06-09-2021 09:00
How can we create strong ecosystems to ensure safe, sustainable, and liveable cities in the future? What are the best practices in this field and what can we learn from them? Dr. Thai Lai Pham, CEO for Siemens ASEAN and Vietnam, talked with VIR’s Thanh Dat about Siemens’ answers for these challenges and the company’s unique digital offering for smart cities.
05-09-2021 23:18
Quang Ninh has received the first flight of 297 Vietnamese citizens returning from Japan for a reduced 7-day quarantine piloted for foreign arrivals with vaccine passports.
05-09-2021 21:27
With strong political, economic, and social fundaments, the northern port city of Haiphong has actively prepared new foundations to enable it to carve a spot among Asia’s top cities. Nguyen Van Tung, Chairman of Haiphong People’s Committee, talked with VIR’s Thu Son about the future plans to lift the city’s development to new heights.
04-09-2021 10:00
Vietnam is taking a number of bold measures to control COVID-19, with IT application being an extremely important solution. Nguyen Truong Nam, deputy head of the Ministry of Health’s Information Technology Department, talked to Tuan Dung about how these solutions support cities and provinces nationwide.
04-09-2021 09:00
Thousands of workers volunteered to stay and work in factories applying the stay-at-work model to accompany businesses and the cities to fight the pandemic. But at a time when the number of businesses suspending operations is increasing, the workers also need support.
30-08-2021 13:31
Supermarkets and authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have come up with a new plan to supply food to citizens as the city is ordering stricter social distancing measures.
30-08-2021 12:23
The southern province of Binh Duong has decided to continue applying social distancing measures under the Prime Minister’s Directive 16 in “red zones” for 15 days while "freezing" 15 wards in Thuan An and Di An cities and Tan Uyen township as COVID-19 infections have continued surging over the past days.
30-08-2021 09:11
The Prime Minister has approved the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT)’s proposal to cut power bills for enterprises for three months in provinces and cities applying social distancing, according to a Government resolution issued on August 28.
26-08-2021 11:59
The first contactless payment store, which is set up by Grove Fresh in collaboration with the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Industry and Trade, has been open in Co Giang Ward in District 1.
24-08-2021 11:50
Ho Chi Minh City Department of Transport has just released Document No.9296/SGTVT-KT guiding the issuance of travel permits for required employees.
18-08-2021 08:00
Some international lenders, funds, and insurers are joining a growing list of financial institutions across the globe retreating from coal-fired power plants, particularly projects in Vietnam and other Asian nations, as concerns grow over the role that fossil fuels play in exacerbating the adverse impacts of climate change.
14-08-2021 17:48
After six rounds of vaccinations, the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City has vaccinated more than 4.3 million people so far, of which more than 100,000 people have been fully vaccinated with two doses.
13-08-2021 16:00
The United States and Britain ordered the deployment Friday of thousands of troops to Afghanistan to evacuate their nationals, as the Taliban overran more key regional cities in an offensive that has left the capital dangerously exposed.
12-08-2021 14:00
Capital injection from international and local lenders is envisaged to help boost green-driven, sustainable and high-value agricultural models, as well as bridge the gap for the climate-finance market which is still at the nascent stage in Vietnam.
12-08-2021 09:00
Buyers now are more likely to hunt for properties that are not simply accommodation, but also offer greener elements and healthcare facilities.