Specifically, on the supply side, the index of industrial production continued its recovery in August, picking up 3.5% against July. Overall, the index of industrial production in the first eight months of 2020 grew 2.2% year-on-year, slightly lower than the rate of 2.6% registered in the first seven months, and much lower than the 9.5% increase in the same period last year. Processing and manufacturing (the main driver of industrial production) recorded a rise of only 3.7% (versus 10.6% in the same period last year). Apparently, the fact that Covid-19 remains rampant worldwide and came back to Vietnam in late July adversely affected the recovery of industrial production in August. … [Read more...] about Public investment the only bright spot
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WHO donates 10 botulism antitoxin vaccine doses to Vietnam
Loi Song Moi Company’s vegetarian products, including the Minh Chay vegetarian paste, that led to 15 botulism cases in Vietnam – PHOTO: VNA HCMC - On September 8, the World Health Organization (WHO) sent 10 doses of the botulism antitoxin to Vietnam from its warehouse in Switzerland to help the country treat patients poisoned by Loi Song Moi Company’s Minh Chay vegetarian paste contaminated with the botulinum toxin. … [Read more...] about WHO donates 10 botulism antitoxin vaccine doses to Vietnam
HCMC to inspect ongoing real estate projects
The Vinh Hoi Apartment Building in District 4, the Riverside Apartment Block in Binh Thanh District, the high-rise Akari Hoang Nam Apartment Block in Binh Tan District and Tilia Residences in District 2, which are underway, will also be subject to the periodic inspection. … [Read more...] about HCMC to inspect ongoing real estate projects
Vietnam reports no community-transmitted Covid-19 cases for 8th consecutive day
A driver provides hand sanitizers to passengers. Vietnam has not recorded any new Covid-19 cases from community transmission for the eighth straight day - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Vietnam has not recorded any new Covid-19 cases from community transmission for the eighth straight day, putting the country’s tally at 1,059 as of Thursday morning, September 10. … [Read more...] about Vietnam reports no community-transmitted Covid-19 cases for 8th consecutive day
“Saigon Times – Great Circle” supports border guards in Daklak
Daklak Province has a 73-kilometer-long borderline with Cambodia. Since early 2020, when the coronavirus broke out, soldiers have been working at 23 fixed and mobile checkpoints day and night to prevent the outbreak of the pandemic as well as illegal immigration, according to Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Minh Tuyen from the Border Guard of the province. … [Read more...] about “Saigon Times – Great Circle” supports border guards in Daklak
