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Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 27 evening, marking 41 days in a row without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. Of the 327 confirmed cases in the country, 187 imported ones were quarantined right after they entered Vietnam, posing no risk of community transmission. The sub-committee for treatment  announced that six more people infected with the novel coronavirus have been given the all-clear on the same day, including Patient 19 who was among the most critical patients in Vietnam, The patients, all Vietnamese nationals, were discharged from the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases, bringing the country’s total recoveries to 278 or 85 percent of the confirmed cases. They are all in a stable condition, with no fever, no cough and no shortness of breath. Patient 19, a 64-year-old woman, was admitted to the hospital on March 6. The patient was … [Read more...] about Vietnam records no new COVID-19 infections in community for 41 days

An Giang (VNA) - Despite the blow struck by the COVID-19 pandemic, exports from the Mekong Delta province of An Giang grew 0.08 percent year-on-year to 358.43 million USD in the first five months of this year, according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade. Exports are expected to total 450.46 million USD in the first half of the year, up 4.04 percent from a year earlier. Though the pandemic has put significant pressure on the province’s key foreign currency earners such as rice, fisheries, fruit and vegetables, and garments, these products posted growth during the period. An Giang exported 197,890 tonnes of rice worth 102.8 million USD from January to May, equivalent to 43.95 percent of this year’s plan. It is estimated that rice exports in the first half will reach 264,430 tonnes, worth 138.85 million USD, up 4.93 percent and 8.05 percent, respectively. It shipped 49,400 tonnes of fisheries products worth 119.09 million USD during the period, … [Read more...] about An Giang: Key exports post growth in first five months despite COVID-19

Meanwhile, a program to promote consumption of domestically grown agricultural products hurt by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic will also be carried out under a joint effort by Vietnamese mobile wallet app MoMo, Tuoi Tre, and leading retailer Saigon Co.op. … [Read more...] about Tuoi Tre announces ‘Cashless Day 2020’

Vung Tau in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is a top tourist destination in Vietnam usually flooded with holiday-goers. The province reopened its public beaches on May 7 after more than a month of temporary shutdown to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Saigon to launch ferry service to beach town Vung Tau

The Vietnamese finance minister requested the Vietnamese general departments of taxation and customs to report to the Ministry of Finance on recent allegations in Japanese media about the bribes paid by Tenma Vietnam to avoid paying corporate and value-added tax. … [Read more...] about Five tax officials suspended for alleged bribery at Tenma Vietnam