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Business Briefing Gold rate: VND 66.05 million per tael (buying) – VND 66.87 million per tael (selling) Reference exchange rate: VND 23,212/USD Investment news: Foreign investors retain confidence in Vietnamese business climate Export news: Vietnam ’s leather and footwear exports exceed USD 14 billion in 7 months Weather Forecast Storm Maon has weakened into a tropical depression. Business Briefing Gold rate Early this morning (August 26), gold, silver, and gem trading establishments adjusted their gold prices, bringing the domestic gold price down. SJC gold price was adjusted down VND 250,000 in both directions compared to the dawn of the previous day. With this decrease, the price of SJC gold is VND 66.05 million per tael (buying) and VND 66.87 million per tael (selling). Photo: Zing Reference exchange rate The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate for the US dollar at VND 23,212/USD on August 26, down VND 22 from the previous

Ambassador Ly Duc Trung said Vietnam boasts much room for receiving investment and promoting production. Coming to the country, Israeli people and enterprises can access diverse material sources, travel companies can organise agro- tourism trips, while investors can help raise local agricultural products’ value. He suggested tech firms of Israel introduce advanced technologies and techniques to help Vietnam improve the agricultural production capacity, noting that with high technology applied further, farm produce will have higher added value and competitiveness when being exported to regional and global markets. Expressing their wish to tap into bilateral cooperation potential in trade and tourism , other participants in the event pointed out that Israeli people are eager to visit Vietnam as the Southeast Asian country has put the COVID-19 pandemic under control and completely reopened tourism . Meanwhile, Israel possesses many technologies, mostly those related to agricultura

The June 20-26 trip is organised by the provincial Department of Tourism in response to Festival Hue 2022. Participating in the trip are bloggers Ly Thanh Co, Le Ha Truc and Lo Huu Duc Anh, actor Binh An, stylist Monsimi, Vlogger Hachi Hachi, photographer Vu Bao Khanh, Titokers Melon, Duong Vu and Hukha. These special travel lers will experience new tourism products such as rowing on Tam Giang Lagoon, viewing Hue’s ancient capital from a giant hot air balloon, and going on a zipline or highwire at Thanh Tan Hot Springs. They will also enjoy Hue dishes, street foods and royal cuisine. The trip is hoped to inspire them to write stories. Speaking at a press conference held in Hanoi on June 17, Director of the Thua Thien-Hue Department of Tourism Nguyen Van Phuc said that the idea of organising the media trip had been initiated for a long time. However, it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is expected to contribute to restoring tourism activities and attract investors to

Carnaval features dancers in colourful costumes. This is the third time the Sam Son Street Carnival has been organised by Sun Group. And with two street carnival festivals in 2019 and 2020, Sam Son has been marked as a city of festivals every summer, with the vibrant colours of street carnival costumes, music and dance. Sam Son promises to be the highlight of summer tourism in the North. This year, the Sam Son Carnival will take place in two fixed time frames from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm, Saturday and Sunday (June 18 and 19), with the participation of nearly 100 domestic and foreign dancers from many countries such as Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Brazil, Moldova, Colombia, Cuba, Argentina, and Georgia. The performer and the audience share an emotional exchange and photo session. Along with the street carnival, within the framework of the 2022 Sam Son Sea Tourism Festival, the series of art events known as Sun Fest will continue to be held every Saturday night at Sun Grand Boulevard beach s

Social networks also appear many pictures of trash in Phu Quoc beach. In particular, in an article by Travel + Leisure magazine ranking Phu Quoc at the 14th position among the top 25 islands in the world, many social media users argued about this place has a lot of garbage. Garbage is everywhere A female tourist in Vinh Long said she had an itch when bathing in the sea on the afternoon of October 8. This person thinks that the sea water is not clean because the waves push garbage to the shore, this woman has not been in the sea for the past 2 days. As noted by Zing, along major roads in Phu Quoc, local authorities erected many propaganda signs on environmental protection. However, the opposite is that tourists coming to Phu Quoc these days are very afraid to go to the sea to bathe because of garbage. In the past 5 days, Phu Quoc sea has strong winds and big waves. In the area from Duong To commune to Quarter 7 of Duong To ward, waves push a lot of moss and nylon bags, plastic bottl

Recently, the number of Covid-19 cases in Ho Chi Minh City is on an increasing trend. In the past week, Ho Chi Minh City recorded an average of 144 new cases per day, 10 cases higher than last week’s average. Correspondingly, the number of new cases increased, the number of hospitalizations and the number of severe cases also tended to increase, with an average of 35 severe cases per day, compared with the average of 18 cases last week. There are currently 7 severe cases requiring invasive mechanical ventilation in hospitals. According to a report from the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City, through a survey at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Chi Minh City in the last week of July, the number of Covid-19 cases in the area is on a slight increase. In which, the number of infections with variant BA.5 dominates with 80% of the total cases. Other variants such as BA.2, BA.4, BA.1 account for a small percentage. This result was performed on 30 inpatients and people who cam