HCMC bars, karaoke parlors to close amid Covid threat
All bars, discotheques and karaoke parlors in Ho Chi Minh City have been ordered closed from Friday evening in the latest Covid-19 containment effort.
Vietnam reports first local COVID-19 cases in 35 days
Vietnam said on Thursday it had detected its first locally transmitted cases of the coronavirus in 35 days, as authorities ordered tighter surveillance to prevent a new outbreak.
Vietnam urges vigilance as neighbours battle infection spikes
Vietnam on Wednesday (April 28) warned against mass gatherings ahead of long public holidays this weekend and said it would speed up its vaccine rollout amid a worsening coronavirus situation among its neighbours.
Can Tho to erect field hospitals as Covid-19 risks run rampant
Two field hospitals with 1,000 beds would be erected in Can Tho as authorities warn of a high risk of new coronavirus outbreaks as conditions worsen across the southern border.
More access to Covid vaccines needed
Authorities need to ensure greater access to Covid-19 vaccines through international collaboration, beef up control on immigration and large gatherings, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.
Vietnamese Covid vaccine proves immunogenic after second phase of human trials
Nanocovax, a Covid-19 vaccine developed by Vietnam, has proven immunogenic on all volunteers following its second phase of human trials, researchers at Vietnam Military Medical University confirmed.
Significant risk as illegal entrant numbers much higher than reported
Many more people have entered the country illegally from Covid-19 affected neighboring countries than officially reported, Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam said Friday.
Vietnam offers Cambodia largest Covid-19 aid package
Vietnam is willing to support Cambodia’s Covid-19 fight by sending medical experts, ventilators and masks, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said Thursday.
Cambodia’s Covid-19 outbreak has southern Vietnam on edge
Kien Giang and An Giang provinces have reported high risks of infection given the high number of people returning from Cambodia, aside from illegal entries.
Vietnam calls for faster vaccine rollout before shots expire
Vietnam’s health ministry called for the acceleration of its COVID-19 vaccine rollout on Friday as the expiry date of the Southeast Asian country’s first batch of jabs supplied through the COVAX program fast approaches.
Qui fait la fête pour le nouvel an thaïlandais attrape le Covid….
Selon le ministère thaïlandais de la santé, l’insouciance et les fêtes de Songkran vont porter le nombre d’infections quotidiennes à près de 3 000.
Vietnam records surge in childhood obesity
The prevalence rate of overweight and obese children in Vietnam has more than doubled in the past 10 years.
Travel bubble not the solution for Vietnam
While Taiwan and the Pacific island nation of Palau implemented a travel bubble on April 1, letting tourists travel between the two countries without any quarantine, experts think doing the same thing in Viet Nam wouldn’t be easy.
Vietnam looks to reopen borders with vaccine passport
The Vietnamese Government is eyeing re-opening its borders to international travelers as COVID-19 vaccinations ramp up and work on digital health passports continues.
Vietnam airlines await vaccine passports for resumption of international flights
Although vaccine passports are not yet an official policy in Vietnam, airlines are preparing for the resumption of international flights based on their introduction.
Aviation agency proposes exempting vaccinated foreigners from quarantine from September
Vietnamese aviation authorities proposed allowing vaccinated foreign passengers into the country from September without requiring centralized quarantine.
Vietnam targets daily international flights from September
Vietnam is eyeing the resumption of regular international passenger flights, targeting daily flights to partnering jurisdictions in September.
Bombarded Saigonese yearn to consign the din to the bin
The noise pollution created by traffic, constructions and ‘entertainment’ establishments are leaving many HCMC residents constantly longing for some silent relief.
Putting parents in old people’s homes still troubling for Vietnamese
Many people are unable to take care of their old parents, but cannot countenance sending them to retirement homes either since it is tantamount to abandoning them.
Vietnam seeks to diversify COVID-19 vaccine sources amid supply issues
Vietnam on Wednesday (Mar 24) called for urgent diversification of its sources for COVID-19 vaccines amid global supply problems, as the Southeast Asian country pushes forward with an inoculation program that began earlier this month.
Vietnam says approves Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for use
Vietnam has approved Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for use against COVID-19, its health ministry said, the second coronavirus shot to be approved in the Southeast Asian country after the AstraZeneca vaccine.
Foreigners conflicted about allowing people into Vietnam with vaccine passport
While foreigners would like the government to allow them in with vaccine passports, people living in Vietnam are wary.
Vietnam readies IT infrastructure for Covid-19 vaccine passports
Related agencies and telecom providers say information technology infrastructure for handling Covid-19 vaccine passports will be ready next month.
Vietnam says homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to be available by fourth quarter
Vietnam’s first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine, called Nanocovax, is expected to be available by the fourth quarter of this year and put into use in 2022, the health ministry said on Wednesday (Mar 17).
COVID-19 vaccine developer in Vietnam willing to share data
Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, based in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City, is willing to share know-how and technology for developing its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. But the challenge for the company is finding manufacturers with the capacity to produce it in low-income countries.
Vietnam’s hotels get creative to survive the pandemic
The tourism industry in Vietnam, like the rest of the world, suffered a seismic blow in 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. It also forced some in the industry to rethink their approach to how to cater to guests and…