More than VND2 trillion (US$87.1 million) worth of goods, medical equipment and cash, donated in support of Ho Chi Minh City’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, has been distributed promptly, the municipal Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee announced on August 9.
VOV.VN - Vietnamese fruit exports and other farm produce to the Chinese market have been temporarily suspended due to the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).
Despite complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is still chosen by many foreign investors as a destination to build production bases, especially in the electronics industry, according to Fitch Solutions.
VOV.VN - Vietnam will send seven athletes to compete in weightlifting, swimming, and track-and-field at the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games which will get underway between August 24 and September 5 in Japan.
Construction enterprises have reported divergence in the first half of 2021 as a sharp increase in raw material prices has put them under pressure.
The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Government has donated 7.5 million syringes to Ho Chi Minh City to support the city’s COVID-19 vaccination program, the Consulate General of the RoK in HCM City announced recently.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 9 met with Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh; and visited and held separated meetings with former Party and State leaders of Laos.
VOV.VN - A large number of local artists based both domestically and abroad participated in a virtual concert held on August 8 in Hanoi, with the primary aim to raise funds for the country’s COVID-19 vaccine fund.
VOV.VN - Despite enduring the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the total amount of remittances sent to Ho Chi Minh City during the seven months of the year surged by over 19% to US$3.7 billion compared to the same period from last year.
VOV.VN - Thousands of expats residing in Ho Chi Minh City have been vaccinated against the COVID-19 pandemic in recent weeks, thereby helping to protect themselves and the wider community.