Vietnam, once a model for its successful handling of the pandemic, has started asking for public donations to buy vaccines as it struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave
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Vietnam begs public for ‘Covid-19 vaccine fund’ donations
Wed, 9 June 2021
Vietnam, once a model for its successful handling of the pandemic, has started asking for public donations to buy vaccines as it struggles to contain a new coronavirus wave.
The Southeast Asian country has vaccinated only about one per cent of its population of nearly 100 million, and authorities have become increasingly alarmed by a recent spike in cases.
Since last week, mobile phone users have received up to three text messages urging them to contribute to a Covid-19 vaccine fund, while civil servants have been encouraged to part with a day’s pay.
Container trucks go through Kim Thanh International Road
Border Gate No.2 in Lao Cai Province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Policymakers and experts gathered in a meeting on June 7 to seek
solutions to deal with difficulties in
transporting farm produce and goods
to border gates and between provinces amid the
At the
meeting, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) Tran Thanh
Nam said his ministry had worked with the Ministry of Industry and Trade
and the Ministry of Health to create a mechanism where the latter would
issues certificates for farm produce to be transported faster.
Nam said
Online groceries shopping booms as HCMC practices social distancing
By Vien Thong June 3, 2021 | 08:00 am GMT+7
Fresh fruit sold on an e-commerce platform. Photo by VnExpress/Vien Thong.
Many HCMC residents have turned to online shopping for essential goods following a two-week social distancing order across the city, and e-commerce platforms are reporting a boom.
Data from e-commerce platform Tiki shows sales grow by 30 percent last weekend, just before social distancing was implemented in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday, with a rise in the number of searches for fast-moving consumer goods, fresh food, mom and baby products.
E-commerce platform Lazada’s sales of fast-moving consumer goods in the past few days were three times higher than during social distancing period in April last year. Sales of fresh food and frozen products have increased tenfold.
Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien held a working session with Ambassador of the Republic of Korea (RoK) to Vietnam Park Noh-wan in Hanoi on June 2 to discuss measures to further facilitate cooperation between the two countries in trade, industry, and energy.