May 6, 2022

Omicron as severe as other COVID variants: large US study

  The Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV2 virus is as severe as previous variants, according to a preprint version of a large US study that counters assumptions in other studies that it was more transmissible but less severe.  The findings, which estimated Omicron’s severity after accounting for the impact of vaccines, should

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Laos to build expressway linking Houaphanh with Vietnam

  The Government of Laos has agreed with contractors to conduct a feasibility study for an expressway from Houaphanh province to the border with Vietnam, Vientiane Times reported. Under an MOU inked between the government, Daochaleun Construction and THB Group, the 80-km expressway would run from Huanmuang district in Houaphanh to the Nam Soi-Na Meo International Border

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Pangasius exports to US enjoy record prices

   The average price of Vietnam’s tra fish (pangasius) exported to the US increased sharply in the first quarter of this year to a record 4.5 USD per kilo, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Exports to the US grew by 123% year-on-year to 160 million USD since demand was

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Vietnam releases SEA Games stamps

 The Ministry of Information and Communications has released a special set of postage stamps to welcome the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) due to take place in Vietnam next week. The stamps designed by artists Tran The Vinh and Nguyen Du of Vietnam Post will be available on

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Credit rating agencies rate Vietnam “positive“

 International organizations forecast Vietnam’s bright outlook thanks to its macroeconomic policies, sustainable economic growth, high GDP growth rate, and FDI attraction. Ngo Dang Khoa, Country Head of Markets and Securities Services at HSBC Vietnam, said HSBC predicts Vietnam’s GDP will grow 6.5% in 2022 and 6.5% in the coming years.

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