HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN):Exports of textiles and garments in January 2021 were estimated at US$2.6 billion, up 3.3 per cent year-on-year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
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Passengers at the domestic terminal at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. - VNS
HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): HCM City authorities are testing arrivals from three major airports in the north (Nội Bài in Hanoi, Vân Đồn in Quảng Ninh Province and Cát Bi in the northern port city of Hải Phòng) as tens of thousands of passengers are returning after the Lunar New Year holiday.
According to the HCM City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as of Feb 14, some 200 samples had been taken each day for testing on a random basis at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City.
HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Five million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will be available to be administered in the next few weeks.
The Ministry of Health says Vietnam is slated to receive the doses by the end of February as the country battles a new wave of community outbreaks.
Speaking at the Government meeting on Covid-19 prevention and control on Monday (Feb 15), Trương Quốc Cường, Deputy Minister of Health said the ministry has ‘basically completed’ procedures needed to receive 4.8 million doses via the World Health Organisation-led initiative Covid-19 Vaccines Global Access, aimed to ensure equity in the distribution of the vaccines, in addition to commercial import of another 117,000 doses, without providing specifics on the manufacturers.
Vietnam 05 Apr 2021
HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): Despite facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, seafood exports last year were estimated at US$8.58 billion, the same as in 2019.
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Producers and Exporters expects them to increase by 10 per cent to $9.4 billion this year aided by many positive factors.
Trương Đình Hòe, its general secretary, talks to Vietnam News reporter Xuân Hương about this and efforts made by the industry to enhance its competitiveness and grow.
Q.What do you think about the seafood industry’s export prospects this year?
A. The seafood industry has set a growth target of 10 per cent in exports this year or US$9.4 billion. And there are factors that give us confidence.