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Six Hai Duong residents diagnosed with Covid-19 The Saigon Times A medical worker takes samples from a resident for Covid-19 testing. The Ministry of Health has reported six locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases in Hai Duong Province – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Ministry of Health has reported six locally-transmitted Covid-19 cases in Hai Duong Province, raising the country’s tally to 2,488 as of tonight, March 4. The latest Covid-19 patients, who reside in Kim Thanh District, tested positive for Covid-19 after they had been put under quarantine. They are receiving treatment at the Field Hospital No. 3. Kim Thanh District’s Kim Dinh Commune with over 2,100 households has been put under lockdown since March 1. Hai Duong Province ended the 15-day social distancing period on March 3, but tens of areas in nine districts and cities are still on lockdown. Up to now, the country has seen 1,917 Covid-19 patients make a full recovery. … [Read more...] about Six Hai Duong residents diagnosed with Covid-19

Thuduc House denies connection with companies to commit tax fraud By Van Phong & Dung Nguyen An office of Thuduc House. The firm has denied cooperating with other companies to commit tax fraud - PHOTO: TPO HCMC – Thu Duc Housing Development Corporation (Thuduc House), in its latest announcement, has denied any collusion with 70 companies to commit tax fraud as mentioned in a report by the General Department of Vietnam Customs. In response to the customs agency’s report on some southern firms’ appropriation of value added tax (VAT) refunds, smuggling and illegal cross-border cargo transport, Thuduc House said it had no connection with Saigon Southwest Trading JSC, a subsidiary of Saigon Trading Group, as well. As for the trade of electronic accessories, from 2018 to 2019, Thuduc House purchased the products from a domestic partner, An Lanh Phat Co., Ltd, through its subsidiary--Thuduc House Wood Trading JSC--and exported them to other countries. Thuduc House, … [Read more...] about Thuduc House denies connection with companies to commit tax fraud

Air passengers without online health declaration to be denied security screening The Saigon Times Passengers conduct check-in procedures at kiosks at the HCMC-based Tan Son Nhat International Airport. Air passengers who fail to make online health declarations while they complete check-in procedures online or at kiosks will be denied security screening at airports – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Air passengers who fail to make online health declarations while they complete check-in procedures online or at kiosks will be denied security screening at airports. The security screening staff members at airports will have to ask these passengers to contact ground service employees to complete health declarations in line with the prevailing regulations, according to a dispatch sent by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to the relevant agencies and units. CAAV also told local air carriers to work with the country’s airports to support passengers and give them guidelines on … [Read more...] about Air passengers without online health declaration to be denied security screening

System error hinders recovery of main index The Saigon Times An electronic stock quotation board shows local stock prices at a brokerage firm in HCMC. The benchmark VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange closed in negative territory today, March 4 – PHOTO: THANH HOA HCMC – The benchmark VN-Index of the Hochiminh Stock Exchange closed in negative territory today, March 4, as order placing activities were slowed down due to a system error which has recently occurred on the bourse, especially in the afternoon. With the number of decliners nearly quadrupling that of advancers at 362 to 95, the main index lost 18.43 points, or 1.55% against the previous session at 1,168.52. Turnover on the HCMC market improved over 6% in volume and 10% in value over the session earlier at more than 670 million shares and some VND16.8 trillion. Block deals contributed around VND1.5 trillion to the total value. In the VN30 basket, financial stocks deeply declined, with financial … [Read more...] about System error hinders recovery of main index

HCMC proposes developing five new railway lines The Saigon Times A train is seen running on a rail track. The government of HCMC is working on a plan to propose the development of five new railway lines – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The government of HCMC is working on a plan to propose the development of five new railway lines, with a focus on high-speed train routes, to cope with a high freight growth rate in the city. These five railway lines include the HCMC-My Tho-Can Tho route; the HCMC-Tay Ninh route connected with the HCMC-My Tho-Can Tho route at the Tan Chanh Hiep Station in HCMC; the Thu Thiem-Long Thanh airport route; a high-speed railway on the north-south route, with sections with high demand such as HCMC-Nha Trang to be developed first. The fifth route is a double-track rail line connecting the national railway line to the Hiep Phuoc Port in HCMC and the Long An international terminal. This plan is part of a scheme, which was recently passed by the city’s … [Read more...] about HCMC proposes developing five new railway lines