The affordable housing demand of migrant workers in HCM City is very high. —VNA/VNS Photo The chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, Phan Van Mai, said the city plans to build one million units of affordable housing for low-income workers. The Department of Construction is working with the Department of Natural Resources and Environment to review statistics of the State's social housing land fund and has reported back to the City People’s Committee. The fourth wave of COVID-19 clearly exposed the reality that workers live in large numbers in very small areas. This has had a great impact on the emotional life of the workers. The city's leaders have recognised the urgent need to build social housing suited to the income of migrant workers. "Migrant workers play a very important role in the economic and social development of the city, but the city currently does not take care of their lives well enough. In the coming time, the city will have better support policies and …
Female medical workers dedicated to fight against COVID-19
A nurse at Huế Central Hospital takes care of the baby of a COVID-19 patient. — VNA/VNS Photo Huyền Trang THỪA THIÊN-HUẾ — Leaving behind their families, female medical workers at Huế Central Hospital in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế did not hesitate to join the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Overcoming all obstacles, their high sense of responsibility and medical ethics have helped them continue to fight over the course of many sleepless nights. Doctor Mai Thị Hồng Vân volunteered in HCM City. Her parents are in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, which is more than 1,000km from the city, and they look forward to Vân’s phone calls every day. Vân’s calls are often very short, only to inform her parents about her health, but enough to keep her parents calm. They feel proud of their daughter. Leaving her family for nearly two months, Vân was one of the first medical workers at the COVID-19 intensive care units (ICU) in HCM City, when the city was in the most critical …
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PM praises frontline medical workers for sacrifice in the fight against COVID-19
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has a meeting with representatives of COVID-19 frontline medical forces on Monday. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Party and the State always acknowledge the contributions and sacrifice made by frontline medical forces in the fight against COVID-19, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính yesterday at a meeting with representatives of the forces nationwide. He said that frontline medical workers are an important force along with the military, police and others in combating the pandemic. Those who made outstanding contributions deserve to be honoured, he said. Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said many of those meeting the PM took on double tasks - being a doctor and a manager. The frontline medical forces are not only military medics, police officers, nurses, students and volunteers who help doctors at hospitals but also nuns and even recovered patients. They have taken on duties similar to those of doctors. “All medical forces have made extremely …
Digital transformation may unlock $74 billion for Vietnam’s economy by 2030
The country still faces several obstacles to fully unlocking the benefits of digital technologies. Digital transformation can unlock VND1.7 trillion (US$74 billion) worth of annual economic value in Vietnam by 2030, equivalent to about 27% of the country’s GDP in 2020. An overview of the webinar. Photo: NIC It is the predication stated in the latest report “Unlocking Vietnam’s Digital Potential” conducted by AlphaBeta, which was launched on October 18 at a webinar held by the Vietnam National Innovation Center (NIC) under the Ministry of Investment and Planning. Speaking at the event, Jacques Morisset, World Bank Lead Economist and Program Leader for Vietnam, pointed out the facts that about 60% of businesses use online platforms and tools and over 2,000 administrative procedures have gone online are bright spots in the context of Covid-19 that Vietnam has overcome. To move towards a contactless economy, Vietnam needs to focus on three priorities to …
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VN-Index hovers around 1,400 points due to rising selling pressure
A PetroVietnam Gas worker operating equipment. The company shares soared more than 4 per cent, boosted by higher gas and oil price in the international market. — Photo pvgas.com.vn HÀ NỘI — The benchmark indices finished higher on Monday, but the VN-Index failed to cross over the key psychological level of 1,400 points level as the rising selling force weighed on the market in the late session. On the Hồ Chí Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE), the VN-Index increased 2.83 points, or 0.2 per cent, to 1.395.53 points. The market opened the morning session on a positive note, with bullish sentiment pushing the benchmark to 1,399.97 points. However, the rally was capped by profit-taking activities in the last minutes. The market's breadth was negative as 193 stocks climbed and 245 declined, while the liquidity remained high. Accordingly, more than 795.9 million stocks were traded on the southern bourse, worth over VNĐ23.65 trillion (US$836.8 million). The index's uptrend was mainly …
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Businesses in Quang Ninh determined to surmount pandemic
Part of Mong Cai city in Quang Ninh province (Photo: baoquangninh.com.vn) Quang Ninh (VNA) – Quang Ninh ’s success in protecting “ green zones ” from the latest COVID-19 outbreak has created an impulse for businesses based in this northeastern province to recover operations and flexibly and safely adapt to the pandemic. Quang Ninh posted an estimated economic growth rate of 8.6 percent in the first nine months of 2021, much higher than the national average, which was mainly driven by the processing and manufacturing industry. The province’s contribution to the State budget topped 33.5 trillion VND (1.47 billion USD), equivalent to 93 percent of the sum collected in the same period last year, while total investment in society approximated 64 trillion VND, up 7.8 percent. Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Tuong Van attributed the achievements to local businesses and entrepreneurs’ proactiveness in implementing various solutions such as …
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Vietnam documents 3,168 more coronavirus cases in 45 provinces, cities
The Ministry of Health logged 3,168 new COVID-19 patients in Vietnam on Monday, along with 1,136 recoveries and 75 fatalities. The latest cases, including nine imported and 3,159 local infections, were documented in 45 provinces and cities, the health ministry said, elucidating that 1,261 patients were found in the community. Ho Chi Minh City confirmed 968 of the domestically-infected cases, Binh Duong Province 439, Dong Nai Province 393, Soc Trang Province 174, An Giang Province 109, Kien Giang Province 99, Tien Giang Province 94, Ca Mau Province 77, Khanh Hoa Province 31, Can Tho City 27, Ba Ria-Vung Tau eight, and Hanoi six. Vietnam had registered 3,175 locally-acquired infections on Sunday. The country has reported 862,531 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave emerged on April 27. Ho Chi Minh City is a hotbed with 418,692 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 225,853, Dong Nai Province with 59,015, Long An …
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Trung Nam completes first offshore wind power project in Tra Vinh
Trung Nam Group installs 25 offshore wind towers for the VND5 trillion Dong Hai No 1 wind power project in the southern province of Tra Vinh yesterday. — Photo courtesy of Trung Nam Trung Nam Tra Vinh 1 Wind Power Joint Stock Company, installed the last wind tower of the Dong Hai No 1 wind power project in the southern province of Tra Vinh yesterday. The firm, a member of Trung Nam Group, installed a total of 25 towers in the VND5 trillion (US$217 million) project over the past ten months in an effort to run the first offshore wind power project of the group. According to the firm, the project with a total capacity of 100MW would add about 330 million kWh of green energy annually, connect to the national grid, help diversify sources and gradually approach the ability to balance sources with fossil fuels, especially in the context of international orientation for a "zero carbon" future. Starting at the end of the fourth quarter of 2020, the firm has used 1,100 engineers and …
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Thai, Cambodian localities prepare for on-site teaching, tourism resumption
A resident in Bangkok gets vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: Xinhua/VNA) Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand is planning to resume on-site teaching in Bangkok capital next month, while Siem Reap province of Cambodia is shifting its focus on making sure that this international tourism hub is read to welcome tourists back. Khachit Chatchawanit, Permanent Secretary of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, told local media that 33,048 out of the 37,466 high school seniors in Bangkok who had registered for a vaccine have received their shots as of October 17. Meanwhile, 29,252 junior high school students who have registered will be vaccinated by October 20. School staff who have yet to be vaccinated will receive a combined formula of Sinovac and AstraZeneca vaccines, he noted. On-site teaching in Bangkok will resume under universal prevention guidelines, with classrooms and schedules being re-arranged to reduce contact. The measure also limits classes to 25 students per room. …
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National target program on socio-economic development in ethnic minority areas approved
As part of the national target program, approved by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh, by 2025, ethnic minorities’ income will be double that of 2020. The first stage will be rolled out in the 2021-25 period. The overall objective is to exploit the potential and advantages of ethnic minority and mountainous areas, promote economic development, ensure social security, and put in place rapid and sustainable poverty reduction. It hopes to gradually narrow the gap between the areas’ living standards and average income and the national average income, reduce the number of communes and villages with special difficulties and set up an inter-regional socio-economic infrastructure system. The areas will receive better education, training and healthcare, markedly improving people's lives, raising the quantity and quality of State employees who are ethnic minorities, preserving and promoting ethnic minorities’ culture. Gender equality and urgent issues facing women and children will …