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The 84 new cases reported earlier Thursday morning represent the biggest increase of local transmission cases in Việt Nam since the pandemic began, the directive noted, adding that the many cases found in Hải Dương Province with a highly transmissible variant of the virus first reported in the UK might lead to widespread infections. … [Read more...] about PM orders lockdown of Chí Linh City, Vân Đồn int’l airport over major COVID-19 clusters

At least 110 laboratories across the country can perform real-time polymerase chain reaction testing for Covid-19 diagnosis, with a capacity of 27,000 samples per day. As of April 30, 2020, Vietnam had conducted 261,004 tests, with 967 tests per positive case or 2691 tests per million population. Not only did the country buy 200,000 tests from South Korea, but it also quickly developed its own successful test kits. … [Read more...] about Vietnam pushes for medicine self-sufficiency post Covid-19: Fitch Solutions

Still, Vietnamese enterprises, especially small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), are still struggling with the concept of digital transformation. According to a 2019 survey conducted by Asia IoT Business Platform, 13.2 per cent of local enterprises surveyed claimed that digital transformation is not present within the organisation, as compared to only 8.4 per cent and 8.8 per cent of those in Indonesia and Thailand respectively. Furthermore, a report by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce (VCCI) states that SMEs account for 97 per cent of the total number of enterprises in Vietnam. Around 80-90 per cent of the machines used in their operations are imported and nearly 80 per cent are obsolete technologies from the 1980s and 1990s. … [Read more...] about Grappling with digital evolution

Prices were frozen throughout 2020 except for a spike in June, which was caused by three consecutive increases in gasoline prices after a series of declines since the Lunar New Year, as well as the rise in pork prices in the first days of June, with transportation climbing the strongest with 6.05 per cent. … [Read more...] about Forestalling impending deflation risk

She graduated from a Hà Nội university in 1966 and became a war correspondent of the former Liberation News Agency, part of the Vietnam News Agency. She worked in some of the most heavily AO/dioxin affected areas in southern Việt Nam, such as Củ Chi, Bến Cát, and along the Hồ Chí Minh Trail, ultimately experiencing contamination herself. … [Read more...] about Historic court case begins in France for Agent Orange victims