Vietnam on Monday received 1.188 million more AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine doses from global vaccine access mechanism Covax, according to the…
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Enterprise
The number of newly-established enterprises in Vietnam were sharply down by 22.8 percent and registered capital down 25.3 percent from the previous month, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).
Travel
Three of Time’s picks for the World’s Greatest Places of 2021 are right here in Vietnam. Those include big cities and smaller destinations that have flourished amid the pandemic.
With the fourth coronavirus wave growing worse in many localities, resulting in lockdowns and travel restrictions, five-star hotels across Vietnam stand near empty. Though room prices have been reduced by up to 60 percent, current occupancy rates remain at less than 10 percent. Without revenues, five-star hotels have been forced to offer luxury services to local tourists to remain afloat.
Life
While working with administrators in districts 5 and Binh Thanh, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong requested districts to grasp and closely monitor infection cases to minimize deaths. The treatment must follow a strict process, screening according to the Ministry of Health’s treatment plan. If districts expect to have more doctors, the city will provide.
All 19 southern localities including HCMC will extend social distancing under Directive 16 for another 14 days to contain the coronavirus.
Tech
Data centers are the foundation of the digital world. Without them, there would be limited growth capacity in Cloud computing, IoT, 5G, Big Data, and AI. As the sheer amount of data generated grows exponentially, so does the need for innovation in data center technology.
Finance
VN-Index has stayed in the 1,200 range during the last 14 sessions, struggling to climb back to 1,300 points after the market plunged earlier this month.
Việt Nam’s stock market struggled to find direction last week as liquidity fell continuously and foreign investors net sold a value of more than VNĐ2.22 trillion (US$96.6 million), causing analysts from securities firms to have cautious views of the market this week.
