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During a reception in Hanoi on September 17 for Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolas Hernandez Guillen, Dien wished that Cuba would continue tackling difficulties faced by Vietnamese firms when exporting to and investing in the Caribbean country. He suggested that the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Cuban Embassy in Vietnam should continue working closely together to bolster bilateral economic, trade and investment ties, so as to match long-standing political relations. Both sides should further strive to help their business communities fully tap the Vietnam – Cuba trade agreement that took effect on April 1, 2020, the first of its kind that Cuba signed with an Asian nation. The host proposed Cuba offer preferential policies to create favorable conditions for foreign enterprises and those from Vietnam in particular to invest in the country. The Ambassador, for his part, emphasized Cuba’s attention to boosting collaboration with Vietnam in …

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She made a suggestion during a working visit to the headquarters of Novartis Pharmaceutical Group in Basel city on September 15. The ambassador valued Novartis's activities in Vietnam and said she hoped that the group would pay attention to support the country in accessing vaccines and especially medicines to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. Lutz Hegemann is Group Head of Corporate Affairs & Global Health, said although Novartis does not directly develop vaccine technology, it boasts advanced pharmaceutical production infrastructure. It is cooperating with Pfizer and BioNTech to produce mRNA vaccine at Novartis' factories, contributing to speeding up the production and supply of this vaccine globally, he said. In addition, it is accelerating research and production of drugs to treat COVID-19. Novartis has so far successfully produced many generic drugs to treat COVID-19, including those that are applying for a license for use in Vietnam. To expand operations in Vietnam, in …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc is the first head of state to visit Cuba since the successful organization of the eighth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba. This is also the first visit to Cuba by a senior Vietnamese leader after the 13th Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam. The visit aims to reaffirm Vietnam's foreign policy that attaches importance to strengthening the special traditional friendship between the two parties, the two states and the two peoples. Vietnam-Cuba relationship is rare and special in the history of the contemporary world. Since the establishment of the diplomatic relations on December 2, 1960, generations of the two countries’ leaders and people have always treasured the relationship as a priceless asset of both sides. The two countries have stood side by side during the struggle for national liberation and reunification as well as the national defense and construction cause of each country. Cuba is a pioneer in the international movement to back …

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VCCI Chairman Pham Tan Cong holds the post of chairman of the council for business cooperation in response to COVID-19 . (Photo: baochinhphu.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) has signed a decision to officially establish a council for business cooperation in response to COVID-19, a special mechanism to connect companies and business associations with agencies and organisations both in and outside the country in the fight against the pandemic. VCCI Chairman Pham Tan Cong holds the post of chairman of the council. The council aims to promptly update and reflect arising issues and difficulties facing the business community and to collect the community’s recommendations and suggest related policies and solutions to coping with COVID-19 to the Government and relevant agencies. It will create links among firms for information and experience exchanges to combat COVID-19 and sustain production and business operations. The council’s missions …

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With ingenuity, Sa Pa native Vu Thi Ngoc Huong still welcomes hundreds of visitors to this land amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Arising at first light, the agile lady helps her family prepare ingredients to make Rom cake - a traditional cake of the Giay people on the biggest holiday of the year. She then installs the old iPhone into the gimbal, and checks the transmission to smoothly welcome tourists to join the online tour “Giay cuisine - the biggest day of the year”. Huong usually has 1-2 weekly online tours, the largest of which can be up to 50 guests at once. She attracts visitors with her dazzling smile, graceful speaking and her fluency in English. Visitors from afar all attentively watch each stage of making sticky rice cakes, contemplating the atmospheric village of the Giay ethnic minority during the traditional holiday. Bringing hundreds of tourists Huong has always cherished the desire to preserve and spread the culture of the Giay ethnic group. In August 2020, she …

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A Singaporean investor has donated medical equipment and supplies worth SG$1 million (US$741,000) to Binh Duong Province in southern Vietnam to support local pandemic prevention and control efforts. The assistance, which was provided by Sembcorp Industries, was handed over to the Binh Duong People’s Committee during a virtual ceremony on Saturday. The ceremony was also attended by Vietnamese Ambassador to Singapore Mai Phuoc Dung and Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam. The first shipment of the donation, including a real-time RT-PCR test system and 12 high-end BIPAP ventilators for Binh Duong General Hospital as well as 65 patient monitoring devices for local COVID-19 treatment facilities, has been delivered. The remaining batches of medical supplies will arrive in the coming time. Binh Duong has recorded more than 175,000 local COVID-19 infections since the fourth wave hit the country on April 27, vice-chairman of the provincial administration Nguyen Loc Ha said …

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Sinopharm vaccine accounts for nearly half of vaccines available in Vietnam thus far. The Ministry of Health has decided to allocate eight million doses of Vero Cell/Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine to 25 cities and provinces. Of them, Hanoi is the biggest recipient with 1.36 million. The new doses will help localities to inoculate people with the first and second jabs. So far, Vietnam has received approximately 45 million vaccine doses, including 20 million Vero Cell doses, which are sourced from China donations (six million), Ho Chi Minh City’s purchase (five million), and Vietnamese Van Thinh Phat Group’s donations (eight million). As of Sept 19, more than 34.2 million doses have been administered nationwide, including over six million second doses. Hanoi has inoculated 6.4 million doses. It has 5.7 million adults aged above 18. On Sept 19, Vietnam saw 10,040 coronavirus infections and 233 deaths over the past 24 hours, lifting the total to 687,063 and 17,090. On the day, …

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At the dialogue. (Photo: VNA) Dong Nai – Authorities of Dong Nai on September 18 held a dialogue with associations and foreign direct investment (FDI) businesses in the southern province to grasp and remove their difficulties amidst complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the event, participating firms praised Dong Nai’s business climate and basically agreed with the province’s pandemic prevention measures. They said the authorities have provided prompt assistance, particularly regarding administrative procedures, to facilitate enterprises in arranging accommodation for workers to stay and work at their facilities. They suggested Dong Nai consider easing a number of criteria in its economic recovery plan, particularly concerning regulations on vaccination rate, goods trade and workers’ travel. The plan will be launched on September 20. Fielding queries from firms at the dialogue, Cao Tien Dung, Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, shared their …

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On the day, a mission of the Youth Union Chapter and Women’s Association of the Ho Chi Minh City Military Command, in cooperation with the bureau of the Military Broadcasting Center in the South, An Binh Charity and Women’s Association of District 3, visited and presented 200 Mid-autumn gifts to needy children in Ward 11 of District 3. During the visit, the mission inquired after the children’s health and encouraged them and their families to overcome difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Delegates wished the children a happy and cozy festival and a successful academic year. Also in Ho Chi Minh City, the Center for Social Affairs of the city’s Trade Union presented 400 gift packages, including toys, milk, instant noodles and moon-cakes, worth VND 260 million in total, to orphans with HIV and needy children in various support centers for children in the city’s districts. On the occasion, sponsors handed over a computer and VND 10 million in cash to Nguyen Hoai Thuong, a …

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Footwear exports this year are unlikely to hit the target of US$24 billion because of the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Viet Nam leather and footwear industry will continue to face difficulties this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade. According to data from the General Department of Customs, exports in the first eight months were worth $10.8 billion, a 9.46 per cent fall year-on-year, as the two largest markets, the US and the EU, cut their orders. Other top importers such as China and Japan also reduced orders. The top buyer of Vietnamese footwear, the US bought $3.43 billion worth, or 8.58 per cent less year-on-year, in the first seven months, the latest period for which the customs has figures for individual countries. The EU’s imports were down 32.5 per cent to $2.21 billion as the two biggest individual markets, Belgium and Germany, cut orders by 17.3 per cent and 10.4 per cent. Imports by …

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