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The Ministry of Industry and Trade reports that firms operating in the garment, leather and footwear, and woodwork processing sectors have been hit by a double impact from the ongoing COVID-19, after many of their buyers chose to delay delivery of signed orders in the months ahead. Moreover, the vast majority of buyers are currently declining to enter into to negotiations for new orders. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES APRIL 7

The list of Trade20 of Standard Chartered Standard Chartered expressed on its website that each market’s potential for trade growth was determined by analysing changes across a wide range of variables over the last decade, including three equally-weighted pillars: economic dynamism, trade readiness, and export diversity. … [Read more...] about Vietnam becomes high-light of ASEAN in trade growth

Waste reduces Phu Quoc’s attractiveness to the Japanese Many tour operators operating in the Japanese market have expressed interest in taking their customers to Phu Quoc Island due to its beauty but have voiced concern over the pollution there.   … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s largest island Phu Quoc struggles to search for new dumping site

Vientiane (VNA) - The Ministry of National Defence has sent medical experts to Laos to exchange experience in COVID-19 prevention and control. The Vietnamese side has handed over medical supplies, including face masks, protective gear, and hand sanitiser, worth over 3 billion VND (128,800 USD) to the Lao side. Following a handing-over ceremony at the Cau Treo border gate in Vietnam’s central Ha Tinh province on April 7, Vietnamese experts traveled to the Lao capital of Vientiane and held working sessions with the country’s national and government steering committees for COVID-19 prevention and control. Under the instruction of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Defense Minster Ngo Xuan Lich, military zones and units of the Ministry of National Defense stand ready to dispatch experts to Laos when necessary./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam send experts to help Laos fight COVID-19

A British COVID-19 patient exercises in her hospital room under the guidance of a doctor at Hue Central Hospital – Branch 2 in Thua Thien-Hue Province, central Vietnam. Photo: Nhat Linh / Tuoi Tre Both tested negative for the virus twice before their discharge. … [Read more...] about Vietnam province discharges two British COVID-19 patients

Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Transport has asked relevant offices to complete surface damage repairs of Hanoi's Thang Long Bridge by September. The Directorate for Roads of Vietnam (DRVN), the Department of Science and Technology, and the Department of Transport Infrastructure were asked to hasten the repairs. The ministry requested the DRVN to select technical and technological solutions and carry out the repairs using capital from the road maintenance fund. During the repair, solutions to ensure traffic safety for people and vehicles in the construction area must be taken into consideration. The Department of Transport Infrastructure was assigned to take part in consulting and approving the repair plan as well as monitor the progress. The Department of Science and Technology would participate as an expert on technology and technical solutions to ensure quality for long-term use, said the ministry. The bridge’s surface underwent two major repairs in 2009 and from 2012 to … [Read more...] about Repairs of Thang Long Bridge must be completed by September: ministry

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nineteen State-owned groups and corporations under the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) incurred losses worth more than 3.7 trillion VND (160 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent CMSC report sent to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the total revenue of the 19 State groups and corporations fell an estimated 27.3 trillion VND in Q1 compared to the same period last year. If the pandemic continued and oil prices did not recover, their total revenue in 2020 would be 270 trillion VND lower than plans for the full year, the report said. In addition, eight of them would suffer losses worth more than 26.3 trillion VND and the sum contributed to the State budget would be 32.8 trillion VND lower than planned. The CMSC pointed out that Vietnam Airlines Corporation was among those suffering the most from the pandemic, reporting a drop of 6.7 trillion VND in revenue … [Read more...] about State-owned enterprises face 3.7-trillion-VND loss in Q1 due to COVID-19

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson seen on March 22, tested positive for the coronavirus 10 days ago. He's been admitted to a hospital for testing. AFP Photo LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson was in intensive care on Monday after his coronavirus symptoms worsened, prompting concern for his health and well-wishes from political friends and foes in Britain and abroad, as the country battles to control the outbreak. … [Read more...] about British PM Johnson in intensive care with coronavirus

The EU’s 27 member states are responding to certain recession with individual spending plans, in which rich countries like Germany and the Netherlands have the means to spend big but indebted Spain (health workers pictured) and Italy do not. — AFP/VNA Photo … [Read more...] about EU ministers to agree virus rescue plan, not ‘coronabonds’

How a midnight phone call that led to coronavirus-stricken Ruby Princess cruise being able to dock in Sydney Harbour in the dark The doomed Ruby Princess cruise ship was set to be stopped from entering Sydney Harbour until a last minute backflip by port authorities, leaked phone calls reveal. … [Read more...] about Grief turns to anger: Widower of Ruby Princess cruise ship passenger bursts into tears as he recalls his last moments with the ‘love of his life’ – and sheds alarming new light on lax health measures