VIETNAM TO SHORTERN QUARANTINE PERIOD FOR FULLY-VACCINATED PEOPLE
At a meeting yesterday, the Standing National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has requested the Ministry of Health (MoH) to complete the process and technology system for immigration management.
VIETNAM STRENGTHENS LOCAL CURRENCY AGAINST THE DOLLAR
The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) lowered its buying price for the U.S. dollar by 0.65 percent to VND22.975, the first such move in half a year. It also brought down the selling price by 0.04 percent to VND23,774.
FORTY-TWO FIRMS RESUME OPERATIONS IN COVID-19 EPICENTER
A total of 42 businesses with 7,600 workers have reopened in the northern province of Bac Giang after downing shutters for three weeks to prevent Covid-19 transmission.
VIET NAM FOOTWEAR EXPORTS TO EU GROWS
Thanks to the preferential tariffs under the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement, footwear exports to the bloc’s 27 member countries increased by 19.2 per cent year-on-year in the first quarter of 2021.
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NATIONAL COVID-19 VACCINE FUND LAUNCHED
The national COVID-19 vaccine fund was established on June 5 in an attempt to mobilise social resources for the purchase and import of vaccines as well as for research, development and production of domestic vaccines.
TEXTILE AND GARMENT COMPANIES STRUGGLE IN FOURTH COVID-19 WAVE
According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, textile and garment orders increased significantly after the Covid-19 pandemic was brought under control in the United States, the European Union and Japan, some of Vietnam’s main importers of textile and garment products.
VIET NAM'S REAL ESTATE REMAINS ATTRACTIVE TO FOREIGN CAPITAL FLOWS
Data from the General Statistics Office showed that in the first quarter of 2021, Viet Nam’s foreign direct investment (FDI) disbursement was estimated at US$4.1 billion, up 6.5% over the same period last year.
