Vietnam an outlier during Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnam should re-emerge quickly in the post-pandemic period, making it one of the best performers in the global economy
Foreigners entering HCMC for short visits strictly screened
Foreign nationals visiting HCMC for less than 14 days are tested for Covid-19 upon arrival and then every two days.
Vietnam spends over 3 weeks documenting zero local COVID-19 cases, recovered patients near 1,000
Vietnam reported no new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday morning, with recoveries now nearing 1,000, according to the national government.
Vietnam exports 850 mln masks in 8 months
Vietnamese businesses exported nearly 850 million medical masks in the first eight months of this year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.
Used condoms cleaned and resold in southern Vietnam
Market authorities in Binh Duong Province have seized 324,000 used condoms that were about to be cleaned and resold in the market.
How did Vietnam bring the spread of coronavirus to a halt — again ?
Vietnam has gone more than two weeks without a single case of coronavirus via community transmission, effectively beating the virus for a second time.
Foreigners to pay $63 minimum for Covid-19 tests
Foreigners entering Vietnam on commercial flights would have to pay around VND1.468 million ($63) for two mandatory Covid-19 tests, and register contact and quarantine details.
Economic security : Vietnam’s cardinal policy goal
As the COVID-19 pandemic recedes, Vietnam needs to take concerted action to shore up the foundations of its economy.
Good news stories from Vietnam’s second wave – involving dragon fruit burgers and mask ATMs
Vietnam was a clear success story of the COVID-19 pandemic by May, recording very low infection rates and being widely praised for locking down early to prevent serious outbreaks. But on July 25, the virus mysteriously resurfaced after 99 days…
Vietnam to resume international flights
Vietnam will resume international commercial flights to several Asian destinations starting Friday, after a monthslong shutdown to curb the coronavirus outbreak
Vietnam’s Vingroup rebuts Reuters report of plan to sell school, health units
Vietnam’s largest private firm Vingroup has rebutted a Reuters report that the multi-sector conglomerate was considering selling controlling stakes of its private hospital chain Vinmec and private school business Vinschool.
Vietnam requires seven-day centralized quarantine for foreigners as it resumes flights
Some foreigners entering Vietnam on commercial flights resumed this month will be required to undergo centralized quarantine from five to seven days.
Vietnam mulls quarantining foreigners in hotels
A new proposal says some foreigners entering Vietnam can be quarantined for « an appropriate number of days » in lodgings like hotels.
Vietnam proposes tourism travel bubbles within ASEAN
Vietnam has suggested ASEAN to research safe “tourism travel bubbles” within the region amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Vietnam Covid-19 fight cost less than $400 million
Vietnam has spent among the least in the world on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.
Aviation agency unveils detailed plans for flight resumption to 6 Asian destinations
Vietnamese aviation authorities have prepared detailed plans for resuming commercial flights to some Northeast and Southeast Asian destinations this month.
Vietnam to resume some Asian flights as curbs on business travel ease
Vietnam plans to restart international commercial flights to and from six Asian cities from mid-September, state media reported on Thursday, ending months of coronavirus-related suspension after easing some restrictions on foreign business travellers.
No more 14-day quarantine for foreign experts entering Vietnam
Vietnam has lifted the 14-day quarantine for foreign experts, investors, managers, and diplomats entering the country for less than 14 days.
Inside view of Vietnam’s Covid second wave
Vietnam has been as successful in stopping its second viral wave as it was in containing its first
Vietnam dodged the coronavirus bullet, so why are its workers struggling ?
For decades, millions of Vietnamese relied on the country’s export-oriented economy to provide them with work. Then the pandemic hit. Now the country is bracing for its slowest growth in 20 years in spite of its relative success in containing…
Vietnam tightens measures after rise in Covid-19 deaths
The latest wave in the pandemic has made the country more serious about containing the virus
Vietnam loses 30th patient to Covid-19
A 51-year-old woman died of Covid-19 in Da Nang on Thursday morning, taking Vietnam’s death toll so far to 30.
Covid-19 halts three-decade economic boom in Vietnam
For the past three decades, Vietnam has known only good – or great – economic news. Its growth as an exporter, propelled by communist leaders who embraced market-oriented policies in the late 1980s, pushed many into the middle class. The…
Vietnam’s PM calls for simplified testing
Vietnam’s Prime Minister, Nguyen Xuan Phuc, says it is imperative to increase testing and simplify test procedures while ensuring pandemic containment moves forward in tandem with economic recovery.
German stuck in Myanmar homesick for Saigon as pandemic endures
Covid-19 travel restrictions have detained Stefan Hell in Myanmar since March and he longs to return to his Vietnamese family in Saigon.
Vietnam’s coronavirus infections pass 1,000 mark
Vietnam’s tally of coronavirus infections since January passed the 1,000 mark on Thursday, after 14 new cases were reported.