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Vietnam News Today (December 16): South-central Localities on Alert as Tropical Storm Rai Entering Bien Dong Sea

22:15 | 15/12/2021

Vietnam News Today (December 16): Vietnam confirms 15,522 new Covid-19 cases; Vietnamese parliament joins APPF Executive Committee; South-central localities on alert as tropical storm Rai entering Bien Dong Sea; 3-day home quarantine proposed for arrivals from overseas.

Vietnam News Today (October 29): No Seven-day Quarantine Planned for Foreign Tourists with Negative Covid Tests

00:09 | 29/10/2021

Vietnam News Today (October 29): Vietnam records 4,876 new local Covid cases; Vietnam ready to welcome sport teams to SEA Games 31 in mid-May 2022; HCMC vaccinates 40,000 children against Covid; No seven-day quarantine planned for foreign tourists with negative Covid tests.

Hanoi Markets Use Creative Ideas to Protect People During Pandemic

15:06 | 26/07/2021

While Hanoi is applying stringent Covid prevention measures, traders at traditional markets have erected plastic shields to protect themselves and buyers from the spread of the virus

People Entering Hanoi Face More Stringent Quarantine

08:44 | 23/07/2021

With new coronavirus clusters scattering across the city, Hanoi is imposing stricter preventive measures to contain the virus

Vietnamese engineers develop software to monitor people in quarantine

16:55 | 19/06/2021

Developed over three months, the software can help quarantine controllers monitor the locations and body temperatures of people in quarantine zones in real-time

Deputy PM wants speedier at-home quarantine for F1 cases

07:53 | 07/06/2021

Letting low-risk suspected Covid patients quarantine at home will help alleviate stress on frontline medical workers

Foreign diplomats, employees of foreign NGOs to undergo quarantine procedures

08:41 | 05/06/2021

The Hanoi Department of Foreign Affairs has updated a document regarding entry and Covid-19 quarantine procedures for foreigners working at diplomatic missions, international organisations and foreign NGOs

Vietnam mulls over one-week quarantine for vaccinated entrants

15:15 | 04/06/2021

The latest proposal was made as the country battles the worst coronavirus wave yet.

At-home quarantine piloted among F1 individuals in hotspots

11:22 | 30/05/2021

The scheme will likely help ease the burden at quarantine centers and reduce cross-infection risk.

Covid-19 leaves thousands of Vietnamese students in quarantine

09:55 | 19/05/2021

Thousands of students across the country have been sent to quarantine centers for having close contact with coronavirus-infected peers.

Health Ministry calls for extension of 14-day Covid quarantine period

15:56 | 04/05/2021

The Ministry of Health has issued an urgent message stating that people who have completed their 14-day quarantine and tested negative for Covid-19 twice will not be allowed to leave quarantine facilities after just the 14-day period

Philippine media hails Vietnam’s formula against COVID-19

07:19 | 24/03/2021

The Manila Times of the Philippines on March 23 ran an article titled “Doing it better: The lesson Vietnam”, highlighting Vietnam’s effective anti-COVID-19 formula.

Regulations on fees for Covid-19 quarantine, testing and treatment for Vietnamese returning from abroad

10:32 | 20/02/2021

The Vietnamese Government has issued Resolution No. 16/NQ-CP on fees for quarantine, testing and treatment of COVID-19 for Vietnamese people returning from abroad.

Hochiminh city issues Covid-19 quarantine regulations for returnees from 11 pandemic-hit areas after Tet

10:47 | 17/02/2021

People coming to Ho Chi Minh City from the pandemic-hit areas or localities where are implementing social distancing will have to concentratedly quarantine for 14 days and have their samples tested for four times.

Vietnam’s flight attendants under prosecution over violating quarantine rules

15:44 | 12/01/2021

Duong Van Hau, Vietnam Airlines’s 29-year-old flight attendant is accused of deliberately neglecting COVID-19 quarantine protocols, spreading the virus to 3 other people.

South Korea business travelers to Vietnam exempted from 14-day quarantine

11:07 | 06/12/2020

Vietnam has agreed to allow some South Korean business people to travel between the two countries without having to undergo the mandatory 14-day quarantine, Seoul said on Friday.

Foreigners entering Vietnam can be quarantined at hotels

09:13 | 12/09/2020

Foreigners entering Vietnam can be quarantined for "an appropriate number of days" in lodgings like hotels, said a new proposal.

Foreign experts entering Vietnam for short visits are unrequired to quarantine

07:37 | 03/09/2020

Vietnam has removed the 14-day quarantine for foreigners including experts, investors, business executives, and diplomats entering Vietnam for less than 14 days, but they still have to comply with the country’s regulations on Covid-19 infection prevention and control.

Residents in Hanoi outskirt burst with joy as 28-day COVID-19 lockdown ends up [Photo]

11:19 | 06/05/2020

Around 11,000 residents in Ha Loi commune, Me Linh District, Ha Noi burst with joy as they can come back to normal life since Wednesday after 28-day lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.