(LSO) - On March 26, 2020, the provincial Steering Committee of the Program on expanding rural sanitation and clean water scale organized the implementation of the 2020 plan. Mr. Ho Tien Thieu, Vice Chairman in charge of the Provincial People's Committee attended and directed the conference. The program on expanding the rural sanitation and clean water scale is based...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Government always pays attention to ensuring national food security and rice export, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) She made the statement at the ministry’s regular press conference in Hanoi on March 26 in reply to reporters’ queries regarding the Government’s decision to temporarily suspend signing new...

Hanoi (VNA) - Songhan Incubator (SHi) and Sun* Startups will run a start-up incubation programme in May and June this year. A training class at Songhan Incubator. (Photo vtv.vn) Start-ups in Hanoi that apply information technology at pre-seed or seed stage can participate in the programme. These start-ups will receive theoretical and practical training on key issues over the...

(LSO) - A delegation of the Lang Son provincial People’s Committee led by Vice Chairman Nguyen Cong Truong on March 25 examined efforts in COVID-19 prevention and combat as well as export-import at Chi Ma border gate in Loc Binh district. At the working trip, representatives of local sectors and businesses reviewed advantages and difficulties during the realisation of...

(LSO) – The Border Guard Command of Lang Son province is tasked with managing and safeguarding over 231km of the national boundary on which there are international, national and auxiliary border gates. Facing the COVID-19 pandemic, it has sent more personnel to guard the border around the clock since the year’s beginning so as to prevent illegal exit and...

Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade has mapped out four scenarios to ensure the sufficient supply of goods for people in quarantine zones amid the COVID-19 outbreak. Hanoi outlines scenarios for goods supply amid COVID-19 outbreak (Infographic by VNA) Accordingly, in the first scenario, which covers one isolation area in a district with the number of...

Hanoi (VNA) – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV)’s leaders on March 24 held an online meeting with representatives of 12 joint stock commercial banks on the implementation of measures to support businesses and people affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Transactions at Techcombank (Source: Techcombank) SBV Deputy Governor Dao Minh Tu said the central bank has instructed commercial...

Hanoi (VNA) – Hai Phong Port Joint Stock Company has recently signed a pre-investment consulting contract to build container berths No 3 and 4 in Hai Phong International Gateway Port. A cargo ship in Vietnam's waters (Photo: VNA) The contract will be carried out by the Construction Consultation Joint Stock Company for Maritime Building (CMB). In October 2019, the...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,259 VND per USD on March 23, up 7 VND from the last working day of previous week, and the seventh consecutive upward adjustment. Transactions at Vietcombank (Source: Vietcombank) With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the ceiling rate applied to commercial...

Hanoi (VNA) - The Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MSB) said it has completed the second pillar of Basel II standards that is supervisory review nearly one year ahead of the schedule set by the State Bank of Vietnam. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Together with the realisation of the first and third pillars of Basel II - minimum...