16-04-2020 15:07
The online meeting with the prime minister and leaders of assorted economic sectors, branches, and localities discussing wide-ranging measures to support and help remove difficulties for businesses and local people, as well as ensuring social order and welfare took place last week in Hanoi. Ho Quoc Tuan, lecturer at UK University of Bristol, shares his thoughts after observing the meeting.
16-04-2020 09:24
Twelve localities deemed to have high risk of COVID-19 spread, including Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, will continue to implement social distancing measures under Directive 16 of the Prime Minister to April 22 or 30, or even longer, if infections continue to be detected.
16-04-2020 09:21
Domestic airlines on April 15 evening announced they are increasing flight frequency between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as from April 16, but the time difference between two consecutive landings in HCM City should be at least 90 minutes.
14-04-2020 14:00
Work is to start in 2020 on the basement level of a 88-storey tower complex in Ho Chi Minh City, the landmark building in the Empire City project, with many outstanding obstacles are on the way to finally being cleared.
11-04-2020 21:50
Amidst the increasingly complicated developments of the Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam and across the globe, the business community’s support to the government and the community has become more necessary than ever. URC Vietnam has come up with proactive initiatives to stand by the nation during this challenging period.
06-04-2020 21:32
Le Méridien Saigon is serving takeaway food and beverages for customers who stay home during the coronavirus pandemic.
06-04-2020 10:00
Auto manufacturers are looking at bleak prospects as the global pandemic weakens sales and pushes them to temporarily suspend production, with the trend expected to continue through April at least.
06-04-2020 08:00
Groups in fast-moving consumer goods in Vietnam are doing their bit to help communities at this time. Laurent Levan, president and general director of URC Vietnam, told VIR’s Thanh Van of the company’s related activities and attempts to meet demand.
01-04-2020 07:00
As the dust settles on the mass closure of borders, rendering tourism all but nonexistent for the short-term at least, more stories have emerged of tourists changing plans, being helped by locals, and adjusting to daily changes in regulations before stricter lockdowns were put in place.
31-03-2020 21:17
The Vietnam Professional Football Company (VPF) have announced that a number of football competitions are to be pushed back until April 15 for fear of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.
29-03-2020 12:15
Two of the country’s biggest cities, Hanoi and HCM City, on March 27 issued a number of recommendations on social distancing for its citizens to follow amid growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, effective March 28 until at least April 15.
25-03-2020 15:00
Many countries in the EU are being hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic and have closed all external borders for 30 days at least. Paolo Lemma, the Italian Trade Commissioner to Vietnam and director of the Italian Trade Agency in Ho Chi Minh City shared with VIR’s Vy Nguyen how the pandemic will affect the economic ties between Italy and Vietnam.
18-03-2020 16:50
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday (Mar 18) strongly discouraged the country's residents against all overseas travel as he declared a human biosecurity emergency and banned all non-essential indoor gatherings of more than 100 people.
16-03-2020 17:24
The Tan Hiep Phat leader raised her ownership in Yeah1 (HSX: YEG) from 21.6 to slightly more than 22 per cent as soon as the two sides joined a partnership.
16-03-2020 16:50
Last week the world stepped up its efforts to control and contain the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far infected over 145,000 people and claimed 5,500 lives. With different levels of financial levers at their disposal, countries and territories are demonstrating the varying methods that can be deployed in order to win the COVID-19 battle.