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A total of 540 disadvantaged workers are set to fly home to celebrate Tet on Vietnam Airlines flights. (Photo: Vietnam Airlines) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam Airlines will transport free of charge 540 disadvantaged workers back to their hometowns on January 27 and 28 for welcoming the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday – the longest and most important traditional festival in Vietnam. The flights, using Airbus A321 aircraft , depart from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, Vinh, and Da Nang. They are part of a Tet programme co-organised by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee and Pepsi, a brand of the Suntory PepsiCo Vietnam Beverage company. The Bring Tet Home programme has presented 540 return air tickets, 325 train tickets, and 3,105 coach tickets along with Tet gifts to 3,970 needy students and workers to support their journeys home. The Tet holiday will last from January 31 through February 4./. VNA … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines helps carry needy workers home for Tet

As the Lunar New Year festival approaches, tiger statues honoring this year’s zodiac animal are popping up in public places across the country, adding to the liveliness of spring in Vietnam. Vietnamese will formally celebrate the Tet, or Lunar New Year, festival on Februrary 1. The occasion is meant for family gatherings over good foods and good luck wishes. Floral decorations are an important part while adults typically give 'lucky money' in red envelopes to children to wish them health and outstanding academic results. The fest tends to last at least a week. A lovely, smiling tiger figure in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province, located in Vietnam's Central Highlands. Photo: The The / Tuoi Tre Two young women pose for a photo in front of a tiger statue while donning traditional Vietnamese 'ao dai' in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province, Vietnam. Photo: The The / Tuoi Tre A tiger statue donning the traditional costume of people … [Read more...] about Vietnam ready to welcome Year of Tiger with colorful zodiac statues

Masan High-Tech Materials is among Việt Nam's 50 Best Performing Companies in 2021. — Phot courtesy of Masan HÀ NỘI — Masan High-Tech Materials has been named among the ‘Top 50 Vietnam The Best in 2021’ by Vietnam Report JSC and VietNamNet. An awards ceremony was held at the National Convention Centre in Hà Nội on January 14, 2022, to honour Việt Nam's leading groups and companies that managed to meet the key selection criteria such as being ranked in the list of the 500 largest enterprises in Việt Nam (VNR500) for three consecutive years, having good capital efficiency, consistent profit growth prospects, and a strong commitment to corporate social responsibility. Masan High-Tech Materials received this prestigious award thanks to its innovation and sustainability activities despite facing various challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the outbreak brought great challenges to enterprises, industries and markets all over the world, the company found a way to balance … [Read more...] about Masan High-Tech Materials among Việt Nam’s 50 Best Performing Companies in 2021

The SATForRice program is conducted by spectroscopic analysis Initial results According to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD), so far digital transformation in the agricultural sector has been applied in cultivation, husbandry, fisheries and forestry, yielding excellent results. Specifically, programs and software to manage plantations and precision agriculture are applied to optimize the use of resources (water, fertilizers, etc.) and gradually switch from traditional to modern farming methods to increase crop yield, reduce dependence on environmental and weather conditions, control disease and improve breeds. Initial digital transformation has been applied effectively in the fishery sector It is estimated that by the end of 2021, there were 19,000 agricultural cooperatives and 79 unions of agricultural cooperatives across the country, of which over 2,200 cooperatives have applied digital technology in production, accounting for 12 … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s agriculture in race to digital transformation

In January, The General Staff has directed the whole military to accomplish all of its assignments, especially border management and patrol, prevention of illegal immigration, assurance of benefits for discharged soldiers, and COVID-19 control. In February, General Cuong asked the General Staff’s affiliated agencies and units to continue to maintain combat readiness duties, closely follow situational developments to handle situations in a timely manner, work with the public security force to ensure safety during the upcoming lunar New Year (Tet) and major events of the country and the military. Agencies and units were also requested to develop plans on exercises on shifting of combat readiness, organize recruitment drives in a safe manner according to the COVID-19 prevention and control measures. They were also urged to make thorough preparation for training, for the upcoming whole military snipers’ competition, and training sessions for participants of the International Army … [Read more...] about General Staff rolls out missions for February

A medical worker takes a sample of a resident in southern An Giang Province for COVID-19 testing. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Sang HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health on Thursday issued new guidelines on COVID-19 risk level assessment, in line with the Government’s resolution on safe adaptation, flexible and effective control of the pandemic. This guideline, Decision No. 218/ BYT-QĐ, goes into effect immediately on the date of approval and will replace Decision No. 4800/QĐ-BYT, which was issued in October 2021. According to the new document, not only the number of new cases, but also the number of patients in severe condition and fatalities will be taken into account when evaluating the pandemic risk level of a locality. The principles of the new assessment are to actively and effectively control the outbreak while minimising large-scale blanket measures. The focus now is to manage the risk at the grassroots level to ensure flexibility and effectiveness, and early detection to execute … [Read more...] about Health ministry announces new COVID-19 level assessment