Covid-19 impact and responses: Vietnam
General information As of March 30, 2020, Vietnam has currently declared 194 cases of the coronavirus infection, with the highest number of cases in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The government has applied series of measures to control the situation: Urgent requests for citizens to stay at home . Closure of all schools and…
Xem thêmGarment industry hit hard by COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic that first emerged in the city of Wuhan in Hubei province, China, has severely affected local industries and livelihoods across the world. Some of the worst hit sectors include tourism and aviation as an estimated three billion people worldwide are under virus lockdowns. Other than that, to contain the deadly disease, travel…
Xem thêmNo plan by US to suspend Vietnamese garment-textile import
The US government has no plan to suspend the import of Vietnamese garments and textiles, according to Vietnamese ambassador to the United States Ha Kim Ngoc, who recently said the Vietnamese embassy has confirmed this from relevant US agencies. In the first two months of 2020, Vietnam’s exports to the United States grew by 25.7…
Xem thêmExport-import to China impacted by COVID-19
In 2019, China ranked as Vietnam’s second-largest foreign market with $41.41 billion, just behind the United States. However, the epidemic outbreak in China has had a great impact on trade between the two countries, as well as tourism and aviation. While border gates with China have been reopened, the impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic are…
Xem thêmCOVID-19 pandemic challenges garment and textile businesses
HÀ NỘI — Many Vietnamese garment and textile businesses have received notices from their US and EU partners that they will temporarily stop receiving goods for three weeks to one month. According to Phạm Xuân Hồng, Chairman of the HCM City Association of Garment Textile Embroidery and Knitting, customers said they needed to stop receiving…
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