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Vietnam distributes 132,100 tons of rice from national reserves in 2020
Jan 15, 2021Read moreThe State Reserves is set to provide at least 10,000 tons of rice to provinces and cities for distribution to underprivileged people ahead of the Tet holiday, the largest festive period of the year. In 2020, the General Department of…
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Message from GM: The Pause & The Restart
Dec 23, 2020Read more2020 will be etched in our minds as the “pandemic year”. Thankfully, with the recent vaccine announcements, we hope we are seeing the start of the end of the crisis in the months to come. 2021 can be a great…
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Joint statement by the UK and Viet Nam
Dec 17, 2020Read moreJoint Ministerial statement from the United Kingdom (UK) and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Viet Nam) on the conclusion of the UK-Viet Nam Free Trade Agreement The UK and Viet Nam are pleased to announce the conclusion of the…
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Surviving the second wave: How city hotels can curb the impacts of COVID-19
Nov 24, 2020Read moreJust before July 27, Viet Nam’s tourism sector was on its way to an impressive recovery relative to the rest of the world; thanks to the summer holidays, top tourist hotspots were packed with local travellers looking to enjoy the…
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VietJet Air, UPS launch cargo service between Asia and US
Nov 17, 2020Read moreVietnam’s low-cost airline VietJet Air and UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company of the US, have recently unveiled the start of joint operations aimed at flying cargo planes between Asia and the United States, according to the world’s largest…
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Coffee sector aims to promote domestic consumption
Nov 17, 2020Read moreNguyen Nam Hai, vice chairman of the Vietnam Cocoa and Coffee Association (Vicofa), pointed out that the nation’s average coffee consumption has increased from 0.5 kilos to 2 kilos per person annually over the past 10 years. Despite this growth,…
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Vietnam formally approves construction of Long Thanh Airport
Nov 17, 2020Read moreThe Prime Minister has issued a decision to formally approve the construction of Long Thanh Airport, which is designed to replace the overburdened Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. A rendering of Long Thanh Airport (Source: ACV)…
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You can now fly directly to the US from Vietnam with Bamboo Airways
Nov 17, 2020Read moreBamboo Airways has received a permit from the U.S. Department of Transportation to carry passengers and cargo to that country. It has been allowed to use the wide-body Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner to fly directly from Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh…
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Hanoi specialty praised in foreign media
Nov 17, 2020Read moreA street stall “ragworm-pie” in Hanoi’s hectic Old Quarter earned its fame among local and foreign visitors. Ragworm-pie or so-called cha ruoi has been praised in South China Morning Post as a ‘delicious and unique’ dish that draws diners from miles around to enjoy…