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Best scenes of Vietnam voted by readers The Saigon Times On a cloudy night, the Saigon Bridge in HCMC spanning Binh Thanh District and Thu Duc City looks wonderfully mysterious. This is an entry in the “Top-7 Unexpected Aerial Views” category. The photo is taken using a flycam - PHOTO: TU THUAN HAI HCMC - One month after the launch of the program to vote for Vietnam’s Top-7 impressions, the organizer has received many entries from the Saigon Times readers nationwide In this selection and voting, Saigon Tiep Thi, a sister publication of the Weekly under the Saigon Times Group, wishes to go hand in hand with readers to visit the most beautiful spots in Vietnam in a joint effort to promote Vietnam’s tourism. The following nominations had received the highest votes as of the end of April via the program’s website https://top7vietnam.sgtiepthi.vn/ Until May 22, the organizer continues to receive entries nominating top impressions from readers. Nominations can be … [Read more...] about Best scenes of Vietnam voted by readers

Ilustrative image (Photo: nongnghiep.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Applying digital technology into agriculture help achieve fast and sustainable development is a goal that the northern province of Vinh Phuc is aiming at. The national digital transformation programme until 2025, with a vision to 2030, identifies agriculture as one of the eight priority fields. Accordingly, digital transformation in agriculture will focus on developing smart agriculture and precision agriculture while raising the proportion of digital agriculture in the economy. Farm produce’s value increases thanks to digital transformation Since late 2018, Van Hoi Xanh, a vegetable production cooperative in Tam Duong district, has applied the VietGAP software, helping it be free from manually keeping production diaries and only need to check updated data via a computer or a smartphone. The software has made it easier for the cooperative to monitor the use of input materials like seeds, fertilisers, and plant … [Read more...] about Vinh Phuc prioritises digital transformation in agriculture

The Ministry of Health recorded over 7,400 domestically-transmitted COVID-19 infections in Vietnam on Monday, together with more than 3,800 recoveries. Thirty-eight provinces and cities reported 7,445 locally-infected patients while another 10 cases were imported from abroad, the health ministry said. More than 2,300 cases were detected in the community whereas the remainder were found in isolated areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City recorded 4,264 of the latest domestic infections, Binh Duong Province 949, Long An Province 445, Dong Nai Province 380, Khanh Hoa Province 286, Can Tho City 221, Hanoi 159, and Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 132. Since the fourth COVID-19 wave began in Vietnam on April 27, the country has detected 157,919 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City is taking the lead with 98,559 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 17,807, Long An Province with 6,457, Bac Ninh Province with … [Read more...] about 7,445 more local coronavirus cases confirmed in Vietnam

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health has requested local authorities not to spray coronavirus disinfectant in outdoor areas or on people, since such practice is both ineffective and unsafe. The ministry made the request on Monday morning in a dispatch to all localities nationwide, asking them to stop such disinfectant spraying, based on the recommendations of the World Health Organization (WHO) and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In coping with the pandemic’s complicated developments that have caused surging infection cases, many cities and provinces have recently sprayed antiseptics in public areas to kill the coronavirus. In addition, mobile disinfection chambers have also been created to serve people in coronavirus-infected areas. However, the WHO has said that such disinfection is inefficient as streets and sidewalks are not places that contain SARS-CoV-2, the official name of the virus that causes COVID-19, said the ministry. The WHO and CDC do … [Read more...] about Vietnam health ministry demands halt to COVID-19 disinfectant spraying in outdoor spaces

Vietnam on Monday received 1,188,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility, bringing its total donations to the Southeast Asian country to 8,681,300 doses. Among the 8,681,300 doses delivered to the nation through the COVAX Facility, 5,000,100 shots are Moderna vaccine from the U.S. government and 3,681,200 jabs are AstraZeneca, UNICEF said in a press release the same day. The latest batch was shipped from Laboratorio Univesal Farma, a manufacturing facility in Spain. The COVAX Facility is co-led by the World Health Organization (WHO), Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI), GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, and UNICEF as the key delivery partner. The additional vaccine shots will help the ministry expand coverage and reach more people from priority groups, helping the country attain its target of vaccinating two-thirds of a 98 million-strong population by the end of the first quarter of next year, UNICEF said. “COVID-19 vaccines are lifesaving … [Read more...] about COVAX delivers almost 1.2mn more COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam

Ascott continues to be the preferred choice of accommodation by providing a safe haven and inspired living experience for guests. Photo courtesy of Ascott CapitaLand’s wholly-owned lodging business unit, The Ascott Limited (Ascott), secured over 8,300 units across more than 30 properties in the first seven months of 2021, achieving over 40 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) growth compared to the same period in 2020. This builds on Ascott’s fourth consecutive year of record growth despite COVID-19, delivering a 20 per cent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) since 2017. Ascott’s unit growth up to this month was boosted by record signings in Vietnam, with a total of 2,800 new units, exceeding its full-year signings, in the country, in previous years. Ascott’s portfolio in Viet Nam spans over 9,888 units across 36 properties in eleven cities and provinces. In addition to the gateway cities of HCM City and Ha Noi, Ascott also has properties in Lao Cai and Binh Duong provinces and the … [Read more...] about Ascott achieves over 40 per cent y-o-y unit growth boosted by record signings in VN