Lach Huyen port in Hai Phong (Photo: VNA)
sea ports in the
first month of 2021, up 17 percent on year despite
Of the total figure, container throughput exceeded 2.2
million TEU, an annual increase of 27 percent.
The Cai Mep – Thi Vai port in Ba Ria – Vung Tau province
recorded the highest growth in
cargo throughput, at 29 percent, followed by the
Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City ports, at 26 and 27 percent, respectively.
According to a representative from the Vietnam Logistics
Business Association, the volume of goods shipped by sea was affected by not
only the pandemic, but also the shortage of ship space and empty
husbandry sector, Minister of Agriculture
and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong said on February 23.
The top priority at present is given to researching and
producing vaccines against African swine fever (ASF), Cuong said at a meeting
in Hanoi on plans to implement the husbandry development strategy for 2021-2030.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung
Duc Tien stated that Vietnam expects to produce ASF vaccines for commercial
purposes at the end of the second quarter or the beginning of the third quarter
to serve domestic husbandry development with affordable prices.
According to head of the Department of Animal Health Pham
Monday, January 18, 2021, 08:51 GMT+7
Farmers take care of flower pots in Thoi An Flower Village in District 12, Ho Chi Minh City, ahead of Tet 2021. Photo: Khanh Tran / Tuoi Tre
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Politics Top leaders of Vietnam and China have exchanged messages of congratulations on the occasion of the 71st founding anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries (January 18, 1950 – January 18, 2021).
Society As of Sunday, Vietnam had gone 47 days without a single community infection case of COVID-19. The country’s patient tally stands at 1,537, including 1,380 recoveries and 35 fatalities. Russia is set to resume flights to Vietnam, India, Finland, and Qatar on January 27 with several flights per week, the
Vietnam maintains stable exports to Israel in 2020 - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA)
Tel Aviv (VNA) – Vietnam earned an estimated 700 million USD from
exporting
goods to Israel in 2020 despite difficulties and obstacles posed by the
COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in the Middle East country.
The figure showed a slight reduction from 774 million USD reported last year. This is said to
be a positive result in the context that the
Israeli market witnessed fluctuations,
disturbances and difficulties amid political instability and negative
impacts from the pandemic.
Notably in November
last year,
Vietnam s export value to Israel surged by 27.2 percent compared