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The city, a tourism hot spot, reintroduced social distancing measures for 15 days staring July 28 after confirmation of a resurgence of domestically-transmitted cases. Public transport services, including flights to and from the city with a population of 1.1 million people were suspended to contain a fresh Covid-19 outbreak. … [Read more...] about Vietnam to evacuate 400 stranded tourists from Covid-19 epicenter Da Nang

The headline Vietnam Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) dipped back below the 50.0 no-change mark in July, posting 47.6 compared to 51.1 in June, indicating business conditions have now deteriorated in five of the past six months due to the Covid-19 impacts, according to Nikkei and IHS Markit.  … [Read more...] about Vietnam factory activity dips in July as Covid-19 impacts grow

The production sector is expected to obtain 1.5 percent growth rate in 2020 and contribute to the general growth rate decreasing by 1.8 percentage point. Meanwhile, the contribution to GDP by the service sector is predicted to decrease from 2.8 percentage points in 2019 to 0.5 percentage point. … [Read more...] about Covid-19 holding Vietnam’s economic growth back

There are possibilities that Vietnam will record negative growth this year as the rising number of community transmission cases undermines growth "motivation", Nguyen Duc Thanh, former head of the Vietnam Institute for Economic and Policy Research (VEPR) said. … [Read more...] about Vietnam warned negative growth a possibility amidst Covid-19 comeback

The virus has spread to nine localities across the country, with Da Nang alone recording 120 cases. It was followed by Quang Nam province (35), Ho Chi Minh City (8), Dak Lak and Quang Ngai provinces (3 each) Hanoi capital (2), and Thai Binh, Ha Nam and Dong Nai (1 each). … [Read more...] about COVID-19: Another case detected, Vietnam has 621 cases