Binh Duong city (Photo: baodautu.vn)
According to the GSO’s survey on local living standards in 2020, which covered nearly 47,000 households across 63 cities and provinces, the province’s per capita income was more than 7 million VND (303.93 USD) per month, while that of the southern hub was 6.537 million VND, and Hanoi 5.981 million VND.
The national average was 4.23 million VND, with the per capita income in urban areas reaching more than 5.5 million VND, rural areas 3.48 million VND.
In terms of regions, the southeast region had the highest monthly per capita income, at over 6 million VND, 2.2 times higher than that of the northern midland and mountainous region which had the lowest monthly per capita income.
The survey pointed out that housing quality played an important role in deciding people’s living quality. Last year, 95.6 percent of households lived in permanent houses and semi-permanent houses. Only a small number of families resided in less-temporary houses and simple houses due to their long-standing practices, like those in the Mekong Delta and the northern midland and mountainous regions.
Although Binh Duong had a low percentage of households having permanent houses (6.3 percent), the province had no less-temporary and simple houses.
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of poor families has continued to decrease thanks to social welfare policies, the GSO says. Policymakers, however, need to address the wealth gaps between urban and rural areas, the rich and poor as well as between regions.
Vietnam’s cities among top 10 unmissable destinations in Asia
Hanoi and the ancient town of Hoi An have been named in a top 10 list of Asia’s most unmissable destinations as voted on by readers of renowned travel website TripAdvisor, said the Voice of Vietnam.
Hoan Kiem lake in Hanoi (Photo: hanoi1000.vn)
According to the list, Hanoi ranked second, with many voters praising the charming streets found throughout the capital’s Old Quarter, along with the rapid pace of modern developments.
“Lakes, parks, shady boulevards and more than 600 temples and pagodas add to the appeal of this city, which is easily explored by taxi,” the article produced by TripAdvisor stated.
Elsewhere on the list, the ancient town of Hoi An secured fourth place.
“This city on the central Vietnamese coast is a well-preserved example of the important Southeast Asian trading port it was from the 15th to 19th centuries,” the website noted.
There were also suggestions that visitors should visit the town’s expert tailors in order to have bespoke clothing made for them in order to remember their trip.
Completing the top 10 list is Bangkok of Thailand, Siem Reap of Cambodia, Phuket of Thailand, New Delhi of India, Jaipur of India, Kathmandu of Nepal, and Beijing of China.
Thanh Ha lychees appear on popular e-commerce platform Sendo
Thanh Ha lychees originating from the northern province of Hai Duong have been officially put on sale on Sendo, one of the nation’s leading online marketplaces, from May 24 to May 27, said the Voice of Vietnam.
The purpose of the move is to assist farmers in gaining greater access to e-commerce platforms, whilst simultaneously creating additional stable consumption channels for regional specialty products and satisfying the demands of domestic consumers.
Photo for illustration (Photo: ldxh.vn)
The sale will see Sendo striving to introduce the image of lychees to potential customers through social networking sites in order to allow Thanh Ha lychees to reach the largest amount of users as possible.
Sendo plans to help local farmers sell up to 12 tonnes of their lychees during this promotion drive.
At present, Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) has co-ordinated efforts with e-commerce platforms as they open booths within the framework of the National Program on Trade Promotion to provide technical assistance and instructions aimed at helping businesses and cooperatives join e-commerce platforms.
As Vietrade has recently developed a traceability system to help local firms to tighten control over quality and fight against the wave of counterfeit goods, all Thanh Ha lychees have been stamped to ensure traceability./.