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USAID supports flood-affected people in Quang Ngai province. - Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – As many as 456 households in Nghia Hanh district of the central province of Quang Ngai will benefit from financial support funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for repairing and reinforcing their houses damaged by typhoons and floods last year. Under a decision issued on March 4 by the provincial People’s Committee, 11.6 billion VND (503,745 USD) will be distributed directly to the households in the two phases. The funding is part of the 12.3-billion-VND aid package pledged by USAID to support flood-affected people in the district. The remaining amount will be used to overcome consequences of natural disasters and repair and consolidates houses for local residents./. VNA … [Read more...] about USAID supports flood-affected people in Quang Ngai province

Provinces such as Đồng Nai and Bình Duơng are seeing more and more investment from existing investors who have had a good run there. – Photo baotintuc.vn HCM CITY – The southern key economic zone is increasingly attracting investments from foreign investors who have already tasted success there. Most of the investment is in hi-tech and supporting industries. In Đồng Nai Province, dozens of foreign businesses have been expanding or investing in new projects. Some of the notable ones approved this year include two electronic part and component factories by Korean companies Hansol Electronics Việt Nam and Platel Vina at a cost of US$100 million and $30 million. The two already have successful projects in HCM City and Đồng Nai. Cao Tiến Dũng, chairman of the Đồng Nai People’s Committee, said there are around 372 projects from Korea and 253 from Japan in local industrial parks. Companies from the two countries have been investing anew and expanding in the … [Read more...] about Southern provinces attract FDI as existing investors vote with their feet

A Big C in HCM City after being renamed as Tops Market. — Photo courtesy of Central Retail Retail chain Big C is being renamed as GO! and Tops Market gradually given a completely new look to change customers’ shopping experience. On March 1 three Big C stores in HCM City (Big C An Phu, Big C Thao Dien, and Big C Au Co) became Tops Market, and in the third quarter of this year four stores in Ha Noi will be renamed. Last December-January five Big C hypermarkets in Nha Trang, Di An, Can Tho, Ha Long, and Vinh Phuc became GO! stores. Besides, Central Retail, the owner of the chain, last year also opened new GO! hypermarkets in shopping malls in My Tho, Ben Tre, Tra Vinh, Buon Ma Thuoc, and Quang Ngai. This year more hypermarkets are expected to be renamed. In 2016 Central Group acquired Big C Vietnam from France’s Groupe Casino for US$1.14 billion. — VNS … [Read more...] about Big C in Viet Nam gradually becoming GO!, Tops Market

Hà Nội to re-open religious establishments, relic sites on March 8 Mekong Delta provinces step up COVID preventive measures as 2 test positive in Đồng Tháp Community-based COVID-19 prevention teams work hard during pandemic PM asks for rapid COVID-19 vaccination distribution Hải Dương conducts large-scale testing for COVID-19 from Feb 24 Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long at Friday meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. — VNA/VNS Photo Doãn Tấn HÀ NỘI — Vaccinations using the recently-imported AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine are expected to start on Monday, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long informed a meeting of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday. The first batch comprising over 117,600 doses of the vaccine manufactured in the Republic of Korea (RoK), arrived in Việt Nam on February 24 . After holding working sessions with the producer, Việt Nam has obtained an … [Read more...] about Việt Nam to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on March 8: Health minister

The houses are for poor and near-poor households and those from ethnic minority groups in Dak Rong, Huong Hoa, Cam Lo, Gio Linh, and Vinh Linh districts, which were all hit by flooding and landslides last year. They are scheduled for completion by May 24. Addressing the ground-breaking ceremony, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Quang Tri People’s Committee Ha Sy Dong asked local authorities and beneficiaries to coordinate closely to ensure that the houses are completed on time with high quality. The province will continue to mobilize resources for the construction of public works serving local people, he went on, especially those in mountainous and ethnic minority areas and those prone to natural disasters. The historic flooding last October in Quang Tri killed 53 people and left two missing, while destroying more than 2,000 houses and inundating 110,000 others. Total losses were estimated at over 4.25 trillion VND (183 million USD). Source: VNA … [Read more...] about ADB helps build resilient houses for disaster-hit families in Quang Tri