Solar power to boom after Decision 13
Decision No. 13 gives clear guidance and opens up the Agricultural as well as Commercial and Industrial (C&I) rooftop sectors for further development, which are Shire Oak’s main focus in Vietnam....
View ArticleVietnam able to test 13,000 samples daily for Covid-19
As of this afternoon, the country has reported no new cases of Covid-19 for four consecutive days. Its total infections remain at 268, with 207 cases having recovered. A decline in the number of new...
View ArticleFive more Covid-19 patients discharged from hospital
Nho Quan General Hospital in Ninh Binh Province declared a 29-year-old male patient free of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. The 228th case had been sent to the hospital on April 6. His...
View ArticleVietnam discharges three more Covid-19 free patients
The third discharge, “Patient 228,” was made by the Nho Quan District General Hospital in the northern province of Ninh Binh. He is a 29-year-old man from the northern province of Bac Giang who...
View ArticleVietnam’s retailers reel from shrunk consumer demand amid COVID-19: consultant
The service consultant said in a statement on Tuesday that foot traffic in many malls and retail centers in Ho Chi Minh City declined by 80 percent in February and March compared to the same period...
View ArticleCOVID-19: many real estate trading floors close
Hanoi (VNA) – The transaction volume on the domestic real estate market dropped to a four-year low for Q1 due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and many real estate trading floors have...
View ArticleThailand, Cambodia record positive signals in containing COVID-19
Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand recorded 19 new cases of COVID-19 and one death on April 21, bringing its total to 2,811, including 48 deaths. Spokesman of the Thai Government’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation...
View ArticleHCMC to start work on tunnel project tomorrow
The two tunnels are set to run beneath the intersection of the Nguyen Van Linh and Nguyen Huu Tho streets. Each of them will stretch 480 meters, with three lanes allowing vehicles to travel at a speed...
View ArticleCanada shooting: Death toll in Nova Scotia rises to 22
The search ended around midday on Sunday when the suspected shooter was located by police at a service station in Enfield, north of the provincial capital of Halifax. He was shot and later died.
View ArticleSpanish players against plans for closed training camps when matches return
The captains underlined their opposition to closed training camps during Tuesday’s meeting, an AFE spokesman said, adding that players would be informing the government’s department for sport and the...
View ArticleHCMC cuts electricity/water bills, taxes to support Covid-19-hit firms
Employees work at an automobile and motorcycle component manufacturing facility. HCMC will reduce local firms’ production costs, including electricity and water bills, taxes and land-use fees, to help...
View Article90 pct of Vietnamese travel firms seek government loans
The government has prohibited entry for foreign nationals since March 22 except for those entering the country for diplomatic purposes or other special matters such as business managers, experts and...
View ArticleIndonesia’s palm oil exports fall due to pandemic
Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesia’ palm oil exports and its derivatives dropped to 4.93 million tonnes in the first two months of 2020 from 6.6 million tonnes in the same period last year due to the COVID-19...
View ArticleFinally, I caved in
Also with the greatest respect to the likes of Matt Yarnall in Essex, England and Dennis Nderitu in Nairobi, Kenya, the fact that your taste in music was greatly influenced by Atomic Kitten’s 2003 LP...
View Article‘Zero-VND supermarket’ offers helping hand to the needy amid COVID-19
Local resident Chu Van Tai picks basic necessities at the ‘Zero-VND Happy Supermarket’ located at Vinh Nghiem Pagoda in District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Photo: Duyen Phan / Tuoi Tre Shoppers who...
View ArticleViệt Nam has high shrimp export growth to US and Japan in Q1
Japan jumped to first place in the five largest export markets, accounting for 21 per cent of Việt Nam’s total shrimp export value after the export value to this market in February surged sharply by 63...
View ArticleDomestic air routes to Phu Quoc Island reopened
Ninth- and twelfth-grade students are expected to return to school on April 27, while students in other grades as well as university and college students have to wait until further notice from the...
View ArticleVietnam to fly citizens home from 11 countries
Amid the suspension of commercial air routes between Vietnam and many parts of the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese authorities and foreign diplomatic missions have been organizing...
View ArticleBamboo Airways urged to plan debt payment
A Bamboo Airways aircraft. The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has asked Bamboo Airways to quickly report its debts and payment plan for aviation service providers – PHOTO: VNA HANOI – The Civil...
View ArticleLandlords should switch to revenue sharing, market researcher suggest
Duong Thuy Dung, senior director at CBRE, said: “From the effects of COVID-19 that we have seen, the local market will require more presence of online platforms and development of omnichannel...
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