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Long charging time for the buses’ batteries, which ranges between six and eight hours per cycle, as well as the lack of mobile charging stations, and difficult maintenance due to costly spare parts also proved major issues for the operation of the electric bus system. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City ready for another test round of electric buses

VinFast, a unit of Vietnam’s biggest private conglomerate Vingroup, entered the auto industry three years ago. It has an auto plant in the northern province of Hai Phong and research and development centers in Australia, Germany and the U.S. … [Read more...] about VinFast introduces self-driving car models

Hanoi (VNS/VNA) - Vietnam's birds nest exports are expected to swell in the coming years. According to Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien, procedures needed to export bird’s nests to China are almost completed. Vietnam expects to ship the first batch of this product to China in the first quarter of 2021, the world’s largest bird’s nest consumption market. Do Tu Quan, head of the Vietnam Swiftlet Farming Association, said the total output of unprocessed bird’s nests is expected to reach 160 tonnes in 2025. Most of the output will be exported to China to the tune of 100 tonnes, earning 150 million USD. The remaining 60 tonnes will be processed to 42 tonnes of clean bird’s nests. Of which, it expects to ship 16.8 tonnes of clean bird’s nests to Singapore and 8.4 tonnes to the US with export values of 58.8 million USD and 29.4 million USD, respectively. The rest of the clean bird’s nests will be consumed in … [Read more...] about Bird’s nest exports set to soar in coming years

Hanoi (VNA) – The Party and the State have pursued a consistent policy of ensuring social welfare for people, as reflected through a raft of Party documents, National Assembly resolutions, strategies, plans, projects and programmes of the Government. Social welfare activities have been rolled out in different sectors, from health care to education, insurance, employment and poverty reduction. In 2020 when millions of labourers were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and natural disasters battered many provinces and cities, the Party and the State adopted multiple countermeasures. The Party and the State consistently protected human rights and people’s health and lives with strong and humanitarian policies and decisions. Meanwhile, the Government proposed the legislature issue solutions and fiscal policies to remove difficulties in production, business and social welfare. Notably, a package worth 62 trillion VND (2.66 billion USD) has been implemented to support … [Read more...] about People always put at centre of Party and State’s policies, decisions

Timen R.T. Swijtink shows participants the difference between regular coffee beans and dwarf beans -- the smaller beans used for the espresso Lacàph served at the Vietnamese Coffee Fair: Tet Edition in Ho Chi Minh City in January 2021. Photo: Linh To / Tuoi Tre News According to Swijtink, approximately 95 percent of coffee output in Vietnam is robusta, with the vast majority being industrial- and commercial-grades. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City coffee fair offers fresh look at fine Vietnamese robusta