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No new COVID-19 infections logged on March 9 morning Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on March 9, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The country recorded 1,586 domestically-transmitted infections, including 893 cases since the latest outbreak began on January 27. As many as 45,219 people who came in close contact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine nationwide, including 506 in hospitals, 14,266 in other quarantine sites, and 30,446 at home. Among the patients under treatment, 65 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 57 twice, and 137 thrice. The Treatment Sub-committee said that 1,920 patients have been declared to be clear of the coronavirus so far. Vietnam launched its COVID-19 vaccination programme on March 8, with healthcare workers being first in the queue. They received AstraZeneca vaccine shots, which was granted the Emergency Use … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 9

Shares cut early gains to end lower as bank stocks decline Vietnamese shares trimmed early gains on Monday with the VN-Index closing lower as banking stocks came under selling pressure towards the final minutes of trading. The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange edged down 0.04 per cent to close at 1,168.27 points. It had risen 0.02 per cent last week. More than 652.7 million shares were traded on the southern bourse, worth VND15.6 trillion (US$673.9 million). Market breadth was positive with 274 gaining stocks and 183 losers. After the lunch break, the market fluctuated in a quite negative direction as many banking stocks dropped sharply and pushed the VN-Index down to the reference level. Asia Commercial Bank (ACB) fell 2 per cent to VND31,800 per share, VPBank (VPB) lost by 1.1 per cent to VND41,350 per share, Vietcombank (VCB) declined by 1.5 per cent to VND95,200 per share and Techcombank (TCB) dropped by 0.9 per cent to VND38,850 per share. On … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 9

Vietnam begins COVID-19 vaccination on March 8 Vietnam launches its COVID-19 inoculation drive on March 8 morning, administering the AstraZeneca vaccine to medical workers in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and northern Hai Duong province – the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot at present. The vaccination is conducted at the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hanoi, the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases and two medical centres in Hai Duong. As many as 100 staff members of the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases are expected to receive the shots in the morning of March 8. The hospital is allocated 450 doses among the first batch of 117,600 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine the country has received. In Hai Duong, 50 medical workers at Hai Duong city’s medical centre, and 30 others at Kim Thanh district’s medical centre will be the first in the province to be injected. The Ministry of Health has allocated the vaccine to 13 localities, along with the Ministry of National … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 8

Digital transformation is keeping life going but in a ‘new normal’ state. Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung said the Covid-19 pandemic poses a great challenge ad many activities have been delayed. But challenges come with opportunities. The Covid-19 pandemic helps us to rethink about many things. It is a breaking point in development. Many values and habits will change. The Covid-19 pandemic reminds us that the world is more fragile than we think. Whenever humanity is too confident in themselves, that is the time of problems. Globalization, cross-border flows of people, capital, goods and data have also brought a free flow of epidemics and crimes. Only when a crisis occurs do we see the shortcomings of states and institutions. When things are going well, the worst case must still be taken into account. Recent crises are often dual crises, not but also triple or more. Dual crises is the nature of a world in which everything is connected. The world … [Read more...] about Covid-19 and digital transformation