(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...

Ha Nam (VNA) - Authorities of the northern province of Ha Nam have strived to ease difficulties for foreign businesses operating in the locality in the face of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) More than 200 foreign firms are operating across seven industrial zones of Ha Nam, most of them from Japan, the Republic of...

(LSO) – A delegation led by Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Ho Tien Thieu made a fact-finding trip to some production models on March 17, namely the pig farm of the An Hong Agricultural Production and Services Cooperative in Quang Lac commune and the project that links vegetable production with sale of the Lang Son Hi-tech Agriculture...

Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has announced that it will suspend flights between Vietnam and France from March 17 night amid the worsening COVID-19 outbreak. Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Specifically, Vietnam Airlines will cancel flight VN11 from Ho Chi Minh City to Paris on March 17 night. Other flights between the two countries will be...

Hanoi (VNA) - The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,232 VND per USD on March 18, up 5 VND from the previous day. The State Bank of Vietnam sets the daily reference exchange rate at 23,232 VND per USD on March 18 (Source: VNA) With the current trading band of +/-3 percent, the...