NEWS
TRANSPORT DIFFICULTIES WILL LAST UNTIL MID 2022
According to Goldman Sachs, about 77 cargo ships worth $24 billion, waiting outside the docks in Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, make their way into the United States.
SOUTHERN FACTORIES RACE TO HIRE WORKERS
Companies in southern Vietnam are scrambling to recruit employees, offering higher salaries and benefits, as they seek to return to normal production levels after months of lockdowns.
HCMC COMPANIES HIT BY LABOR SHORTAGE
A survey done in 300 companies in early September found that only about 40 percent of their workers wanted to return to work when the city reopened on Oct. 1. Many even planned to return after Lunar New Year in early February next year, the survey by the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Business Associations (HUBA) found.
MINISTRIES AND BRANCHES TOGETHER TO REMOVE DIFFICULTIES FOR SEAFOOD ENTERPRISES
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phung Duc Tien said that the ministry has grasped the situation of seafood enterprises and is removing difficulties.
REPORT ON VIETNAM SEAFOOD EXPORTS IN FIRST HALF AND FORECAST ON EXPORT IN SECOND HALF OF 2021
In the first half of 2021, Vietnam's seafood production and export continued to be affected by the Covid-19 epidemic, which was still tense in many countries around the world and had a strong outbreak in the country
CAT LAI PORT STOPS RECEIVING IMPORTED GOODS FROM ENTERPRISES THAT HAVE STOPPED PRODUCTION
The unit will stop receiving imported goods from enterprises that have stopped production at Tan Cang Cat Lai port, Saigon Transportation Company said.
SEAPORT, MARITIME TRANSPORT FIRMS MORE PROFITABLE
Market recovery and larger freights helped Vietnamese seaport and maritime transport enterprises, both state-owned and private, gain bigger profits in the first half of this year.
COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORSENS IN THAILAND, SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA
Thailand on July 19 recorded 11,784 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. This is the fourth day in a row the Southeast Asian country has logged the highest number of new cases since the pandemic broke out.
MEETING DISCUSSES WAYS TO STRENGTHEN IUU FISHING PREVENTION, CONTROL MEASURES
The National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control on July 13 held an online meeting with representatives of 28 coastal localities to discuss measures to continue to combat IUU fishing.
CONTAINER SHIPPING COMPANIES REPORT INCREASED FEES AGAIN
IDespite businesses complaining, sea freight rates after skyrocketing, shipping lines continue to announce further increases in fees in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic causing a crisis in many countries around the world