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Mohan Ramesh Anand, chairman of INCHAM, said: “To fulfil a part of INCHAM's commitment in the memorandum signed with the Government of Viet Nam, INCHAM would like to make a small contribution to join hands with the medical team in Viet Nam for COVID-19 prevention and control. … [Read more...] about INCHAM supports Government with $12,800 donation in COVID-19 fight

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Nineteen State-owned groups and corporations under the Commission for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) incurred losses worth more than 3.7 trillion VND (160 million USD) in the first quarter of this year due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to a recent CMSC report sent to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the total revenue of the 19 State groups and corporations fell an estimated 27.3 trillion VND in Q1 compared to the same period last year. If the pandemic continued and oil prices did not recover, their total revenue in 2020 would be 270 trillion VND lower than plans for the full year, the report said. In addition, eight of them would suffer losses worth more than 26.3 trillion VND and the sum contributed to the State budget would be 32.8 trillion VND lower than planned. The CMSC pointed out that Vietnam Airlines Corporation was among those suffering the most from the pandemic, reporting a drop of 6.7 trillion VND in revenue … [Read more...] about State-owned enterprises face 3.7-trillion-VND loss in Q1 due to COVID-19

Jakarta (VNA) – The Indonesian Government plans to invest at least 1,260 billion Rp (76.14 million USD) in electrifying 433 remote villages in the country’s four most impoverished provinces in 2020. Speaking at a recent Cabinet meeting, President Joko Widodo said that the programme is part of efforts to provide electricity for the entire population this year. State-owned electricity firm PLN pledged to deploy new technology in mapping and electrifying the 433 remote villages in Papua, West Papua, East Nusa Tenggara and Maluku. PLN achieved a 98.89 percent ratio last year but it is struggling to cover the last mile, mainly due to logistical hurdles in the world’s largest archipelago. “Once things return to normal after the COVID-19 pandemic, we will execute the programme,” said PLN president director Zulkifli Zaini after the meeting. “In fact, if possible, we want most of the 433 villages electrified by August 17,” which is Indonesia’s … [Read more...] about Indonesia moves to provide electricity for entire population by 2020

The kit, named Light Power IVASARS-CoV-2 1stRT-rPCR (VA.A02-055H), which uses the WHO-approved RT-PCR (Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction) lab technique, is manufactured by the Viet A Corporation. It allows for 50 tests, with results obtained after just an hour using samples taken from the throat or respiratory tract. … [Read more...] about Vietnam presents 500 COVID-19 test kits to Indonesia

Hanoi (VNA) – The Secretariat of the Party Central Committee has ordered stronger leadership, inspections, supervisions and actions against wrongdoings in personnel work in general and in the recruitment of officials and public employees in particular. In a recently-issued conclusion, the Secretariat pointed out bottlenecks in handling wrongdoings even found in the appointment of leading and managerial positions, or in the personnel preparation for Party Committees for the 2020-2025 tenure.  Given this, all-level Party Committees and organisations, and leaders of relevant agencies and units were asked to promptly detect and handle the wrongdoings. Recruitment decisions may be revoked in case of violations, the Secretariat said, stressing the need to identify the responsibility of those involved. The Government’s Party Civil Affairs Committee will assign the Ministry of Home Affairs to issue documents guiding the settlement of wrongdoings this month. The Party … [Read more...] about Party Secretariat urges stronger actions against recruitment, appointment wrongdoings