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Patient health record will be shared among medical examination and treatment facilities at all levels, thus helping patients to continue their treatment at different health centers.

Vietnam plans to activate a nationwide system for booking online medical examination and treatment from July 1, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

The Ministry of Health organizes a conference to prepare for deploying online medical examination and treatment scheduling. Photo: Hanoimoi

Long stressed that hospitals across the country need to integrate into this system as soon as possible.

Some healthcare centers in Vietnam have applied the solution for a few years, but only as an individual effort, Long noted, adding that patients still have to queue at hospitals from 4:00 to 5:00 am for a medical check-up at hospitals.

Over the past time, the Ministry of Health has worked with software businesses to come up with a system for medical examination and treatment scheduling.

“This solution will help patients avoid going to hospitals several times a month”, Minister Nguyen Thanh Long emphasized.

Accordingly, patient health record will be shared among medical examination and treatment facilities at all levels, thus helping patients to continue their treatment at different health centers.

All the data will be managed by the ministry, Long said, adding that the system needs to integrate the function of online Covid-19 medical declaration for people who have been to the medical facilities to save time and avoid stasis at health centers.

“We will select a number of localities and health centers to pilot this system, then make a specific assessment before replicating the solution nationwide,” said Long.

As people in rural and suburban areas account for 63% of the population, and 60% of the country’s GDP, they have the potential to drive business growth.

Nearly half of internet users in rural areas have got online shopping activities, especially they dig in information about products through chatting with the store, watching live shopping or reading reviews before deciding to buy them.

Vietnamese rural consumers increase online shopping. Photo: nongthonviet.com.vn

The latest report conducted by Facebook and GroupM Vietnam revealed that the habits and behavior of online consumers in rural areas have changed drastically.

The surveyed people said that Facebook is the most chosen online shopping channel, followed by popular e-commerce platforms like Shopee, Tiki, Sendo.

With 91% of people, Vietnamese consumers in rural areas are relying on the internet for shopping rather than traditional channels. The number of internet users is higher than television (TV) audience (86%).

Daily internet usage continues to increase (149 minutes) per head and nearly double TV time (87 minutes). Among consumers watching TV, up to 47% of people also used smartphones to chat or access social networks, the report wrote.

Using social media is the most popular internet activity with 92% of the people. Facebook is the most widely used social network with 97%.

In addition to using social media, rural consumers watch video online (74%), play online games (34%), and shop on the internet (14%). Nearly 50% of rural users chose Facebook Watch as the favorite channel for online video.

Recommendations for brands

Local residents are shopping at a store of Phuc Tho district, Hanoi. Photo: Thu Huong

It is estimated that from 2020-2025, the monthly spending of fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) in rural areas will increase by 7% on average annually, faster than that in grade-one urban areas (4%). Over 70% of FMCG categories haven’t been chosen by a number of rural consumers, representing an opportunity to increase the number of consumers, according to the report.

To catch up with the trend, the report recommended that advertisers should combine between online and traditional communication channels to ensure maximum reach to potential consumers and achieve cost effectiveness.

In order to connect with consumers more deeply, brands can roll out a variety of activities on their online media channels from social media, including online videos and promotional content with the participation of celebrities and gaming.

According to local experts, the online sales channel will be an opportunity to increase product penetration in rural areas, especially when the traditional channel has not been able to compete in convenience for busy consumers.

Khoi Le, Facebook’s Business Director in Vietnam, emphasized that how to attract more new consumers is always an issue that business managers are looking for solutions.

“As the number of new users in big cities is running out and the competition among brands is becoming saturated, the attraction of users in the second and third tier satellite cities, and rural areas becomes increasingly important,” he said.

Most Venerable Tang No, permanent vice president of the association, said it has so far encouraged Khmer Buddhist monks and followers to engage in social activities, and popularised the Party’s policies and guidelines, the State’s laws, and campaigns and movements launched by the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

Amid the complicated developments of COVID-19, the association has postponed the traditional New Year’s rituals and informed the Khmer community on pandemic prevention measures, he added

Speaking at the visit, Man highlighted Vietnam’s initial success in the fight against COVID-19, saying that the achievement is partly contributed by Khmer people nationwide, including those in Soc Trang.

He wished the association and Khmer people continue working together to overcome difficulties and implement the nation’s dual goals of pandemic prevention and economic development.

He asked them to further participate in the local prevention of natural disasters, drought, and saline intrusion as well as in upcoming National Assembly and People’s Council elections.

On the occasion, the official presented 25 gifts worth 130 million VND (5,645 USD) to local Khmer Buddhist monks and to the association.

According to Most Venerable Tang No, Khmer people accounts for over 30.18 percent of Soc Trang’s population and run 130 worshipping establishments.

Source: VNA

The Ministry of Industry and Trade’s sub-divisions in coordination with authority in Son La Province yesterday organized the event “Day of Son La specialties” to advertise special fruits and agricultural products of the province and boost fruit and vegetable sales to meet the demand of year-round availability of freshly produced fruits.

The Vietnam E-Commerce and Digital Economy Agency has worked with e-commerce platform Sendo to select Son La’s special fruits and agricultural products, fruit juice, dairy products and honey to display on Sendo.

Moreover, the competent agency will focus on boosting the consumption of Son La’s produces in the country on e-commerce platform “Online Vietnamese booths” in cooperation with Vietnam’s large e-commerce platforms such as Sendo, Voso (Viettel Post), and Tiki to ship fruits to consumers as online purchases increase amid Covid-19.

Four new industrial parks include 438-hectare Ledana facility, 300-hectare V.com park and 348-hectare Hoa Lu in the Hoa Lu border-gate economic zone in Loc Ninh border district and 6,317-hectare Dong Phu park in Dong Phuc District.

Additionally, the province authority will expand three industrial parks 577.63-hectare Minh Hung III in Chon Thanh District, 317-hectare Bac Dong Phu and 480-hectare Nam Dong Phu in Dong Phu District. Industrial parks are eligible for enjoying exemption of enterprise income tax, import duty for machinery.

The local administrations will support companies in the industrial parks by building connection paths to main roads, waste treatment and the supply of water and power.

Currently, 11 industrial parks are located in Binh Phuoc Province attracting 334 secondary projects including 232 foreign-invested projects and 102 locally-invested projects. Some 171 enterprises have been operating creating 66,200 jobs for local laborers.