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Xa Doai oranges sold for VND70,000 (US$3) to VND80,000 (US$3.5) per each one at the gardens, notably beautiful and a giant orange priced at around VND100,000 (US$4.3), an increase of more than 20 percent compared to last year. In recent days, many traders have flocked to Nghi Dien Commune in Nghe An Province’s Nghi Loc District where was known for a specially sweet and fragrant orange to order for Tet holiday.  Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghi Dien Commune Mr. Phan Cao Duong said that there have been around 10,000 orange trees planted on an area of over 17-hectare household gardens and farms.  During the flood and storm season 2020, 35 to 40 percent of orange planting areas were destroyed; however, thanks to diversifying nutrition, the quality, size and quantity of oranges have been improved.  … [Read more...] about Xa Doai orange reaches high consumption for Tet holiday

However, tough challenges are ahead for the city’s industry and trade sector. They come from the curtailment of industrial production as most of the large production facilities move out of the central city, and limited investment in high-tech industry and weak development of supporting industry. Besides, attracting investments in local industrial parks is not an easy task since industrial land leasing costs in Hanoi are higher than those in localities in the vicinity such as Ha Nam, Hoa Binh and Hung Yen. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JANUARY 20

Vietnam needs to harness the potential consequences of the US-China trade war, which makes the country an attractive market, and also harness the early recovery from COVID-19, she said, adding that Vietnam will also have to restructure its economy to make the most of the free trade agreements with the EU and 14 other countries in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement that it signed last year./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam approaches leadership transition in rosy conditions: The Sunday Times

Hanoi (VNA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been well controlled in Vietnam, but risks of an outbreak are still present, especially with the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaching, leading experts to warn that people need to strictly abide by preventive regulations. Associate professor Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor to the Vietnam Emergency Operations Centre, told Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper that the current risk of infection was mainly due to a lack of strict control of entry and lax quarantining. Each ministry, branch and locality must continue to seriously implement pandemic prevention and control measures, he said, adding that along with the strict control and prevention of illegal entry, local authorities and police need to closely monitor border areas, especially land borders. Along calling on provincial and municipal health departments to strictly implement COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long urged … [Read more...] about People urged to continue pandemic prevention to ensure peaceful Tet

“Nobody knows if the pandemic will ever end, or if there will be other pandemics after that,” said Giang. “Therefore we are advocating bringing the interests of disadvantaged groups, including women migrant workers, into regular government regulations with the aim of tackling overall safety problems, so that no-one will go hungry or feel abandoned at any given time.” … [Read more...] about The migrant women who never quit