Eight more patients recover from Covid-19
Four of the newly recovered patients are from Ha Loi Village, Me Linh District, Hanoi, which was once a virus hotspot. They are the 250th case, a 50-year-old woman who had close contact with the 243rd...
View ArticleHCM City tourism sector seeks to recover from COVID-19 epidemic
Vo Thi Ngoc Thuy, Deputy Director of the Tourism Department of Ho Chi Minh City, said that the tourism sector’s recovery is based on the survival and resilience of each business, noting that a range of...
View ArticleAutomakers may shift from manufacturing to importing due to COVID-19 pandemic
In addition, the company had to suspend operation from April 1 to 22 and sale agents suspended business under social distancing measures. Honda Vietnam proposed measures to continue removing...
View ArticleTAT: Tourist arrivals to Thailand may be lowest level in 14 years
Hanoi (VNA) – The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has forecast that the number of foreign tourists may plunge by almost two-thirds to 14 million this year, the lowest level in 14 years due to...
View ArticleBack to school after longest Tet holiday ever
“What on earth were they thinking?” asked a netizen after seeing primary school children in Hanoi, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City wearing face masks and shields in 35-plus degree Celsius heat in no...
View ArticleHanoi orders street food stalls to strictly follow Covid-19 prevention measures
Customers crowd eateries on Ta Hien Street in Hanoi City. The Hanoi Department of Health has ordered street food vendors to wear face masks when serving customers – PHOTO: VNA HCMC – The Hanoi...
View ArticleVietnamese alumni raise funds to support German fight against COVID-19
During the handover ceremony on May 7, Dr. Pham Manh Cuong of the Government Office presented a total of 5,000 medical masks to German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner and Chief Representative of...
View ArticleGermany, Vietnam combine efforts to combat COVID-19
The haul of medical supplies represent crucial equipment that is necessary for medical staff in order for them to provide suitable care for patients at clinics throughout Germany. The medical equipment...
View ArticleVietnam reopens secondary border gates with China
Starting May 1, trade via Tan Thanh Border Gate in Lang Son resumed the normal seven hours a day including weekends, after almost a month operating only five hours daily as demanded by Chinese customs...
View ArticleSingapore becomes biggest investor in Vietnam during Jan-April
Hanoi (VNA) – Singapore rose to become the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam in the first four months of 2020 with 5.07 billion USD, accounting for 41 percent of the total. It was followed by...
View ArticleVietnam ranks second for Covid-19 response
An area in Hanoi’s Cau Giay District is placed on lockdown after a suspected Covid-19 case was detected. Vietnam is ranked second globally by its citizens for its Covid-19 response and first among the...
View ArticleF&B chains ‘turn enemies into friends’, join alliance to survive COVID-19
VN travel firms shift to sell food online to survive Covid-19 Some restaurants and hotels owned by Saigontourist have begun selling food online, while iVIVU, the online hotel room booking platform, has...
View ArticleRepatriated Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia test negative for COVID-19
Upon arrival at Da Nang International Airport, all passengers and crew members had to undergo a number of medical check-ups, before subsequently being placed into quarantine in line with current health...
View ArticleNo new airlines for now: transport ministry
In its response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam banned most domestic and international flights in March and April, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses for the two largest carriers,...
View ArticleAn Giang quarantine camp escapee returns
AN GIANG — A Vietnamese man who escaped from a quarantine centre in southern An Giang Province after entering Việt Nam illegally from Cambodia by boat has returned, the local Steering Committee on...
View ArticleSBV gives non-interest loan of VND16 trillion to pay salaries for workers
The SBV has also announced hotlines of its branches in 63 cities and provinces nationwide, which have been published on its website http://sbv.gov.vn. The hotlines are expected to be a channel for...
View ArticleEight more Covid-19 patients recover in Hanoi
Among them, Do Thi Kim Yen, 29, is a doctor at the hospital who was confirmed infected on March 25. She is Vietnam’s second doctor to be infected with the novel coronavirus, the first one being one of...
View ArticleFour months of big pharma profit could pay for COVID-19 vaccination of...
In March, drug manufacturer Gilead moved to extend the monopoly on a potential treatment for the virus, and only withdrew it after a public outcry. Gilead has now donated a significant portion of its...
View Article‘The sky had fallen’: survivor of fatal wall collapse in southern Vietnam
Transporting her husband’s body, Suong could not hold back her tears as she recalled the moment she saw him crushed by tons of concrete. The couple had left their home two months ago to work at the...
View ArticleProcedures for lychee exports to Japan to be completed soon
Hanoi (VNA) – The Plant Protection Department at the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) held a teleconference with Japanese partners on May 14 to discuss the completion of procedures...
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