January 14, 2022

Tuna industry grows 16% in 2021

   – Vietnam’s tuna industry weathered the COVID-19 storm, growing 16% in 2021. Its tuna products were shipped to 140 countries around the world. The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers reported that in 2021, tuna exports earned 757 million USD, up 16.6% in 2020. Exports of all product lines,

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Starbucks scales up in Vietnam

  Starbucks has opened six additional stores in Vietnam since last month, with three each in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.  The coffeehouse chain now has nine stores in Vietnam. On the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year, Starbucks has launched products inspired by the Year of the Tiger and its holiday beverages. The

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Vietnam aims to mobilize 1.5 million blood units in 2022

  Vietnam will strive to mobilize and receive 1.5 million blood units this year, equivalent to 1.5% of the blood donation population, according to the National Steering Committee for Voluntary Blood Donation.   At its meeting to review performance in 2021 and set out tasks for 2022 on Friday, the Committee

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President commends man who braves fire to save life

   President Nguyen Xuan Phuc was moved as he heard that Trung Van Nam, a man from Thanh Hoa province, had defied danger to save a teenager trapped on the top floor of a house that was on fire in Hanoi, on Wednesday. In a letter of commendation sent on

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Omicron-infected people in Ho Chi Minh City recover

12 patients infected with the Omicron variant in Ho Chi Minh City have recovered and were discharged from hospital.  Chief of the Office of Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai said on Thursday that the 12 cases tested positive for COVID-19 when they entered Vietnam and were isolated for treatment

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