16:36 | 07/08/2020
The recent Covid-19 pandemic started in Da Nang in July but there is insufficient evidence that the virus is quickly spreading among the community in Vietnam. This was discussed during the meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on August 4th chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.
16:29 | 07/08/2020
Vietnam Airlines on August 6-7 conducted a special flight bringing home 280 Vietnamese citizens stranded in the United Kingdom and various parts of the European Union (EU) including Germany, Switzerland, Denmark and the Czech Republic.
15:37 | 07/08/2020
Over the past 53 years since its inception, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has successfully resolved differences to build a united community to respond to all regional and global challenges, says Norwegian ambassador to ASEAN Morten Høglund.
08:21 | 07/08/2020
Foreigners may leave Vietnam within their extended stay without undergoing official procedures.
07:19 | 07/08/2020
More than 80 flights have been operated so far, bringing home safely more than 21,000 Vietnamese citizens with majority of them were people under 18, pregnant women, elderly people, the ill and those in challenging circumstances, from some 50 countries and territories, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said at the ministry’s regular press conference on August 6.
07:16 | 07/08/2020
Vietnamese with smartphones have been urged to install Bluezone, a contact-tracing app, amidst the complexity of the COVID-19 pandemic.
14:00 | 06/08/2020
Workers rush themselves round the clock to complete the makeshift field hospital inside Da Nang’s Tien Son Sports Palace as the COVID-19 pandemic is getting worse in the city.
11:28 | 06/08/2020
A new “face mask ATM” that dispenses free cloth face masks will be opened on August 6 to support local people as the COVID-19 situation is growing more complicated in the country.
06:45 | 06/08/2020
The United States government will pay Johnson & Johnson over $1 billion for 100 million doses of its potential coronavirus vaccine, its latest such arrangement as the race to tame the pandemic intensifies, the drugmaker said on Wednesday (August 05).
06:33 | 06/08/2020
The National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, who is also Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41), revealed the information while chairing the second meeting of the National Steering Committee and the Organising Committee for AIPA 41 in Hanoi on August 5.
06:19 | 06/08/2020
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of World Bank, will provide a larde amount of money to support two banks in Vietnam including Orient Commercial Bank and VP Bank in enhacing finance for local businesses.
14:32 | 05/08/2020
On August 4, at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam emphasized that Vietnam has made determined efforts to avert the second wave of COVID-19 and avoid nationwide social distancing, Vnexpress reported.
09:06 | 05/08/2020
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said it has recorded 2 new cases of COVID-19 related to Da Nang Hospital on August 05, 2020, at 06:00 am. Vietnam has 672 cases, 24 patients in a state of severe prognosis.
07:27 | 05/08/2020
South-East Asia's factory output slumped in July for a fifth consecutive month, according to the IHS Markit Purchasing Managers' Index published on Tuesday.
07:22 | 05/08/2020
Half of the Japanese businesses that receive support from the Japan's Government to expand supply chains, have chosen Vietnam, and the Government will continue assisting firms in diversifying supply chain, said Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
07:18 | 05/08/2020
An injured drunken man admitted to a hospital in India allegedly stole an used personal protective equipment (PPE) kit, thinking that it was a raincoat, and later tested positive for COVID-19 infection.
13:26 | 04/08/2020
Hanoians who have just returned from Da Nang, where the first locally-transmitted Covid-19 case was detected last week, underwent rapid testing for Covid-19.
10:54 | 04/08/2020
On the morning of August 4, the Ministry of Health announced 10 more cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of people infected with this disease nationwide to 652 cases, the seventh Covid-19 patient was confirmed died with history of chronic kidney failure.
10:43 | 04/08/2020
Making both ends meet while the old mother still has to sell lottery tickets to earn their living, Mr. Hieu - a GrabBike driver - takes his infant son along with each ride amid the scorching heatwave of around 37 to 38 degree Celsius in Ho Chi Minh City.
10:02 | 04/08/2020
The return of COVID-19 has disrupted local businesses' plans adjusted after the pandemic’s initial impacts.
