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On July 31, an anti-pandemic patrol in Thanh Khe District found the men congregated at a house on Me Nhu Street. When asked to disperse, two resisted and scolded the officers, prompting local police to escort the group to the station. … [Read more...] about Da Nang drinker posse pays for flouting social distancing order

It stated the world is improving but "progress is slow and uneven." The index pointed out that personal rights and inclusiveness in many countries have declined since 2011 while scores in environmental quality and personal safety metric have "stagnated" around the world. … [Read more...] about Vietnam scores average in global social performance index

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the global investment flow is likely to contract by 40% in 2020, but in Vietnam, newly registered capital has risen 6.6% and the number of new FDI projects inched up over 22% during the pandemic, Do Nhat Hoang, head of the ministry’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA), said while addressing a dialogue on FDI attraction held today, September 4. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 8

In the next 10 years, the number of enterprises supported with solutions to improve productivity and quality is expected to increase by 10-15 percent per year, of which the number of certificates for ISO 9001 quality management system and ISO 14001 environmental management system granted to businesses will increase at least 10 percent compared to the 2011-20 programme. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM’S BUSINESS NEWS HEADLINES SEPTEMBER 9

Currently VNA boasts bilateral and multilateral partnerships with more than 40 news agencies and large international media organisations and is a member of the Executive Board of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), which affirms its unceasingly rising role at regional and global media forums. It also maintains the largest photo archive in the country, with more than a million valuable documentary images, including tens of thousands of original photos on the country’s revolutionary struggle, along with more than 5,000 photos of President Ho Chi Minh and thousands of others reflecting the 54 ethnic groups in Vietnam. As the country has entered a period of industrialisation, modernisation, and international integration, VNA has moved itself into a new era of development in organisation, management, operation, news production, and equipment. The growth in science and technology has opened up a new period for the communications sector in general and VNA in … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency – 75 years of pride