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HCMC, 29 Jul 2021 – AusCham is delighted to welcome Hoa Binh Construction Group Joint Stock Company as a new Corporate member in 2021/22. Established since 1987, Hoa Binh stands now among the best high-ranking construction companies in Vietnam, having completed hundred of large-scale projects in accordance with international standards of construction.

HCMC, 29 Jul 2021 - AusCham is delighted to welcome Game Day Apparel Vietnam Company Limited as a new Corporate member in 2021/22. GAME DAY APPAREL is a leading sportswear manufacturer with two 100% owned and operated manufacturing facilities in Melbourne, Australia and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Professor Alec Cameron has been announced as RMIT's incoming Vice-Chancellor and President. Chancellor Dr Ziggy Switkowski AO has confirmed that Professor Cameron will assume the role in early 2022 after returning to Australia from the UK where he has been Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Aston University since 2016.

On Thursday, 22 July 2021, AusCham held a webinar, Australian Citizens & Vaccines briefing open to AusCham and non-AusCham members alike to discuss issues around vaccine availability in Vietnam. AusCham has seen an impact on its members relative to vaccine scarcity with some members potentially losing the economic benefits of the past couple of years, their strategic staff and not being able to ...

Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Sunday that Vietnam has reached an agreement on technology transfer for coronavirus vaccine with the U.S. and will start production next year. While he did not divulge specific details of the agreement, the minister said at the first session of the 15th National Assembly that a factory with the capacity to produce 200 million doses is under construction and ...

The outbreak of the delta variant is wreaking havoc on vulnerable communities across Vietnam. Families are struggling to survive. They need YOUR help. Every $15 donated will provide a food pack for a family: fruit and vegetables, rice, and staples to keep them going. Food will be bought locally, and will include a mix of fresh food and longer-lasting items. For families who are hard to reach, your ...

Applications are now open for the 2021 Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEA) Open to all Victorian start-ups, SMEs, to large organisations, stand to prove your business’ global readiness in the 42nd Governor of Victoria Export Awards (GOVEA) organised by Global Victoria. The awards span across 13 categories including Victorian Exporter of the Year and the Victorian Women in International ...

Enhance higher level of Social distancing under Directive 16
1. Objectives: Blockade and control the spread of the epidemic; maintain and expend the safe areas; control the spread of high-risk areas.
2. Focus on these following directions:
2.1 More Propaganda
2.2 Strengthen higher level of social distancing: between an individual to another, family to other family

HCMC will tighten its coronavirus restrictions in the next two weeks, ramping them up in certain areas by banning people from leaving their homes. The decision, issued by the Standing Committee of the HCMC Party Committee, came as the city has recorded over 43,700 local Covid-19 cases in the fourth coronavirus wave, with numbers rising for each passing day with little obvious signs of improvement.

The French Embassy in Hanoi and the French Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City are organizing a vaccination campaign for their compatriots and the staff of the French diplomatic network in Vietnam, with the authorization of the Vietnamese authorities. Free-of-charge Moderna jabs will be administered in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City from July 27, according to an announcement on the French Consulate ...