trị (12), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (12), Hậu Giang (11), Phú Yên (10), Bình Định (9), Nghệ An (9), Đà Nẵng (8 ), Sóc Trăng (6), Lâm Đồng (3), Vĩnh Long (3), Thừa Thiên Huế (3), Thanh Hóa (3), Cà Mau (3), Bến Tre (1), Quảng Nam (1), and Gia Lai (1); 6,656 of these were found in the community. An additional 212 COVID related deaths were announced, bringing the total death toll to 16,637. …

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Xuân Đỉnh Primary School in Xuân Đỉnh Ward, Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội.— Photo tieuhocxuandinh.pgdbactuliem.edu.vn HÀ NỘI — Police in Xuân Đỉnh Ward, Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hà Nội, are investigating the death of a six-year-old girl. The girl, a student at Xuân Đỉnh Primary School, reportedly died on Thursday afternoon. She was due to take an online class on Thursday afternoon. However, she did not participate. Head of the district’s Education and Training Department Nguyễn Thị Hương said that when she heard rumours the girl died while studying online, the department immediately made enquiries and the teacher of the student confirmed that the girl was absent from class. Hương also said that the district’s education sector had adjusted the times of online classes after parents raised objections. The online class was held in the evening instead of morning or afternoon, so that parents, who were busy during the day, could supervise their children during the class, she said. — …

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Vietnam’s commitment for success of FDI companies and foreign investors can be seen through the Government’s efforts to improve the investment climate over the last few years. During a virtual conference on May 9th 2020, after successfully containing the pandemic, former Prime Minister of Vietnam told the business circle that the shift in the value chain is causing Vietnam to be viewed as the “heart of the chessboard”, that any player would want to win over[1]. Resilience at hard time Last year, the country was described as “a bright star in the COVID-19 dark sky”[2] by the World Bank Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam, Jacques Morisset. It was proven by a GDP growth rate of 2.9 per cent in 2020, a level that only few countries in the world could have achieved during this dark time of global recession due to the pandemic. As of April 27th 2021, Vietnam had only reported 2,857 confirmed cases and 35 COVID-19-related deaths[3]. The Southeast Asian …

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Vietnam confirmed an additional 11,521 Covid-19 infections on Friday and HCM City still reported the biggest number of infections, according to the Ministry of Health. Doctors at Vietnam-Germany Hospital in HCM City According to the ministry's report, 11,506 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 35 localities including HCM City (5,972), Binh Duong (4,013), Dong Nai (345), Long An (273), Kien Giang (180), Tien Giang (118), Tay Ninh (114), and An Giang (106). There were 15 imported patients confirmed today. The new infection number showed an increase of 1,024 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 6,656 infections found in the community. As of Friday evening, 663,232 infections have been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April, with some southern localities recording high infections such as HCM City (326,795), Binh Duong (173,086), Dong Nai (38,081), Long An (29,843), and Tien Giang (12,760). …

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A medical staff takes samples of a boy for a SARS-CoV-2 test in An Phú District, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Sang HÀ NỘI — A further 11,521 new COVID-19 infections were recorded in Việt Nam on Friday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 667,650. There were also a further 212 COVID-related fatalities. Fifteen of the new infections were imported and the rest were all domestic. HCM City recorded the most with 5,972 cases, followed by Bình Dương with 4,013 and Đồng Nai with 345. Hà Nội recorded 12 new cases on Friday, all in quarantined or lockdown areas. The capital city has not detected any community cases in the past two days. Friday was also the day Hà Nội recorded the lowest number of cases in the past two months. Other localities that reported new infections were Long An (273), Kiên Giang (180), Tiền Giang (118), Tây Ninh (114), An Giang (106), Quảng Ngãi (52), Cần Thơ (50), Quảng Bình (37), Đồng Tháp …

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A charity activity in a Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper-backed annual fundraising event for children with cancer has visited and presented gifts to the little patients at three different hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City. As part of this year’s Sunflower Festival, the “Thuy’s Dream Foundation” brought more than 400 presents to little children with cancer who are receiving treatment at the Children Hospital 2 and the Blood Transfusion Hematology Hospital in District 1, and the Ho Chi Minh City Oncological Hospital in Binh Thanh District on Friday. The Sunflower Festival, which is annually held by Tuoi Tre to commemorate the death of Le Thanh Thuy – a high school girl known and admired for her long fight against bone cancer prior to her death on November 2, 2007, is now in its 11th edition. Each of the presents handed by the “Thuy’s Dream Foundation” consisted of a cash amount of VND500,000 (US$21.5) and other mementoes, including a T-shirt, a hat, a backpack and a notebook. A …

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HCM City tallies up locals without first COVID-19 vaccine dose, continues mass testing Pregnant women must make choice on vaccines HCM City offers assistance to children orphaned by COVID-19 HCM City's Củ Chi District, District 7 find effective ways to control the outbreak 'No one is left behind': Việt Nam's authorities provide support for foreigners amid the pandemic The 500th COVID-19 patient being discharged from the Gia Định People’s Hospital in HCM City on September 16. The patient was severely ill since he was obese, weighing more than 100kg.Photo Courtesy of the hospital HCM CITY— HCM City should assess the risk of COVID-19 outbreaks in residential quarters and even in residential groups and adopt appropriate preventive measures, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam told city authorities at a meeting on September 16. It should first quell the outbreak and ensure safety before gradually reopening the economy, he said. No possible unsafe …

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The conclusion of the RCEP is particularly meaningful for Vietnam as the ASEAN Chair in 2020, which has put much effort to help complete the long-awaited deal. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s biggest free trade deal, is scheduled to be signed on Sunday in the framework of the ongoing 37 th ASEAN Summit and related summits held in Hanoi from November 9 – 15, amid global trade tensions. Banners advertising the 37th ASEAN Summit and related summits hung at a government building in Hanoi. Photo: TG&VN The trade deal, which comprises 15 nations including major economies such as India, China, and 10 ASEAN countries, would make up nearly 50% of the world’s population, about 30% of global GDP, or US$28 trillion, and 28% of total trade turnover. Director General of the Multilateral Trade Policy Department under the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade Luong Hoang Thai expected the signing of the RCEP would help …

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The Ministry of Health recorded 11,521 coronavirus cases across Vietnam on Friday, in addition to 9,914 discharged patients and 212 fatalities. Thirty-four provinces and cities reported 11,506 domestic cases whereas the country logged 15 separate imported infections, the health ministry said. The ministry had registered 10,482 locally-infected patients on Thursday. Over 6,600 of the latest domestic cases were found in the community, with the remaining detected in cordoned-off areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City documented 5,972 local infections, up by 237 patients from yesterday; Binh Duong Province 4,013, up by 1,015; Dong Nai Province 345, Long An Province 273, Kien Giang Province 180; Tien Giang Province 118; Hanoi 15; and Da Nang eight. Vietnam has confirmed 663,232 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth – and worst – virus wave emerged in the country on April 27. Ho Chi Minh City tops the caseload …

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An increase in foreign direct investment commitment in Vietnam last month despite the raging pandemic has suggested foreign investors’ continued confidence in the Southeast Asian country’s economic potential, the World Bank (WB) has commented. The WB made the statement in the latest Vietnam Macro Monitoring report released on Wednesday. Over the first eight months of this year, FDI commitment reached a total of US$14 billion, only two percent lower than the same period in 2020, while disbursement reached $11.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of two percent, the WB stated. In August alone, the FDI commitment amounted to $2.4 billion, a 65 percent rise compared to a month earlier. The higher FDI commitment, which was driven by newly registered capital flowing into the processing and manufacturing industry, has reflected foreign investors’ sustained confidence in Vietnam’s economy in the medium and long term, the WB commented. FDI disbursement in August fell 14.3 percent from …

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