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This is the first time Phuong will be absent from the national team under Park Hang-seo’s lead. With Phuong’s wife to soon give birth, he plans to join the squad for their second training. He will be absent from Vietnam's first game of the third qualification round in Saudi Arabia on September 2, but is expected to join the team in the home game against Australia five days later. Lam will also be absent due to obligations at Japanese club Cerezo Osaka. The 28-year-old keeper can only join the national team when the international break hits. The call-up list this time includes many familiar faces, along with three new players. The team are set to gather for training in Hanoi on August 5 under the instruction of assistant coach Lee Young-jin. Park is still in South Korea and will return to Vietnam on July 28, when he will enter quarantine before returning to work. This is the first time in history Vietnam have made it to the final World Cup qualification round. The Golden Dragons … [Read more...] about Two key players down in Vietnam’s preparation for World Cup qualifiers

Of the new patients, Ho Chi Minh City reported 4,469, followed by its neighboring provinces of Dong Nai (120), Long An (75), and Binh Duong (79). The remaining cases were recorded in Mekong Delta's Dong Thap (154), Can Tho (54), Soc Trang (22), Hau Giang (3), Kien Giang (2) and Bac Lieu (1); the central region's Binh Thuan (45), Da Nang (26), Phu Yen (23), Ninh Thuan (13), Gia Lai (5), Dak Nong (5), Binh Dinh (4), Thue Thien Hue (4), Quang Nam (3), Quang Ngai (3), Kon Tum (2), Thanh Hoa (1), Ha Tinh (1), Lam Dong (1) and Dak Lak (1); Hanoi (19) and the northern provinces of Vinh Phuc Province (11), Lang Son (2) and Thai Nguyen (1). Among the new cases, 525 were detected in the community and the rest in isolated areas. Within Tuesday, 1,063 new cases in the community have been recorded nationwide. With the latest additions, HCMC still leads the infection count with 72,740 confirmed cases, followed by Binh Duong Province with 8,909 in the ongoing wave. Vietnam entered its … [Read more...] about Vietnam adds 5,149 cases to local Covid tally

Messer Vietnam Industrial Gases in central Quang Ngai Province, one of the two largest industrial gas production facilities in Vietnam, boasts a capacity of nearly 100 tons per day. A worker pumps liquefied oxygen into tankers before the gas is transported to factories and filling stations. Each vehicle can carry from 16 to 22 cubic meters and store liquefied gas for 24 hours depending on actual conditions. Photo by Messer Vietnam. Tankers carrying liquefied oxygen gather at a gas extraction plant of Messer in Thuan An Town of Binh Duong Province that borders Ho Chi Minh City on July 22. Inside the Binh Duong factory, 30 staff including workers, technicians, and drivers are charged with filling and transporting oxygen cylinders. Employees are kept on site to avoid them catching Covid-19 on their daily commute. The gas extraction system. Duong Ngoc Tho carefully inspects the interior of a cylinder. … [Read more...] about Inside Vietnam’s oxygen production chain

As exports formed a key component of local economic development, maintaining production chains was crucial for Vietnam. Vietnam's exports reached US$158.34 billion in the first six months of 2021, an increase of $35.57 billion, or 29 per cent over the same period in 2020. — VNA/VNS Photo In the first six months of the year, exports increased by 29 per cent and orders were rising thanks to the recoveries of the US and China markets, as well as tax incentives from the EU due to the EVFTA agreement, said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, manager of the Fulbright Economics Teaching Programme. Thanh took part in an online conference hosted by e-newspaper cafef.vn yesterday with other experts to discuss solutions for the economy in the ongoing fourth wave of the pandemic. “The remarkable increase is due to the demand for Vietnam's exports from major markets,” he said. Thanh said Vietnam was benefitting thanks to the continuing punitive tariffs on China from the Biden administration, … [Read more...] about Maintaining production chains crucial for Vietnam

Workers at Ha Tay Chemical Weave Co.Ltd in Hanoi (Illustrative photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam's footwear exports brought home 11.27 billion USD from the start of the year to July 15, a year-on-year surge of 28.36 percent, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs . It was amongst key products of Vietnam posting the strongest growth in the period. The US was the largest market of Vietnam’s footwear, with export turnover reaching 4.14 billion USD by the end of June. Other major markets included the EU, China, Japan and Canada. Besides footwear, four other export items raked in at least 10 billion USD in the reviewed period. Mobile phones and components took the lead with 26.66 billion USD, followed by computers, electronic products and components with 25.42 billion USD. Export revenues of machines and devices hit 18.4 billion USD while garment-textile products secured 16.97 billion USD. Since the start of 2021, Vietnam has earned 171.22 billion USD … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s footwear exports rake in 11.27 billion USD

The Ministry of Health documented almost 8,000 domestic COVID-19 cases in Vietnam on Tuesday, with more than 6,000 recorded in Ho Chi Minh City. Thirty-eight provinces and cities registered 7,911 locally-infected patients while two separate infections were imported from abroad, the health ministry said. One thousand and sixty-three cases were detected in the community whereas the remainder were found in isolated areas or centralized quarantine facilities. Ho Chi Minh City reported 6,318 of the latest domestic infections, Dong Thap Province 303, Dong Nai Province 239, Binh Duong Province 166, and Tay Ninh Province 144. The daily count is the second-largest so far, after a record was set at 9,225 patients on Saturday. Since the fourth COVID-19 wave began in Vietnam on April 27, the country has logged 110,487 community transmissions in 62 out of its 63 provinces and cities. Ho Chi Minh City stays on top with 72,740 patients, followed by Binh Duong Province with 8,909, Bac … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City reports over 6,000 of Vietnam’s nearly 8,000 new local coronavirus cases