Tony Nguyen

Professional practitioner in Social work with a Master degree in Australia and many years of full engagement in social work and community development in Vietnam and abroad. Special interest in reflecting social issues.

For Tony Nguyen's latest contributions to VietnamTimes, see below:

Almost KN95 masks imported from China don't meet standards of the US 2

25/09/2020 14:04

New report says, over 70% of imported KN95 masks, mostly from China, fail U.S. filtration standards.

The U.S. Coast Guard releases new plan to combat illegal fishing, focusing on fishing boats from China

21/09/2020 06:48

The U.S. Coast Guard has released a new strategy to enhance global safety, security, and stewardship of the maritime domain by combatting Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

Australia and Vietnam collaborate to share digital innovations in education

10/09/2020 06:47

With the COVID-19 pandemic causing global disruption to the education sector, the rapid shift to online learning, and the innovations developed as a result, have been shared at a high-level roundtable between Australian and Vietnamese higher education sector experts recently.

How can Vietnamese firms adapt to the new normal of international business?

30/08/2020 07:34

On 26 August 2020, prominent Vietnamese and international speakers from both the public and private sectors have met online at RMIT’s International Business Forum 2020 to discuss what firms can do to manage the challenges of free trade agreements and COVID-19

Australia to commit $80m to guarantee access to COVID vaccine for all

26/08/2020 21:33

Australia will support the Gavi COVAX Facility Advance Market Commitment (COVAX AMC) to improve access for Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to safe, effective and affordable COVID-19 vaccines.

Singapore: Young people to be attracted by job portal for 'green-collar' employees

24/08/2020 08:25

A 32-year-old man has started an online job portal called Green Collar to match job seekers with specific roles in the sustainability area, aiming to get 100 jobs secured by September 2020 in Singapore and will be expanding to the Southeast Asian region by the end of the year.

Google to launch 5G smartphones in just a few weeks

23/08/2020 07:43

As per the leaks, users can get Google Pixel 5 5G variant in green and black color on September 30. Also, a black color Google Pixel 4a 5G can be spotted on the same day.

WHO hopes to end Covid-19 pandemic in 'less than two years'

22/08/2020 16:43

The World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday (Aug 21) it hopes the planet will be rid of the coronavirus pandemic in less than two years - faster than it took for the Spanish flu.

Global outage hits Google, users face e-mail, storage, videoconferencing services disruption

21/08/2020 07:00

Google faces a global outage affecting many of its services, including e-mail, storage, document and videoconferencing.

WHO urges all nations to join global shared vaccine bid

20/08/2020 07:47

The WHO’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that without vaccinating the planet’s highest-risk populations simultaneously, it would be impossible to rebuild the global economy.

Sputnik V's third stage of trials can be called mass vaccination, said Russian developers

17/08/2020 12:48

The trials will be carried out in the Moscow Region and some 20,000 - 30,000 people will get the vaccine.

Virus-proof public transit with smart shelters provided in Asean cities, thermal scanners amidst pandamic

17/08/2020 10:20

Taking a bus or the subway? Not without first checking your temperature in a smart shelter or touch-free kiosk.

Common face-mask problems and tips for avoiding them

16/08/2020 07:58

Face masks have never been more universally accepted than they are now. But that doesn't make them any easier to wear when it's unbearably hot outside. Find out how to make wearing a face covering more comfortable and get into good habits.

29 Chinese people were arrested by Cambodian police on kidnapping charges

15/08/2020 16:29

Phnom Penh Military Police arrested 29 Chinese nationals on kidnapping charges. The suspects are said to have abducted three other Chinese nationals from a hotel in Daun Penh district’s Chaktomuk commune.

Malaysia jails Indian national linked to fresh COVID-19 outbreak

14/08/2020 07:04

An Indian national was jailed by the Malaysian court for five months on Thursday (Aug 13) for violating a home quarantine order, leading to dozens of new COVID-19 infections

Blockchain - New economic infrastructure for Vietnam during post-COVID-19

14/08/2020 06:54

The COVID-19 pandemic could be accelerating the case for blockchain as a new economic infrastructure for Vietnam.

Covid-19 no hindrance for a female doctor's weddings in Britain and Malaysia

11/08/2020 21:10

The Covid-19 fear and closure of international borders will not hinder Dr Nur Amalina Che Bakri from planning her double wedding receptions in Britain and Malaysia.

43,000 Red Cross volunteers head to N. Korea to help with virus and floods

11/08/2020 07:24

The Red Cross has trained 43,000 North Korean volunteers to help communities, including the locked-down city of Kaesong, fight the novel coronavirus and provide flood assistance, an official with the relief organization said on Monday (August 10).