HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam would consider opening its borders to foreign visitors – if the country they are coming from has gone 30 days without any new cases of COVID-19, experts have said.
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Nasdaq: Vietnam’s Vinfast to launch first electric car in 2021 – company source | Reuters
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's first domestic car manufacturer, VinFast, will start the mass production of its first electric cars next year and will target the U.S. market, a company source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.
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World Bank: Vietnam should enhance its productivity to grow | VNS
HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam should focus on a productivity-driven development model to become a high-income economy by 2045, according to the latest report from the World Bank (WB).
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Report: Vibrant Vietnam: Forging the Foundation of a High-Income Economy | World Bank
The growth framework for Vietnam during 2021–2030 must put productivity growth front and center. It has to be based on a balanced accumulation and efficient and productive allocation of different types of capital—private, public, human, and natural—as well as innovation, which in turn will be driven in large measure by deeper institutional and market reforms.
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Vietnam’s Development Strategy for Next Decade Must Put Productivity Growth Front and Center | Modern Diplomacy
A productivity-driven development model–combining innovation with balanced development and allocation of private, public, human and natural capital–will be key for Vietnam to achieve its goal of becoming a high-income economy by 2045, a new World Bank report suggests.
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Asia Rice-India prices retreat from highs, Vietnam sees fresh offers | Reuters
BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian export rice prices retreated this week from a more than one-year peak that slowed demand, while Vietnamese rates held near a two-year high as countries battling the coronavirus pandemic sought to bolster stocks.
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I Can’t Stop Thinking About Alex ‘N’ Rolls Pork Banh Mi | BroadSheet
The owners of this inner-west hole-in-the-wall begin preparing its succulent pork at 3am each morning. Their banh mi has been compared to one in Vietnam that Anthony Bourdain called the best in the world. I reckon it’s better.
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Asian countries try to build travel “bubbles” | The Economist
In contrast to most of Europe and America, still buffeted by covid-19, swathes of East Asia and the Pacific have climbed through the worst of the turbulence and can glimpse blue skies again. Testing and tracing, prompt social distancing and swiftly mobilised health-care systems have brought impressive results: Vietnam claims no deaths, Hong Kong only four and Taiwan just seven. Japan has brought new daily infections down below 40 and has lifted a state of emergency. Local transmission is close to or at zero in Hong Kong, where offices and schools have reopened, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and, of course, China. Down Under, Australia and New Zealand are also blinking in the sunlight.
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British pilot with coronavirus in Vietnam wakes from coma | The Guardian
A British pilot who was critically ill with Covid-19 in Vietnam has awoken from a coma and is showing signs of improvement, yet his long-term outlook remains ominous, doctors have said.
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Vietnam’s FPT looks to lead tech rebound from coronavirus hit | Nikkei
PT, a leading Vietnamese information technology company, began construction on the country's largest data center in Ho Chi Minh City earlier this month, two weeks after the government lifted social distancing measures aimed at halting the new coronavirus.