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Vietnamese Pho Stands out at ASEAN Cuisine Promotion Festival
The ASEAN Committee in Prague held the ASEAN Cook Show 2024 in Prague (Czech Republic) on May 16.
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Vietnam Supports Education Promotion Topics in UN Agenda
An ambassadorial meeting of the Group of Friends for Education and Lifelong Learning took place in New York on May 15. The meeting were attended by United Nations (UN) Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammad, UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Education Stefania Giannini, Ambassador, Head of diplomatic delegations, and representatives of nearly 30 UN member states.
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Japan Plans to Provide Flood Risk Warning Maps for Southeast Asia
The Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport, and Tourism plans to support disaster preparation in four Southeast Asian countries, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, and Cambodia, by providing flood risk warning maps.
Russia claims to have successfully manufacture three COVID-19 drugs 1
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The three drugs are Triazavirin, Favipiravir and the Japanese based Fortepren drug, Vladimir Checkhonin, Vice President of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Sputnik in a statement on March 29.
April 01, 2020 | 14:13
US announces $174mln foreign aid including $3mln to Vietnam for COVID-19 battle
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The United State would aid US$174 million financial assistance to 64 countries including USD3 million to Vietnam to help the fight against coronavirus pandemic, its Department of State announced.
April 01, 2020 | 09:37
Mobilising overall strength of ASEAN Community to curbing spread of COVID-19
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Participants share information about the situation in ASEAN member states as well as the implementation of measures in each country since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
April 01, 2020 | 09:06
Covid-19 patients could still be contagious 8 days after symptoms disappear
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Haft of the patients with mild COVID-19 infections in a study still carry the novel coronavirus 2.5 - 8 days after they’ve appeared to recover, Science Daily reported.
April 01, 2020 | 08:18
Vietnam calls for dialogue, solutions for Syria amid COVID-19 pandemic
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Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the UN, has called all concerned parties to continue pursuing dialogue and seeking long-term political solutions for the situation in Syria.
April 01, 2020 | 08:16
Rounds of applause for front-line fighters around the world
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#ClapforCarers movement, the idea of clapping to cheer up COVID-19 fighters has been catching on the world over. People in the UK, Italy, France, Singapore, Vietnam, etc., are celebrating the one-minute-clap from balconies, doorsteps, windows to thank health workers for their hard work.
April 01, 2020 | 08:15
The world expresses its thanking front-line COVID-19 fighters in pictures
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The global fight against COVID-19 pandemic has never been this tough. As a token of gratitude, people across the world are celebrating the relentless efforts of world leaders, experts, scientists, healthcare personnel, sanitation workers, etc., who are all striving to win over the virus, in different ways.
April 01, 2020 | 08:13
Restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections in the US: Data
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The new data offers evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates in the US, New York Times cited experts.
April 01, 2020 | 08:07
COVID-19 pandemic could kill 20 million people worldwide in 2020
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The COVID-19 pandemic could kill as many as 20 million people worldwide this year even if the intensive social distancing measures currently are being implemented in many of the most affected countries, South China Morning Post reported, citing a mathematical model developed by researchers at Imperial College in London.
April 01, 2020 | 08:04
Can coronavirus strikes someone twice?
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Those who recover from the coronavirus are probably not going to catch it again, at least in short term while the question on how that immunity would last is still unclear, NBCNews cited experts as saying. However, Up to 10 percent of coronavirus patients leaving medical facilities in Wuhan after being tested negative for Covid-19 seem to have subsequently been re-infected, according to the South China Morning Post.
March 31, 2020 | 13:18
Netherlands, Spain, Turkey to recall defective China-made masks and test kits
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The three European countries have all complained of poor accuracy rate with coronavirus-related protective products, including test kits and face masks, as rising confirmed cases of Covid-19 infection in Europe increase dependence on Chinese imports, Financial Times reported.
March 31, 2020 | 08:02
UK advises its citizen in Vietnam to stay at home as much as possible 1
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“We’re very fortunate to live and work in Vietnam. So, please respect the law, respect Vietnamese culture norms, and show that you’re playing your part in helping to tackle this global pandemic”, Ambassador Gareth Ward said in a video message to British citizens in Vietnam.
March 30, 2020 | 23:24
The novel coronavirus outbreak around the globe in pictures
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The world over is bracing itself upon the emerging of the novel coronavirus that's going more and more rampant. Below is a closer insight into the struggle countries are facing.
March 30, 2020 | 17:08
Coronavirus may have spread in humans for years, study says
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Virus may have jumped from animal to humans long before the first detection in Wuhan, definitively putting to rest the conspiracies that claim it's a lab-made disease, according to top researchers from US, Britain and Australia.
March 30, 2020 | 15:45
US regulator approves use of malaria drugs for COVID-19 treatments
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A limited emergency-use authorisation for two anti-malarial drugs has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients, AFP reported.
March 30, 2020 | 15:38
Coronavirus Update, March 30: The numbers unstop worldwide, most of developed countries suffer
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The Covid-19 pandemic has killed more than 33,900 people in 199 countries and territories, made more than 722,000 people infectious. The super small virus is worrying and threatening any human parts on the earth, so is Vietnam, when the epicenters are two biggest centers of population and development.
March 30, 2020 | 10:53
While the world is batting COVID-19, North Korea fires more missiles than ever
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North Korea launched two suspected short-range ballistic missiles, Sunday, the fourth in a series of tests of major weapons this month, the Korea Times reported.
March 30, 2020 | 09:53
Coronavirus Update: Global death toll crosses 30,000, two-thirds in Europe
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The global death toll due to the novel coronavirus has crossed the 30,000-mark, with two-thirds of them in Europe.
March 29, 2020 | 19:49
Coronavirus latest: What else we still don’t know about?
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Scientists and public health experts worldwide have been on the race to identify more about the novel coronavirus that first emerged from Wuhan, China late December. Despite their incredible efforts, there is still much we do not understand, and we are all now part of a planet-wide experiment trying to find answers.
March 29, 2020 | 19:22
Vietnam calls for adherence to ceasefire in Libya
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Vietnam has called on all concerned parties in Libya to abide to the temporary ceasefire in Libya and work to early reach a long-term ceasefire and ensure access to humanitarian aid, at an online meeting of the UN Security Council on Libya on March 26 morning.
March 29, 2020 | 08:44
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