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Illustrative photo This fact is emerging as a realistic truth because despite all efforts, the pandemic is continuing to rage on in the world, and spread even further and faster with new types of variants emerging after every successful attempt at curbing the last. Every business must now innovate and adapt, and find ways to operate in the current circumstances, as it is becoming increasingly clear that the pandemic is here to stay for a very long time. Online selling Jewellery is one product that sells a lot through traditional channels because the customer sees it as a serious investment. This is also the reason why before the Covid-19 pandemic, the online business of Phu Nhuan Jewellery Joint Stock Company (PNJ) only accounted for a small market share. However, soon after the Covid-19 pandemic broke out in early 2020, consumers began to avoid crowded shopping areas and preferred to go online. It was at that time that PNJ responded quickly to promote an online sales …

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Czech says to donate 250,000 Covid vaccine doses to Vietnam The Saigon Times A military officer is vaccinated against Covid-19. The Czech Republic has announced that it will give Vietnam 250,000 Covid-19 vaccine doses - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Czech Minister of Health Adam Vojtech has announced that his country will donate 2.39 million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Africa, Asia and the Balkan Peninsula by the end of this year, including 250,000 doses to Vietnam. This is part of the commitments of the European Union’s leaders to present 100 million doses to low- and middle-income countries this year, Tuoi Tre Online newspaper reported. Most of the vaccines will be distributed through the Covax Facility. However, the doses that the Czech Republic will donate to Vietnam will not be provided through the Covax Facility. According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, despite the global shortages of Covid vaccines, Vietnam has secured a total of 150 million doses …

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The history books in English do not only teach children a basic knowledge of Vietnamese history but also inspire them with patriotism and national pride. Publishers in Vietnam are embracing the creative teaching of history to children. Books with inspiring stories, stunning presentations, and accurate, easy-to-understand English will be useful for both children in Vietnam and those with Vietnamese child expatriates. The historical book of A Brief History of Vietnam in Pictures by Kim Dong Publishing House. Photo: Fahasa.com Kim Dong Publishing House has just launched an impressive bilingual Vietnamese - English book titled Luoc su nuoc Viet Bang Tranh or Vietnam - A Brief History of Vietnam in Pictures. Encapsulating the nation’s history in 89 pages, the book is presented in picture format with fine illustration displayed in the panorama. The publication summarizes the most important milestones in Vietnam's history, from the dawn of the nation's history …

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To ensure the supply, the city has allowed the operation of delivery services but banned freelance shippers. Some 16 retail chains in Hanoi are committed to ensuring goods supply at stable prices in all circumstances, even for surging consumption demand. Hanoian consumers are shopping at Big C Thang Long on July 24. Photos: The Hanoi Times Those retailers included BRG Retail, Hanoi Trade Corporation (HAPRO), MM Mega Market, Big C Thang Long, An Viet Manufacturing and Trading JSC, Vissan Hanoi, and Saigon Co.op Hanoi, among others. Le Manh Phong, Northern Region Director of Big C said the retailer has raised the supply of essential goods by 30-50% and committed to meeting the increasing demand, especially for fresh goods, among local residents. VinCommerce has worked with its large suppliers to triple the volume of basic commodities and increase five-fold that of vegetables. Its partner Masan Group has raised production capacity to ensure supplies of …

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As exports formed a key component of local economic development, maintaining production chains was crucial for Vietnam. Vietnam's exports reached US$158.34 billion in the first six months of 2021, an increase of $35.57 billion, or 29 per cent over the same period in 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo In the first six months of the year, exports increased by 29 per cent and orders were rising thanks to the recoveries of the US and China markets, as well as tax incentives from the EU due to the EVFTA agreement, said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, manager of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme. Thanh took part in an online conference hosted by e-newspaper cafef.vn yesterday with other experts to discuss solutions for the economy in the ongoing fourth wave of the pandemic. “The remarkable increase is due to the demand for Vietnam's exports from major markets,” he said. Thanh said Vietnam was benefitting thanks to the continuing punitive tariffs on China from the Biden administration, …

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Accelerating digital transformation and improving technology infrastructure capacity are key to MB Group’s strategic goals for the new period. The Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB) held an online analyst meeting on June 22, with the participation of 300 guests, including representatives of 90 investment funds and 30 securities firms, both foreign and domestic. The meeting discussed MB Group’s achievements in the first half of 2021 and its important strategic goals in the coming period. Although the developments of the COVID-19 pandemic were unpredictable, MB Group remained resilient with stable operations and positive business results. By the end of the Q2/2021, MB achieved a total consolidated asset of more than VND523 trillion, increasing by 5.65% compared to the end of 2020. The total operating income in the first half of the year was nearly VND18.2 trillion, increasing by 40% year on year. Total consolidated pre-tax profit in H1/2021 reached nearly VND8 …

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Representatives from the ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ACCMSME), ASEAN Committee on Women (ACW), Senior Official Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (SOM-AMAF) and ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network gathered to discuss a holistic, cross-sectoral, national and regional strategy framework to empower ASEAN female farmers and unlock their entrepreneurship potential in the agriculture sector. At this online event, ACCMSME launched a background report on Strengthening Women’s Entrepreneurship in Agriculture in ASEAN Countries, with technical assistance from the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and inputs from ACW and SOM-AMAF. The report discusses factors hampering the economic prospects of women in the sector, which are magnified by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and proposes a multi-façade policy framework to address them. It highlights agriculture as an important source of employment for ASEAN women. On …

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Tech-based transport service firms like Grab, Be, and Gojek have shortened their daily operation time in Ho Chi Minh City in accordance with a ban on outdoor travels from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am the next day. These firms on Monday said they would halt daily delivery services from 5:00 pm to 6:00 am the next day until further notice, meaning they will close their services one hour before the starting time of the travel restriction imposed by local authorities, starting Monday, as a measure to curb surging COVID-19 cases. They will only deliver orders and provide on-demand shopping services from 6:00 am to 5:00 pm every day in Ho Chi Minh City. A Gojek representative said that the firm’s staff will ship only essential foods or goods worth less than VND2 million (US$87) and will be entitled to check any package before delivery and to refuse any item that does not meet its rules. Grab said it will re-launch its GrabAssistant, now called GrabExpress, to serve clients who desire online …

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As COVID-19 has deprived Vietnam’s tourism sector of international visitors over the past year, a tour guide in Hanoi found a way to push on with his job, bringing authentic experiences to tourists through live streams. Le Hoang, 28, was blessed to have a job that he is passionate about. Being a tour guide to foreign visitors, he got to travel around Hanoi’s famous sightseeing places and coffee shops, sharing his love and knowledge of the capital city to others. It was not until early 2020, when the pandemic started hitting Vietnam, effectively blocking all international tourists from entering the country, that Hoang started to worry about his line of work. Yet coincidentally enough, the pandemic also opened up a new opportunity to the Hanoian tour guide. “In April 2020, a British tourist asked me to bring my signature coffee tour online," Hoang recalled. "That was the point I started thinking about online tours as a possibility.” Starting out with an ultimately …

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Climate campaigners voiced frustration a meeting of ministers from the world's richest countries failed to deliver a deal to phase out coal, but said pledges in the final communique gave hope for a breakthrough in time for U.N. talks later this year. The communique was only released at nearly midnight on Friday, hours after the energy and environment ministers finished tense talks, and the full documents were not available until Sunday. In his closing news conference, Italian Ecological Transition Minister Roberto Cingolani, who chaired the gathering, said negotiations had been exhausting and it had been impossible to agree on all issues. The sticking points were a target date of 2025 for the complete phase out of fossil fuel subsidies, which some developed countries had sought, and fixing dates to end the international financing of coal projects and to phase out coal power. After major emitters China and India refused to sign up to both points, Cingolani issued a separate …

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