Reasons behind Vietnam's success in treating severe COVID-19 cases
Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son on Friday praised Vietnam’s successful COVID-19 containment, particularly in treatment effort. The achievement was attributed to four key factors, namely effective allocation, regular updates with WHO’s guidance, professional diagnosis center, and large testing scale.
Central province blocks highway to dispose 300 kg of bomb
An eight-kilometer stretch of a national highway in the north-central Vietnamese province of Quang Binh will be closed for nine days for authorities to deal with a magnetic bomb that was exposed following a flood.
Digital skill training courses launched for persons with disabilities
A five-month “Digital Employment Training Program for Persons with Disabilities Co-existing with COVID-19”, was launched on November 5 with the collective efforts of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Government of Japan, and Hanoi-based Will to Live Centre which specialises in providing training courses for disadvantaged students.
Inundated Hoi An during flooding season under the lens of American photographer
The record flooding in Central Vietnam has vastly devastated the region, leaving a number of provinces and districts in inundation. The famous ancient town of Hoi An is not an outliner. Alden Anderson, an ex-pat who’s been living in Vietnam for almost three years, was taken aback by the “new coat” Hoi An is putting on: flooded with water, life turns afloat.
Zalo account of National Hotline 111 on Child Protection and Human Trafficking Prevention debuts
World Vision International in Vietnam has collaborated with the National Hotline 111 – Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) to develop the application to connect and synchronize the Zalo account – the website and the database of the National Hotline 111, to increase outreach to child protection and trafficking victims and at risk groups.
Storm Goni heads for south central Vietnam
Storm Goni, the 10th of its kind to enter the Bien Dong Sea (South China Sea) this year, is expected to bring heavy rains to Vietnam’s central and Central Highlands regions.
Emergency relief pouring into flood-stricken Vietnam's central region 1
Emergency assistance is starting to pour into Vietnam's central region, where hundreds of thousands have been driven from their homes by severe flooding.
Vietnamese tourism enterprises incur double losses due to COVID-19 and floods
The COVID-19 pandemic along with successive floods and storms in central Vietnam recently exert impacts on a series of tourism enterprises in Vietnam.
Vietnam ranks 21st in the world in AI
The great investments in AI of large corporations like FPT, Viettel, VNPT and Vingroup contribute to attracting more overseas Vietnamese experts in AI to return to the country.
Roads in central Vietnam heavily ruined by storm Molave
Storm Molave, which is believed to be the strongest of its kind hitting Vietnam over the past 20 years wrecks many roads in central Vietnam.
3,700 dignity kits presented to women at risk of violence amid COVID-19
The Dignity Kits will be distributed to women at high risk of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in humanitarian context, particularly in COVID-19 pandemic, through national and sub-national levels.
Three young dancers killed in a fire broking out in a bar in Vinh Phuc province
There were three fatalities as a fire broke out at a bar in the northern province of Vinh Phuc sparked by fireworks on Monday night.
Zero-dong canoe squad provides aid for people in flooding areas of Vietnam's central provinces
The zero-dong canoe squad led by Mr. Tran Dang Vinh has been operating at full capacity to provide aid to many people in flooded areas.
Ha Tinh people in central Vietnam cook rice cakes for flood victims in Nghe An
Hundreds of people in Cam Due commune, Cam Xuyen District in the central province of Ha Tinh pull an all-nighter to cook “bánh đúc” (a type of cake made from rice flour with several spices wrapped in green leaves) for flood-stricken people in Nghe An province although the former has also experienced the record flooding.
Storm Goni on its way to central Vietnam
At 7pm on November 2, Storm Goni was at roughly 510 km from the southeast of the Hoang Sa (Paracel) archipelago in the Bien Dong Sea (South China Sea), with wind speeds of up to 75 kph,
Vietnam brings Covid-19 vaccine into human clinical trial on November
Military Hospital 103 of the Vietnam Military Medical Academy will start the clinical trial of the Covid-19 vaccine this October, Zing reported.
Video: Helicopter provides daily neccesities to isolated citizens in Vietnam's flood-stricken areas
The Mi171 helicopter on Sunday carried a supply package with sufficient food and daily necessities to aid nearly 3,000 flood-hit residents in Central Vietnam.
Vietnam Airlines flight land off suddenly as passenger burns tissue on-board
Vietnam Airlines’ flight number VN243 from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City was forced to turn around and delayed one hour because a passenger used a lighter to burn tissue in the cabin.
Storm Goni to enter Bien Dong Sea & Vietnam's provinces prepare to minimize destruction
Storm Goni reached the Bien Dong Sea on Monday morning and is forecast to head toward central Vietnam, which was battered by multiple storms and floods in October.
European Film Festival 2020 to kick off from Nov 20
European Film Festival in Vietnam 2020: Europe on Silver Screen will be organized in Hanoi, Hue, Ho Chi Minh city and Can Tho.
