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Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Many enterprises in the manufacturing and processing industry are optimistic about the outlook for the second quarter of 2020, according to a survey conducted by the General Statistics Office (GSO). … [Read more...] about Many firms optimistic about business in Q2

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has sent a report to the Prime Minister, proposing a reduction in the prices of electricity for three months to help ease difficulties facing production and business in the context of the ravaging COVID-19 epidemic. In the document, dated April 1, the ministry proposed that in the April – June period, the price of electricity for household consumption of up to 300kWh be cut by 10 percent. By so doing, it will suffer a loss of 2.930 trillion VND (about 124 million USD). A cut of the same level was also proposed for production and business customers which will set the ministry back by 6 trillion VND. As for the accommodation customers, the electricity price for them will be reduced to that of the production households and this will lead to a loss of 1.8 billion VND for the ministry. Besides, it also proposed the exemption of electricity costs for concentrated quarantine and treatment establishments related to the COVID-19, … [Read more...] about 10 percent cut in electricity prices proposed to help ease COVID-19 impact

She was the only female singer to participate at the Asian Music Festival 2019 in China. At the end of 2019, she released her latest album Nàng Thơ (Muse), which is the first in Việt Nam to combine jazz with recital. — VNS … [Read more...] about Hà Linh releases virus music video in English and Vietnamese

“The ambiguity in regulatory policy confuses foreign investors. While many regulations are made timely, laws and regulations governing foreign investment are often inexplicable and often inaccurate. Excessive time and costs on interpreting and querying regulatory policy are clearly barriers to investment. If an agency dedicated to resolving issues arising from foreign investment was to be created, as is found in many countries, Vietnam would certainly attract more foreign investment.” VN Economic Times … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s IT and finance catching South Korean attention

According to the information from the Central Tropical Hospital, the recovered patients are numbers 20, 63, 76, 78, 107, 129, 131, 132, 138, 179 and number 198 – a member of staff from the Trường Sinh company which provides none medical services to Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội. … [Read more...] about 75 COVID-19 patients recovered in Việt Nam