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The Ministry of Health logged more than 6,500 domestic COVID-19 cases in Vietnam on Wednesday, down over 1,300 from a day before. Thirty-six provinces and cities registered 6,555 locally-infected patients, compared to 7,911 domestic cases in 38 provinces and cities on Tuesday, while another four infections were imported from abroad, the health ministry said. A total of 1,184 cases were detected in the community whereas the remainder were found in isolated areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City reported 4,449 of the latest domestic infections, Binh Duong Province 631, Dong Nai Province 271, Dong Thap Province 244, Khanh Hoa Province 147, and Tay Ninh Province 120. Since the fourth COVID-19 wave began in Vietnam on April 27, the country has registered 117,042 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City is taking the lead with 77,189 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 9,540, Bac Giang Province with 5,735, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s daily local coronavirus count falls by over 1,300 cases

MoF suggests reducing trading board lot size from 100 to 10 on HSX The Ministry of Finance has suggested reducing the trading board lot size from 100 to 10 and providing favourable conditions for companies to list again on the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange. Specifically, from July 5, the fresh trading system of the Ho Chi Minh City Stock Exchange (HSX) has officially been put into operation. According to the MoF, the congestion has been basically addressed, stabilising market sentiment, and demonstrating the drastic direction and management of the MoF. To further strengthen the role of securities market management and administration, the MoF required the SSC to follow the below nofitications: (1) Directing both local and foreign-invested securities companies, especially those holding large market shares to report on their technical system infrastructure in a bid to ensure stable and smooth trading. (2) Reviewing the new trading system. Moreover, HSX is encouraged to … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JULY 28

3D image simulating 4 combined cycle gas turbines of Bac Lieu liquefied natural gas power plant. Photo: vnexpress.net Delta Offshore Energy Pte., Ltd., the investor of the $4 billion Bac Lieu liquefied natural gas-to-power (LNG) project in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, is urgently completing works so that construction will be kicked off on time as committed. The investor is both completing procedures with Vietnamese parties and negotiating with international partners to sign engineering, procurement, and construction contracts and other contract packages, while also negotiating with international financial organisations for capital arrangement. However, the investor of the LNG Bac Lieu project is facing difficulties in negotiating the power purchase agreement (PPA) as the relevant parties involved have yet to reach a compromise over the selling price of power and the power purchase volume. According to Delta Offshore, delays in reaching a compromise over these issues … [Read more...] about Task force to bump up project efficiency

With the use of digital money increasing rapidly during the pandemic, the financial industry needs the most intelligent solutions to detect and counteract complex threats that never seem to stop. — Photo courtesy of Kaspersky HCM CITY — With the use of digital money increasing rapidly during the pandemic, it has become crucial for the financial sector to integrate security and improve their threat intelligence capabilities, according to cybersecurity experts. According to the State Bank of Vietnam, last year nearly 374 million transactions worth more than VNĐ22.4 quadrillion (US$974.5 billion) were made via the internet, up 8.3 per cent and 25.5 per cent from 2019. Besides, nearly 918.8 million transactions worth nearly VNĐ9.6 quadrillion were made via mobile phones, an increase of 123.9 per cent in volume and 125.4 per cent in value yea-on-year. Lockdowns due to the pandemic have caused digital payments to skyrocket. According to the 2020 Doing Business report released by … [Read more...] about Financial sector needs to improve threat intelligence: experts