By VNA / DA NANG Today
April 13, 2021, 16:30 [GMT+7]
The Lao National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control has announced measures to enhance COVID-19 prevention and control during the traditional New Year festival Boun Pi May 2021.
In Vientiane, Laos (Photo: VNA)
The decision was made after Laos recorded the first community infection in mid-April.
The committee asked the Health Ministry to continue tracing suspect cases and conduct vaccination as scheduled.
The Lao Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism was required to temporarily shut down entertainment areas, karaoke parlours and eateries during the remaining days of April.
According to the committee, all F1 cases having contact with the patient No.50 tested negative.
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NA Chairman pays working trip to central Nghe An province
ABO/NDO – National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a ceremony in central Nghe An province on April 11 where the Ministry of Health handed over a decision recognising the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital as an end-line hospital in medical checkup and treatment in the north central region.
Handing over the decision to the hospital, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that as a tertiary referral hospital providing health check-up and treatment services, the Nghe An General Friendship Hospital will play a stronger role in the development of the health sector of Nghe An province in particular and the whole north central region in general.
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Digital challenge forum launched to seek solutions to social issues
ABO/NDO - The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched the Vietnam digital technology challenge forum as part of the activities to introduce Vietnamese-made platforms to serve in driving national digital transformation.
It is the continuation of the programme entitled “Technology Friday” held throughout 2020, during which the MIC promoted 38 digital platforms which are as good as or even better than similar solutions provided by foreign companies.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Huy Dung speaking at the event.
With a new name and format, the programme is now takes the form of a forum where guests will be invited to express their opinions about the solutions presented at the event, in addition to the usual introduction of solutions by their developers.
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10/03/2021 06:49 GMT+7
Big C, Metro, Tran Anh and Vien Thong A, once powerful retail giants, have disappeared after takeover deals.
Central Retail Group has renamed seven Big C supermarkets to Tops Market and 5 Big C hypermarkets to GO! in its brand repositioning plan.
Other Big C hypermarkets, one after another, wi also be repositioned and renamed this year. Once the process completes, Big C, the brand which has been familiar to Vietnamese for 22 years, will no longer exist in Vietnam.
Tax deferral to ease business operations 08:00 | 03/03/2021
A postponement of business-related tax would assist pendemic-stricken companies and the state budget. Photo: Le Tien
The Ministry of Finance (MoF) has proposed that the government approves a decree on extending the payment of taxes and land fees in 2021 with particular measures for every tax, beneficiary, and business sector.
The MoF suggested delaying VAT payments for five months, reducing the total state budget by VND68.8 trillion ($3 billion) during the period. For corporate income tax (CIT), the MoF proposed deferring for three months â consequently, around VND40.5 trillion ($1.76 billion) will be paid to the state budget later, while VAT made by household and individual businesses to be delayed is estimated at VND1.3 trillion ($56.5 million).