Wood exports grow thanks to businesses’ activeness
Hanoi (VNA) – Despite the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact, the wood industry still enjoyed 3.2 billion USD in exports in the first four months of 2019, up 6 percent year on year, thanks to businesses’...
View ArticleEVFTA to help cover some economic losses from pandemic
Hanoi (VNA) – The EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), to take effect shortly, is expected to make up for some of the losses Vietnam’s economy incurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to...
View ArticleHCM City gets ready for new foreign investment wave post-COVID-19
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City in particular have remained appealing to foreign investors who are continuing to pour capital into the southern economic hub despite the COVID-19 pandemic....
View ArticleCovid-19 impact: Monkeys on Da Nang streets raise health concerns
Ecologist Ha Thang Long, founder of the GreenViet Biodiversity Conservation Center, a Danang-based non-government organization that does biodiversity research, said that in addition to the negative...
View ArticleMoIT sets up working groups for EVFTA
The second group is to take advantage of the EVFTA to boost exports with research on tastes and demand of EU consumers and the supply and production capacity in Viet Nam to clarify which products have...
View ArticleWHO warns of ‘second peak’ in areas where Covid-19 declining
Ryan said epidemics often come in waves, which means that outbreaks could come back later this year in places where the first wave has subsided. There was also a chance that infection rates could rise...
View ArticleVietnamese businesses strive to overcome barriers upon joining EVFTA
With regard to the remaining 0.3% of exports, the EU has committed to offering Vietnamese import’s duties of 0% within a certain quota. Tariffs placed on the nation’s key exports will be eliminated by...
View ArticleMIMS COVID-19 webcast draws record turnout
The inaugural webcast of MIMS’s COVID Conversations Series, the event saw more than 3,600 general practitioners and family doctors log-in from 26 countries, with doctors from the Philippines, Malaysia,...
View ArticleThe world in the post-Covid-19 era (Part 6)
From a global perspective, it is normal to see relations between nations in the international relations system get better or worse. But when the relational transitions involve big countries, especially...
View ArticleDa Nang kickstarts economy after COVID-19 pandemic
The festival aims to promote the city’s tangible and intangible cultural values, tourism destinations and beautiful beaches. It is also expected to connect and help local businesses to introduce their...
View ArticleEU vaccine pooling plans picked apart
Taking a similar tack, French pharma giant Sanofi said that its goal during this crisis is to provide effective therapies for COVID-19 and to make those treatments accessible to the people. David Tick,...
View ArticleCOVID-19: Critically ill British patient conscious
Cameron is set to undergo a chest CT-scan on May 28 to evaluate the recovery of his damaged lungs. The first scan showed 90% of his lungs were damaged by virus infection, but his lung capacity was...
View ArticleBritish COVID-19 patient now able to communicate
HCM City (VNA) – The most critically ill COVID-19 patient in Vietnam is now able to make basic communication with doctors after his dosage of sedatives was reduced on May 27 evening, doctors have said....
View ArticleDoctors’ round-the-clock care saves Covid-19 patient
Phong said: “In my 23 years of working as a doctor, this patient was a special case. My colleagues and I have learned about so many protocols and new medicines that have never been used in the country....
View ArticleAn Giang: Key exports post growth in first five months despite COVID-19
An Giang (VNA) – Despite the blow struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, exports from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang grew 0.08 percent year-on-year to 358.43 million USD in the first five months of...
View ArticleEU investors eye investment expansion in Vietnam
Around 64 per cent of EuroCham member companies are optimistic about the business outlook in the next quarter, down from 66 per cent in the second quarter of 2017. Meanwhile, the “neutral” attitude has...
View ArticleVietnam, Indonesia appreciate EU’s role in boosting multilateralism
Hanoi (VNA) – The UN Security Council on May 28 organised a video conference on EU-UN cooperation on international peace and security. For the first time, Vietnam and Indonesia – two ASEAN member...
View ArticleTrade war, COVID-19 make Vietnam even more attractive to foreign investors: HSBC
Fifthly, there have been concerns about productivity, especially given the increase in land prices and wages. But HSBC expected that Vietnam continues to provide an attractive balance between cost and...
View ArticleDoctors’ round-the-clock care helps COVID-19 patient
Experts in infectious diseases, hematology, recovery and other departments at the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and Chợ Rẫy Hospital are part of a team set up to treat a British pilot for...
View ArticleVietnam helps ASEAN battle the COVID-19 pandemic
Vietnam did a good job in terms of gathering co-operative measures among ASEAN member states, ASEAN dialogue partners, and international organisations as well as promptly sharing the information on...
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