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Ms. Tran Phuong Anh of the Authentic Company at 66 Chua Lang street, has been giving away free masks since the start of the outbreak. “The more we give, the more we receive. I think this is a useful act. At first, few people knew about it, but in the past few days, more people have been coming to get masks. I hope even more people will start coming. … [Read more...] about Free face masks offered amid COVID-19 outbreak

At a meeting on February 10, Minh, who also heads the National Steering Committee for ODA and Preferential Loans, said that the draft decree should ensure consistency with regulations in the 2019 Law on Public Investment, the 2017 Law on Public Debt Management, the 2015 Law on State Budget and the 2016 Law on International Treaties, the Government news website reported. … [Read more...] about BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES FEB. 14

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam National Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) is exerting efforts to produce around 6 million antibacterial face masks in February to meet increasing demand amid the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak. In the month, the group is also striving to provide 10 tonnes of fabric every day for garment companies to make medical masks (equivalent to 10 million masks per day). Due to unpredicted developments of the disease, Vinatex continues giving the priority to making face masks. The group and its member companies expect to provide nearly 12 million face masks for the market in March. The World Health Organisation has declared the COVID-19 outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. To stop the virus from spreading, people are advised to wear face masks and wash hands with santinizers frequently. In Vietnam, 16 infection cases have been confirmed so far, including 11 in the northern province of Vinh Phuc./. … [Read more...] about Garment group to provide 6 million face masks in February amid COVID-19

Hanoi (VNA) – Given what has been achieved so far, the export revenue of forestry products is likely to reach 11 billion USD in 2019, higher than the target of 10.5 billion USD, according to Director General of the Vietnam Administration of Forestry Nguyen Quoc Tri. He told the press on October 29 that forestry exports so far this year have risen by 18.8 percent year on year to over 9.04 billion USD, leading to a trade surplus of 6.95 billion USD in forestry products. Notably, forestry exports surpassed 1 billion USD in October, the first time in 2019. Tri said export contracts for the two remaining months have been fulfilled, citing data of many years as showing that this is also the period of time with the highest forestry export value in a year. He added for many countries, this is the time for the strongest import of outdoor and indoor furniture, which is the basis for the sector to be confident that forestry exports in 2019 will reach 11 billion USD. This is a very … [Read more...] about Forestry exports likely to surpass this year’s target

"Last week, my family could not buy medical masks and had to use cloth masks as alternatives. I know that medical masks could only be used once, but I still washed and dried them to keep some spare, since it's not sure how long the epidemic will last," she said, anxiety writ large on her face.  … [Read more...] about Saigon’s midnight run: residents form long queues to buy masks