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The Hanoitimes - Hanoi will have to materialize with long-term programs and action plans the city's vision and policies, create favorable conditions to take the field of design to new heights. Twenty years after being honored as the City for Peace by UNESCO, Hanoi became a member of UNESCO's Network of Creative Cities in the “Design” category in 2019, which brings the capital city to a new height and opens up opportunities for it to develop the cultural industry, Kinh Te & Do Thi reported. These titles will enhance the position of Hanoi, with a forward-looking vision and the national aspiration to become an innovative and responsible member in the regional and in the world community. Hanoi book street. Photo: Nam Nguyen Hanoi became one of the 66 cities in the world to be recognized as UNESCO Creative City in October 2019, on the occasion of World Cities’ Day (October 31). Hanoi chose the “Design” category for the postulation to the title of Creative … [Read more...] about Hanoi seeks to develop cultural industry after earning UNESCO Creative City

On January 27, the first community COVID-19 case in Hai Duong province’s Chi Linh City was detected – Patient 1,552 – a worker in close contact with a woman who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after arriving in Japan. According to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, Chi Linh city was the largest outbreak in the country since the pandemic began early last year with 383 confirmed cases out of 684 cases reported in Hai Duong province. The outbreak started at a company with more than 2,300 workers and then spread to the community, which caused difficulties in controlling the infections. As the outbreak was gradually controlled, Hai Duong province’s authorities decided to end the lockdowns and province-wide social distancing, entering a “new normal” phase with twin tasks of drastically fighting the coronavirus and taking action for socio-economic development. Secretary of the Hai Duong Provincial Party Committee Pham Xuan Thang applauded efforts made … [Read more...] about Lockdown lifted in Hai Duong’s Chi Linh city, Cam Giang district

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam should create breakthroughs in 2019 to complete the 2016-2020 socio-economic development plan and create a foundation for the next five years, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung has said. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency , the official stressed greater efforts are needed to fulfill the GDP growth target of 6.8 percent set for 2019 by the National Assembly. To that end, he proposed improving the domestic business environment to facilitate the operation of businesses and reduce production and business costs. The private economic sector is expected to drive growth, he said, emphasising the need to remove difficulties and barriers and create an equal playing field for enterprises. The Government has taken actions to enable businesses to access new technologies as scientific-technological innovation is an urgent need of the national economy, the minister … [Read more...] about Breakthroughs needed in 2019: minister

Foreign ship arrivals down 6 percent in first two months Vietnam’s sea ports have berthed some 4,900 foreign vessels over the last two months, a decline of 6 percent year-on-year, according to the Vietnam Marine Administration. The fall was due largely to the impact of COVID-19, which is resulting in major fluctuations in the transport sector, a representative of the administration said. Despite the lower number of foreign ships, the volume of import and export goods through ports grew. In January and February, 35.3 million tonnes of imports and 26 million tonnes of exports were handled at ports nationwide. The former represented an annual increase of 14 percent while the latter was as same as that last year. In particular, nearly 1.3 million TEUs for exports and 1.2 million for imports were handled during the period, up 32 and 16 percent, respectively, year-on-year; the highest growth since the pandemic began. Meanwhile, the arrival of domestic vessels totalled … [Read more...] about VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS MARCH 3