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The Ministry of Health logged 16,067 more COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Saturday, together with 1,668 recoveries and 148 fatalities. The latest cases, including 15 imported and 16,052 domestic transmissions, were logged in 60 provinces and cities, the ministry said, adding that 7,160 patients contracted the virus in the community. Tay Ninh Province recorded 3,676 of the local cases, Ho Chi Minh City 1,773, Can Tho City 954, Binh Duong Province 716, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 697, Dong Thap Province 604, Binh Thuan Province 562, Hanoi 310, Khanh Hoa Province 239, Ha Giang Province 165, Lam Dong Province 159, Bac Ninh Province 137, Thua Thien-Hue Province 106, Da Nang 66, Quang Nam Province 59, Hai Phong City 22, and Quang Ninh Province 15. Vietnam had detected 13,094 locally-acquired infections on Friday. The country has found 1,192,200 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A total of 954,107 of them have …

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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 13,063 new COVID-19 cases include 15 imported cases and 13,048 local infections detected in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,773), Cần Thơ (954), Bình Dương (716), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (697), Tây Ninh (672), Đồng Tháp (604), Bạc Liêu (574), Đồng Nai (567), Bình Thuận (562), Vĩnh Long (539), Sóc Trăng (449), Kiên Giang (427), Cà Mau (422), Trà Vinh (328), An Giang (324), Hà Nội (310), Hậu Giang (287), Bến Tre (265), Khánh Hòa (239), Bình Định (197), Hà Giang (165), Lâm Đồng (159), Bình Phước (139), Bắc Ninh (137), Nghệ An (124), Tiền Giang (121), Long An (109), Gia Lai (109), Thừa Thiên Huế (106), Vĩnh Phúc (104), Đắk Nông (85), Đà Nẵng (66), Hòa Bình (60), Quảng Nam (59), Quảng Ngãi (56), Thanh Hóa (55), Thái Nguyên (54), Ninh Thuận (46), Hải Dương (39), Phú Yên (36), Phú Thọ (33), Thái Bình (32), Tuyên Quang (29), Nam Định (29), Lạng Sơn (28), Quảng Bình (27), Quảng Trị (24), Hưng Yên (22), Hải Phòng (22), Quảng Ninh (15), Cao Bằng (10), Điện Biên (9), Bắc Giang (9), Hà Tĩnh (8 ), Sơn La (4), Bắc …

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10,321 COVID-19 cases recorded in Việt Nam on Monday Southern provinces strengthen COVID-19 prevention measures as cases increase 9,625 new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Friday Nearly 8,200 new COVID-19 infections reported in Việt Nam on Sunday 8,176 new COVID-19 cases, 64 more deaths reported on Sunday A student gets a COVID-19 vaccine in Nghệ An Province on Saturday. The provincial Department of Education and Training in coordination with the Department of Health organised vaccination for high school students from November 27 to 30. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 13,063 new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Saturday. A further 148 deaths were also recorded across the country. Việt Nam so far has reported 24,692 COVID-related deaths. Among the new cases, 7,160 were found in the community and 15 were imported. The others were in quarantine or locked down areas. Compared to Friday, the number of daily cases fell nationally by …

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An additional 16,052 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Saturday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,197,404, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 16,037 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 60 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,773), Can Tho (954), Binh Duong (716), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (697), Tay Ninh (3,676), Dong Thap (604), Bac Lieu (574), Dong Nai (567), Binh Thuan (562), Vinh Long (539), Soc Trang (449), Kien Giang (427), Ca Mau (422), Tra Vinh (328), An Giang (324), Hanoi (310), Hau Giang (287), Ben Tre (265), and Khanh Hoa (239). There were 15 imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 46 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 7,160 infections found in the community. As of Saturday evening, 1,192,200 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …

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Vietcombank, one of the top ten, is honoured at the ceremony annoucing the list. (Photo: VNA). Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam Report JSC has honoured the top 10 enterprises in its 2021 PROFIT500 , a list of the 500 most profitable businesses in Vietnam this year. They include Samsung Electronics Thai Nguyen Limited Company, Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group, Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam (Vietcombank), and Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam). The remaining enterprises are Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (Vietinbank), Vietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank), Hoa Phat Group, Vietnam Electricity (EVN), Vingroup, and Vietnam Dairy Products Joint Stock Company (Vinamilk). The Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group ranks among the top 10 of the 500 most profitable businesses in Vietnam this year. (Photo: Viettel) According to General Director of the Vietnam Report JSC Vu …

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On the September 3 flight that brought the Vietnamese football team home from the Saudi capital Riyadh, there were also women domestic workers who had been stuck for months in a deportation center. One of them was Lang Thi Thu, an ethnic Thai from Con Cuong, Nghe An Province. Thu had gone to Saudi Arabia in 2017 on a two-year contract. However, after the contract expired, she continued to work for her employer to earn enough money to build a house for her family. During her six years as a domestic worker, she had no days off and had to work from 9 a.m. to 4 a.m. Thu says: "I asked my employer to let me go home, I wanted a break to go home since my limbs had become numb; I could not feel them any more." But after many unsuccessful requests, she decided to run away and complain to the police. However, under the abusive Kafala sponsorship system that governs migrant workers in Saudi Arabia, people like Thu do not have the right to quit or change jobs, except in certain special …

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Since joining the World Trade Organisation 15 years ago, Viet Nam has become a part of 17 FTAs, which are either under negotiation or underway. This has helped create a momentum for the country's exports. Viet Nam’s total export-import value rise from $84.7 billion in 2006 to $545.3 billion in 2020. Workers make shoes for export. Now, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) is enhancing the formation of a portal that will make accessing information on the current and upcoming FTAs easier for Vietnamese businesses. Ngo Chung Khanh, Deputy Director of the MoIT’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department, said that 2021 has been a difficult year for businesses and the wider economy, but there is still hope for the future. He mentioned export turnover as an example, in which traditional markets like China and other ASEAN countries were supplemented by the US and other countries that Viet Nam has signed Free Trade Agreements with. Thanks to two newly-signed FTA's, …

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Vietnam Airlines wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner (Photo courtesy of Vietnam Airlines) Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam Airlines, the country's national flag carrier, looks to dominate the Vietnam-US route as preparations have been completed for its first direct flight to the US, which is scheduled to take off on November 28, said General Director of Vietnam Airlines Le Hong Ha. The Vietnam-US route was among one of the most in-demand pre-pandemic. There were 24,000 Vietnamese university students and a 2.2 million strong Vietnamese community in the US in 2020. Two-way trade has been on the rise in recent years reaching 90 billion USD in 2020 and projected to hit over 100 billion USD this year, making the Southeast Asian economy one of the US’s top trading partners. As a result, the airline is confident demand will quickly recover once the pandemic is put under control and mobility restrictions relaxed, Ha said. Competition, however, is expected to be fierce as the …

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Staff at Bac Giang's provincial centre for public administration services. (Photo: baobacgiang.com.vn) Bac Giang (VNA) – Bac Giang has been making all possible efforts to improve its Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI) this year, according to the northern province’s People’s Committee. Bac Giang aims for 66.33 points in the 2021 PCI, 2.35 points higher than its score in the previous year’s PCI , and for continuing to remain among the group of  “fairly good” performers in terms of economic management. PCI 2020 report was based on the response of nearly 12,300 enterprises, including more than 10,700 private enterprises operating across 63 provinces and cities, and nearly 1,600 foreign-direct-investment (FDI) firms in 22 localities. It has been viewed as ‘the common voice’ of the business community on the level of reform in various fields./. VNA …

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