VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 3
The Ministry of Health yesterday said that Vietnam run out of around 215 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine. The Consulate General of Vietnam in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, held a seminar with the Vietnam - Germany Innovation Network (VGInetwork). COVID-19: Vietnam confirms 2,709 new cases on May 3Vietnam reported 2,709 new cases of COVID-19 and no death in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 2 to 4pm May 3, according to the Ministry of Health. The annual tourney, held by the Vietnamese People Association in Shizuoka, coincided with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam. Vietnamese students in Russia compete in sportsThe 2022 Vietnamese Students' Sports Festival kicked off in Moscow on May 1.
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May 03, 2022 22:16 UTC
Vietnam crowned Asian handball champions, qualify for World Championship
Championship title after a 2-0 win over Thailand in Bangkok last weekend.Thanks to their victory, the team secured a spot in the World Women’s Beach Handball Championship, which will be held in Greece in June.It was the second meeting between the two teams. In the previous matches, Vietnam lost 2-1.India came third and took bronze.In Greece, Vietnam will join 15 international powerhouses as they compete at the highest level of handball for the second time.At their first world event in 2018, Vietnam grabbed a historic 2-1 win over New Zealand and finished ninth in the overall ranking, the best result from the Asian representatives./.
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May 03, 2022 17:24 UTC
Nearly 120 million USD to be used to build 4 aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh airport
An aircraft maintenance workshop - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)– The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has recently submitted to the Ministry of Transport for appraisal and approval four investment projects on building and operating aircraft maintenance workshops at Long Thanh International Airport with a total investment of more than 2.75 trillion VND (119.7 million USD).The facilities all meet the standards of the CAAV, the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).Each project is expected to be constructed within 24 months from the effective date of the project contract, and the estimated operation time is 25 years from the date of completion of the project.Located 40km to the east of Ho Chi Minh City, Long Thanh International Airport in Dong Nai province is expected to relieve overloading at the southern metropolis’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport, which is currently the largest in Vietnam.Covering more than 5,580 hectares, it will spread across six communes in Long Thanh district. Its construction has been divided into three phases.In the first phase, a runway and one passenger terminal along with other supporting facilities will be built to serve 25 million passengers and 1.2 million tonnes of cargo each year. This phase is scheduled to be completed in 2025.The project started in 2021. Once fully completed by 2050, the airport will be able to handle 100 million passengers and 5 million tonnes of cargo annually./.
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May 03, 2022 15:36 UTC
Vietnam - important partner of Chile in Southeast Asia: Chilean FM
– Vietnamese Ambassador to Chile Pham Truong Giang on May 2 paid a courtesy call to newly-appointed Chilean Foreign Minister Antonia Urrejola Noguera who affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Chile in Southeast Asia.Both sides shared delight at the progress in the relationship between the two countries over the years.Despite impacts of COVID-19, two-way trade hit 1.59 billion USD in 2021, maintaining Vietnam's postion as Chile ’s top partner among ASEAN countries, they noted.Minister Noguera said she hopes Ambassador Giang will continue making contributions to the promotion of friendship and cooperation between the two countries.She suggested that the ambassador coordinate closely with relevant agencies to hasten the signing and implementation of memoranda of understanding between Vietnam and Chile, especially in agricultural cooperation. She asked for Vietnam's support to Chile to join the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Agreement (AANZFTA) and become a member of the UN Human Rights Council in the 2023-2025 tenure.For his part, Ambassador Giang pledged to continue to work hard to connect ministries, sectors, localities and business communities of Vietnam and Chile, thus optimising the collaboration potential of both sides. He proposed that Chile share experience with Vietnam in COVID-19 response, climate change and green energy transition.The diplomat said he hopes the two countries will increase the exchange of delegations at all levels, while strengthening the existing annual dialogue and cooperation mechanisms, including the political consultations between the two Foreign Ministries, consultations between the two trade ministries and the Vietnam -Chile Free Trade Council./.
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May 03, 2022 14:31 UTC
National strategy on environmental protection to 2030 approved
(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the National Strategy for Environmental Protection to 2030 with a vision until 2050, in which the Government sets targets to prevent the increasing trend of environmental pollution, solve urgent environmental problems, and step by step improve and restore the quality of the environment. To this end, the strategy gives a number of key solutions, including actively preventing and controlling negative impacts on the environment and environmental incidents, encouraging ecological and circular economic development, green growth, promoting sustainable production and consumption. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)At the same time, environmental zoning will be conducted, along with the enhancement of the efficiency of strategic environmental evaluation, environmental impact assessment, and environmental management based on environmental permits. Facilities with high risks of causing environmental pollution will be strictly monitored, while transboundary environmental problems will be managed, according to the strategy. Besides, the strategy focuses on solving key and urgent environmental issues, settling environmental pollution and degradation; maintaining and improving the environment quality and hygiene; conserving the nature and biodiversity, promoting environmental protection in the exploitation and use of resources; proactively protecting the environment to contribute to improving the capacity to adapt to climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions./.
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May 03, 2022 08:54 UTC
Digital transformation in logistics: Key for competition in 42-billion-USD market
Business HCM City asks to tighten credit in high-end property The Ho Chi Minh City branch of the State Bank of Vietnam has asked credit institutions to tighten the management on credit flow into the real estate sector and the transfer of money collected from real estate transactions abroad. Business Infographic Sustainable Macadamia Development Scheme The government recently promulgated Decision No. 344/QD-TTg approving the Sustainable Macadamia Development Scheme in the 2021-2030 period, with a vision toward 2050.Business Lai Chau developing cultivation area for medicinal crops Farmers on Sin Ho Plateau in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have shifted from inefficient crops to the cultivation of key medicinal crops. Agricultural processing facilities have been gradually set up locally, bringing high economic value for farmers. Business Vietnam’s exports to UK up 16.4 percent last year After being heavily impacted by COVID-19 for two years, trade between Vietnam and the United Kingdom (UK) has recovered, reaching nearly 6.6 billion USD at the end of 2021, up 17 percent from the previous year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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May 03, 2022 07:36 UTC
Vietnamese cultural centre opened in Italy’s Venice city
Renato Darsie (first, right), Chairman of the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, hands over the right to use the cultural centre to a representative of Vietnamese students. (Photo: VNA)– A Vietnamese cultural centre has been opened in Venice city, Italy, expected to help promote cultural cooperation and exchange between the two countries.Renato Darsie, Chairman of the Italy - Vietnam Friendship Sub-Association in the Veneto region, affirmed the importance of the coming into being of the centre, noting that together with the teaching of the Vietnamese language at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, this will help foster bilateral cultural exchange.He also expressed his hope that through the centre, Vietnam’s cultural cooperation with Italy, including the Veneto region, will record concrete strides in the time ahead.Pham Hung Vuong, a Vietnamese student in Venice , said there are about 50 Vietnamese students in the city, but they previously lacked a venue for learning with international friends. This cultural centre will be a good place for them to study and popularise the Vietnamese culture to their Italian and international peers.Addressing the launch, Ambassador Duong Hai Hung thanked the official and the sub-association for their efforts to coordinate with regional and municipal authorities to open the cultural centre.He said the opening is important to the two countries’ friendship and cooperation as the centre will help enhance bilateral cultural understanding.The diplomat said he hopes the students will hold activities to introduce the culture of Vietnam to Italian friends and encourage more Vietnamese youths to come to study in this European country. He described Vietnamese students in Italy as the “cultural ambassadors” of Vietnam and “cultural bridges” between the two peoples./.
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May 02, 2022 21:45 UTC
COVID-19: Ministry orders no obstruction to issuance of vaccine passports
Health officials enter information of COVID-19 vaccine recipients into national database. (Photo: VNA)The Ministry of Health has demanded no obstruction to nor profiteering from the issuance of COVID-19 vaccination certifications and “ vaccine passport ”, according to a notice released on May 1.The notice was sent to provincial health departments, the ministry’s bodies and telecom group Viettel, the developer of the national digital platform for COVID-19 vaccination database management.The ministry began issuing digital vaccine passports last month. To protect rights of the holders of COVID-19 vaccination certificates and vaccine passports, the ministry requests relevant units to not make difficulties nor profiteer from these services.It also plans to accelerate communications campaigns to raise people’s awareness of the rights to be granted with vaccination certificates and vaccine passports in case they have been fully vaccinated.It emphasised that violators must take full responsibility before the law./.
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May 02, 2022 17:21 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 2
Japanese media spotlight PM Kishida’s Vietnam visitJapanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio’s official visit to Vietnam on April 30 - May 1 has grabbed the headlines of the media in Japan. Currently, they are practicing hard towards SEA Games 31, targeting at least three gold medals, Tuan said. Organising committee calls for protection of SEA Games 31 brandThe Organising Committee of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) has called on organisations, enterprises, and people to respect and jointly protect the brand of the Games. It made the appeal in the face of recent infringements of the brand of SEA Games 31. Singapore to send 427 athletes to SEA Games 31Singapore has confirmed 427 athletes taking part in 33 sports at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) to be held in Vietnam from May 12 - 23.
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May 02, 2022 16:25 UTC
Infrastructure needs upgrading to develop modern fisheries sector
Fishing vessels at Sa Ky Port of central Quang Ngai province (Photo: VNA)The Government is expected to earmark about 10 trillion VND for upgrading fishing ports in the coming time. It blamed this fact partly on limited finances.Nguyen Quang Hung, Deputy General Director of the directorate, said most localities haven’t mobilised enough resources to upgrade ports or issued appropriate policies to attract private businesses to develop ports and related services.Small ports don’t have enough space for shipyards to repair fishing vessels or seafood processing workshops, so this costs fishermen time and money as they search for a suitable port, he noted.Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien held that problems at existing ports and shelters need to be tackled quickly to build a modern and responsible fisheries sector. This will also greatly help with the removal of the European Commission’s “yellow-card” warning against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in the industry.The port system should be industrialised and modernised through upgrading and expanding existing ports, with a focus on the facilities serving the fishery logistics services, to improve food safety, origin traceability, and seafood handling capacity.Efforts should be invested in completing major fisheries centres and first-class fishery ports near key fishing grounds, according to Tien.The Government is expected to earmark about 10 trillion VND (435 million USD) to upgrade fishing ports in the coming time. About half of the funding will be sourced from the country’s medium-term capital and the rest from ODA loans in the 2021 - 2025 period.The agriculture ministry is drafting a plan for the fishing port and storm shelter system for 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050. It is also amending policies to attract private investment into developing fisheries infrastructure and services./.
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May 02, 2022 09:38 UTC
VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MAY 1
The clip, lasting 1 minute and 11 seconds, is part of the VNAT’s media programme “Vietnam: Di de Yeu!” (Vietnam: Travel to Love) that introduces a vibrant, attractive, and welcoming Vietnam to tourists from all over the world in response to the upcoming 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31). The group, an initiative by Vietnam and Germany, was launched at a New York event on June 30, 2021. The carnival aimed at promoting Ha Long, home to the world heritage site Ha Long Bay, as a safe and friendly destination. The event aims to gradually recover the capital's tourism activities post-pandemic, in conjunction with the 31st SEA Games and the Visit Vietnam Year – Quang Nam 2022. Ha Long tourist boat safety regulations tightenedAuthorities in Quang Ninh Province have refused to renew the licenses of 170 tourist boats to operate on Ha Long Bay during the coming holiday due to safety concerns.
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May 01, 2022 22:59 UTC
Efforts help promote sustainable fisheries growth
According to the Directorate of Fisheries under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Vietnamese fisheries sector has expanded greatly, with export revenue reaching nearly 9 billion USD per year. With joint efforts of the directorate, localities and community, the restoration of fisheries resources has been on a right track. Fishermen and coastal communities’ awareness of conserving and restoring fisheries resources and biodiversity protection has been improved. Efforts to regenerate fisheries resources and protect the environment will also contribute to enhance the prestige of the sector and maximise its potentials and advantages, the directorate stressed. It added that the protection and regeneration of resources will ensure harmony in the overall development of the fisheries sector, as well as the livelihoods of coastal community./.
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May 01, 2022 18:42 UTC
Vietnam’s frozen sapodilla fruit promoted in Australia
A booth of Vietnam promoting sapodilla fruit in Sydney (Photo: VNA)Vietnam’s frozen sapodilla was the highlight at a trade promotion event held by the Vietnam Consulate General in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia, and the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia at Paddington Market in Sydney on April 30.The event was occasioned by the first time that a major shipment of frozen sapodilla from Vietnam has been exported to the Australian market.Consul General of Vietnam in New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia Nguyen Dang Thang said as Vietnam and Australia have brought the COVID-19 pandemic under control, bilateral trade has resumed and grown robustly.Farm produce exports of Vietnam to Australia in the first quarter of 2022 surged more than 30 percent against the same period last year. Two-way trade surpassed 12.4 billion USD in 2021.In addition to fresh agricultural products that already win the heart of Australian consumers such as longan, mango and dragon fruit, Vietnam is also looking to introduce its processed and frozen farm produce to Australia so as to increase export values and diversify markets.Nguyen Phu Hoa, head of the Vietnam Trade Office in Australia, said Vietnamese firms have obtained good results in shipping farm produce to Australia. He believed that the sapodilla will be able to establish a foothold in the Australian market He added that the agency arranged a series of promotions for farm produce last year and will roll out new activities to popularise Vietnamese products in the Oceanian country, thereby contributing to bilateral trade./.
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May 01, 2022 13:34 UTC
Vietnamese ambassador pays working visit to Brazilian state
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese Ambassador to Brazil Pham Thi Kim Hoa paid a working visit to Amazonas state on April 25-28, in the framework of the working programme of the ASEAN Committee in Brazil (ACB). The Vietnamese ambassador also visited businesses owning production chains that turn waste into energy. Amazonas, located in the north of Brazil, is the largest state of the country. It boasts a population of more than 4.2 million, equivalent to 2 percent of that of the entire country. The Brazilian state is 98 percent covered by the Amazon Rainforest./.
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May 01, 2022 10:03 UTC
Cooperation possibilities for Japan, Vietnam limitless: Japanese PM
(Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Cooperation possibilities for Japan and Vietnam are limitless, said Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio at a seminar on the two countries’ cooperation in technology renovation, digital transformation and supply chain diversification on May 1. The Japanese Government leader attended the seminar during his official visit to Vietnam, together with his Vietnamese host Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. Secondly, Japan and Vietnam also hope to continue working together to address socio-economic issues in many fields through digital transformation. Chinh stressed that Vietnam hopes for further coordination and support from the government and enterprises of Japan in the process of technology renovation, digital transformation and supply chain diversification. “Our two countries can work together to accelerate their digital transformation process towards establishing a Digital Partnership,” he said.
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May 01, 2022 08:13 UTC