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Shippers the forgotten cog in Covid supply chain
By Phuong Anh July 28, 2021 | 07:09 am GMT+7
Shippers queue to deliver goods at No. 6 Field Hospital in Thu Duc City, HCMC. Photo by VnExpress/Thanh Nguyen.
Protecting supply chains is considered key to fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and maintaining economic development, though shippers, parts of the chains, are overlooked.
Over the past few weeks, Hong, a young office clerk in Hanoi, has done her shopping online. She has bought groceries and essential items via different platforms to avoid crowds. The woman said she has been fairly worried since the city banned shippers of tech-based transport firms on July 24.
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Kim Dental operates a network of 19 dental clinics across six cities in Vietnam. It has received US$24 million series B round from ABC World Asia. Photo kimdental.vn
HO CHI MINH CITY (Vietnam News/ANN): ABC World Asia, the Singapore-based private equity fund specialised in impact investing across Asia, has announced it has led a US$24-million Series B round in Kim Dental, among others.
Kim Dental CEO Su Duy Bin said his company was proud to receive $24 million from ABC World Asia for the impact it brings to the society with standardised oral healthcare services which help improve medical service quality in Vietnam and prevent oral diseases.