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Vietnam will pay more attention to its monetary policy as it is not only a domestic matter but a concern for the country’s big trade partners, a central bank deputy governor said on Sunday, days after the U.S. Treasury’s semi-annual currency report. The U.S. Treasury report on Friday said that …

China’s factory activity unexpectedly picked up in November, growing for the first time in three months as raw material prices fell and power rationing abated. The official manufacturing Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) was at 50.1 in November, up from 49.2 in October, data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) …

Oil prices rose on Nov. 19 after wild swings the day before, as investors bet that potential coordinated releases by major economies may have less impact on markets than expected. Brent crude was up 73 cents, or 0.9 per cent, at US$81.97 a barrel by 7.03am GMT (3.03pm, Singapore time), …

More than 50,000 pilgrims were at the Huong Son complex in Hanoi Sunday, overwhelming roads and cable cars. Tens of thousands of devout Vietnamese flocked to the Huong Son complex on Sunday, the first day of the Huong Pagoda festival. The Huong Pagoda, in Huong Son Commune, Hanoi’s rural district …

A 1,000 square meter area featuring 4,000 piggybanks in Dong Nai Province is attracting many families with kids during the Lunar New Year holiday. The amusement park, located on D10 street (Thong Nhat ward, Bien Hoa city, the southern province of Dong Nai), has placed the colorful piggybanks at random …

VnExpress’s Hope Foundation has launched a fundraising campaign to deliver 1,500 Lunar New Year gifts to Covid-19 orphans in Ho Chi Minh City and southern provinces. The Covid-19 pandemic, since its fourth outbreak in late April, has taken the lives of nearly 27,000 people in Vietnam. As a result, nearly …

Vietnam aims to give all adults their third Covid-19 vaccine shots by mid-2022, the health ministry revealed Wednesday. Currently, 97 percent of adults have received their first Covid-19 vaccine doses, 70 percent their second, and around 5 million children aged 12-17 their first, said Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan …

With more staff at state-owned medical centers across wards and communes resigning, the HCMC Health Department has submitted a plan to keep them. Addressing a meeting with city legislators Wednesday, Tang Chi Thuong, director of the municipal Department of Health, said “many staff at medical centers at commune and ward …

The government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic has a public approval rating of well over 80 percent, a survey has found. The survey, released Monday, was done by the UNDP and the Mekong Development Research Institute (MDRI) and polled 1,501 people between Sep. 17 and Oct. 15. Between 84 percent …

A public forum on Mekong River water flows has renewed calls for all governments, developers and operators of hydropower projects to share data for improving cascade dam management. This was a highlight of the 11th Mekong River Commission (MRC) Regional Stakeholder Forum held November 29-30, an MRC press release said …