COVID-19 : Vietnam says it has no plans for widespread lockdown
Vietnam has no plans for a widespread COVID-19 lockdown and will only put areas considered epicentres under strict quarantine, the government’s spokesperson said on Monday (Aug 3)
Hanoi’s Old Quarter reels under Covid-19 blows
The fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic has become distressingly evident in Hanoi’s iconic Old Quarter, where for-rent signs have mushroomed on closed building gates.
Vietnam virus outbreak hits factories employing thousands in Danang epicentre
A novel coronavirus outbreak that began in the Vietnamese city of Danang more than a week ago has spread to at least four city factories with a combined workforce of about 3,700, state media reported on Monday.
Vietnam to test 1.1 million people in city at center of outbreak
Vietnam will test all residents of Danang, the city at the center of a coronavirus outbreak with 1.1 million people, Tuoi Tre newspaper reported, as the risk of a widening spread increases.
Vietnam reports 3rd death, more cases linked to hospital
A third person has died of coronavirus complications in Vietnam, a day after it recorded its first-ever death as it struggles with a renewed outbreak after 99 days with no local cases
Vietnam records death as virus re-emerges
Vietnam has recorded its first death from COVID-19 after winning plaudits worldwide for one of the most successful pandemic responses to containing the novel coronavirus outbreak.
Hanoi shuts bars, prohibits crowds after two diagnosed with Covid-19
Hanoi, where two men have contracted Covid-19, has closed bars and banned crowded events like festivals and fairs since Wednesday night.
Vietnam braces for a fresh wave of coronavirus despite earlier success in containing the outbreak
Vietnam, once praised for its success in containing the coronavirus outbreak, is now battling a resurgence in cases and has warned that the disease could spread wider across the country.
Vietnam says all areas now at risk of coronavirus infection
Vietnam, virus-free for months, was bracing for another wave of COVID-19 infections on Wednesday after state media reported new cases in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the Central Highlands linked to a recent outbreak in the central city of…
Coronavirus : Alarm in Vietnam after first cases in months
Vietnam has closed Da Nang to tourists after 15 new locally transmitted coronavirus cases were recorded there – the first in the country since April.
Vietnam locks down its 3rd-largest city as virus cases grow
Vietnam has locked down its third-largest city for two weeks after 15 cases of COVID-19 were found in a hospital
Vietnam to evacuate 80,000 tourists from Da Nang after three residents contract Covid-19
Vietnam is evacuating 80,000 people — mostly local tourists — from the popular resort city of Da Nang after three residents tested positive for coronavirus, the government said.
Vietnam, lauded in coronavirus fight, has first local case in 100 days
A 57-year-old grandfather in the city of Danang, with no history of travel, tested positive and has been hospitalized. Health officials are tracing his contacts.
Vietnam to resume select international flights
Vietnam is further easing restrictions as it reopens its borders to select destinations deemed to have handled the coronavirus well.
101 South Korean experts quarantined on Vietnam’s biggest island
101 South Korean experts, managers and high-tech workers from Incheon City were quarantined Sunday upon arrival on Phu Quoc Island in southern Vietnam.
Traders turn ash into cash in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
People in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang do not mind getting dirty and inhaling toxic dust as they spend days afloat collecting ash and selling it for compost to make a living.
Ten million kids ‘may never return to school’ after virus
The coronavirus pandemic has caused an « unprecedented education emergency » with up to 9.7 million children affected by school closures at risk of never going back to class, Save the Children warned Monday.
British pilot heading home after Vietnam hospital discharge
A British pilot who was Vietnam’s most critical COVID-19 patient was discharged from a hospital on Saturday, less than a week after doctors said he was virus-free and healthy enough to return home to Scotland.
Vietnam exempt from England’s quarantine requirements
England has listed Vietnam among 59 countries and territories from where travelers would be exempted from 14-day quarantine.
First Japan-Vietnam commercial flights resumed after pandemic
As many as 450 Japanese experts and businessmen have boarded the first commercial flights post-pandemic to Vietnam between Thursday and Saturday as the two countries begin to relax travel restrictions on a mutual basis, Japanese media have reported.
Patient 91 : How Vietnam saved a British pilot and kept a clean Covid-19 sheet
« If I’d been almost anywhere else on the planet, I’d be dead. They would have flicked the switch after 30 days, » says Stephen Cameron from his hospital bed.
Virus-free Vietnam not ready to open doors to foreign tourists yet
Despite successfully containing its COVID-19 outbreak, Vietnam has no plans to open up to international tourists yet over fears that doing so could lead to a second wave of infections, the Southeast Asian country’s prime minister said on Wednesday.
Nationalism, heroism and media in Vietnam’s war on COVID-19
While many countries around the world are struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic, 11 May 2020 marked the end of the ‘longest New Year (Tet) holiday ever’ for students in Vietnam.
Vietnam maintains strict health rules
Only Vietnamese nationals, foreigners on diplomatic or official business, and highly skilled workers are currently allowed to travel to Vietnam, the official website Vietnam Tourism reported 23 June.
56% of wild animals in Vietnam’s restaurants have a coronavirus, study says
A new report has found an alarmingly high rate of coronaviruses in wildlife about to be served at restaurants in Vietnam.
Vietnam is considering allowing travel from these countries
The country’s government says it could welcome visitors from certain ‘safe regions’ as early as July