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The owners of many beer houses in HCM City are preparing for reopening but will serve soft drinks only as requested by state agencies. Workers begin cleaning up the restaurant to get ready for the reopening “We cannot close the doors any longer,” said Quang, the owner of Quang Map, a well known site in district 1, said while preparing broth for Bun bo Hue (Hue-style beef noodle soup) he sells for lunch. Quang said his family has been trying every possible way to earn money and maintain jobs for workers. He sells chao long (pig’s tripe soup) in the morning, bun bo Hue at lunch and drinks in the evening. All the food is sold by take-away, which brings a modest income. Quang had heard that municipal authorities might allow eateries, restaurants and beer houses to reopen after a long lockdown. But he was unhappy about the news, because beer and alcoholic drinks won’t be prohibited. He said he doesn’t intend to reopen. “We must serve alcoholic drinks,” he said. “People …

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A total 75,250,990 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in Vietnam so far, according to the national COVID-19 Vaccine Portal on Tuesday. An elderly woman in Thach An District, the northern province of Cao Bang receives a shot of COVID-19 vaccine. This makes up half of the health authorities' aim of giving 150 million doses to cover 75 per cent of the adult population (vaccination of children is greenlit in principle, but has not yet been rolled out). Over the past four days from October 22 to 25, the country injected over 4.1 million vaccine doses, which equals one million doses per day on average. Based on the number of vaccines doses allocated, Long An Province now has the highest percentage for people receiving at least one shot at 212.5 per cent (the number of actual local residents receiving the vaccine might be higher than the official population figures). According to Long An Province’s report, as of October 25, the locality has administered …

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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and World Economic Forum Founder and Chairman Klaus Schwab will co-chair the national strategic dialogue between Vietnam and WEF on Friday. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The event with the theme "Enhancing public-private partnership: Key motivation for comprehensive recovery and inclusive, sustainable development and innovation" will take place in the form of a videoconference. This is the first time that a national strategic dialogue will take place between Viet Nam and WEF. The discussion is important in the context of moving towards living safely with COVID-19 safely and promoting economic recovery. This is also an opportunity for investors to directly discuss with the Prime Minister the Government's economic goals for the term 2021-2026, and a chance to expand business in Viet Nam. Investors will offer suggestions about how to promote and take advantage of investment and technology, innovation and digital …

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After many months of keeping her daughter at home due to social distancing, Thai Kim Tuyet can finally bring her to enjoy a walking tour of French architecture in downtown Hanoi. The tour, called the "French Architecture in Downtown Hanoi", has been jointly organised by the National Museum of Vietnam History and Hanoitourist, bringing tourists to the most beautiful streets of the capital. They stop at various historical and cultural sites like the Opera House, the Tonkin Palace and the Sofitel Metropole Hotel to learn about the history of the buildings. At the National Historical Museum, they can see national treasures like the Ngoc Lu drums dated back to Dong Son civilization (some 800BC) and gold books and royal seals dating back to the Nguyen dynasty (1802-1945), the final feudal regime in Vietnam. At the museum, the visitors can experience an audio guide app for the first time. Joining the tour, visitors can add to the experience with an audio app at the National …

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“The international pressure to reduce coal-fired thermal power is huge,” said an expert involved in the compilation of the draft of national power development plan 8. Looking at the petitions and letters sent by many domestic and international organizations to Vietnamese leaders, one can see that the expert has not overstated the issue. Organizations in favor of wind and solar power, such as the Vietnam Business Forum (VBF) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), criticized the draft national power development plan 8 when they did not see a significant increase in the proportion of renewable energy in the country’s power development plan from now to 2030. Particularly, offshore wind power is only 2,000MW, while the GWEC wants to raise this figure to 10,000MW. These organizations also asked Vietnam to completely phase out coal-fired thermal power. In the document submitted to the Government on the approval of the National Power Development Planning for the …

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Vietnam is seriously lacking IT engineers, which explains why many new graduates with good skills and experience find jobs with attractive pay of up to VND30 million ($1,300) a month. According to TopDev, Vietnam needs 450,000 workers in the IT (information technology) industry in 2021, but lacks about 100,000. The IT recruitment platform predicts that Vietnam will lack 28 percent of workers next year. Vietnam will need 530,000 workers early next year, but lacks 150,000. The report also found that the fields most expected by programmers are AI, cloud computing, fintech, e-commerce and information security. Dang Minh Tuan, Head of Blockchain Lab belonging to the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology (PTIT), said at a recent workshop on labor force development that IT is a special industry which has developed very rapidly. Every 18 months, computer capacity will increase twofold, and information and knowledge volume will double. There is no other industry …

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Nui Chua (in the coastal south-central province of Ninh Thuan), which has been recently recognised by UNESCO as a world biosphere reserve, has been attractive for not only scientists but also wildlife enthusiasts. Nui Chua has been attractive for not only scientists but also wildlife enthusiasts. (Photo: NDO) Visitors can go to Nui Chua at any time of the year. However, many people like to come here between August and October, with the dry heat and when the weather eases. For the sake of nature conservation and the safety for tourists, the journey must be registered with the National Park Management Board. Accordingly, the visitors are then guided by the park’s staff or an indigenous person. From Phan Rang - Thap Cham City, visitors can move north-eastward about 30km towards the starting point of the trekking tour which conquers the peak of Nui Chua. In the early morning, travellers will have the opportunity to see the brilliant sunrise on Ninh Chu beach. In …

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Pham Hoang Khai may be a humble and poorly-paid builder, but that doesn't stop him giving back to his community. Pham Hoang Khai fixes a pothole in a local rural road in Minh Dieu Commune in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu. The man from Minh Dieu Commune, in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, has spent two days a week voluntarily fixing potholes on local roads and repairing bridges for the past eight years. Khai said he usually woke up early to prepare his tools, safety shoes, gloves and a vegetarian meal for a day volunteering. When he first started fixing the roads, he asked for leftover construction materials from construction sites where he worked to fix potholes on the commune’s roads. Then, he spent his own money to buy cement, sand and stones to carry out the work, he said. “Sometimes, local residents donate some money or building materials to help fix the potholes,” he said. Khai’s story of volunteerism began on an afternoon in 2012 when …

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