Vietnam mulls vaccinating children from 5
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Sunday requested authorities to look into Covid-19 vaccination for children aged 5 and above.
Vietnam to produce more Sputnik V vaccine in deal with Russia
Russia and Vietnam have agreed to expand production of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine in Vietnam, Russian sovereign wealth fund RDIF, which markets the vaccine internationally, said on Wednesday.
France offers Vietnam 1.4 million more COVID-19 vaccine doses
France additionally gave Vietnam about 1.4 million jabs of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Saturday and Sunday, bringing its total vaccine donations to the Southeast Asian country to over two million shots.
Hanoi girl dies after Covid-19 vaccination
A ninth-grade girl in Hanoi’s Thuong Tin District died a day after getting her first dose of the Pfizer vaccine, the second teenager to die following Covid vaccination in Vietnam.
‘Absurd’ quarantine policies irk Hanoians
Many Hanoians say they are frustrated with illogical and impractical quarantine policies. Needless centralized quarantine and traveling long distances to get tested are two examples they cite.
Fourth worker dies after Covid vaccination
A worker at a shoe factory in Thanh Hoa has died after receiving the Vero Cell Covid-19 vaccine, the fourth such fatality since Wednesday, the provincial health department said.
Vietnam confirms another 39,126 local Covid patients
The Health Ministry announced 39,126 Covid-19 cases Tuesday, including 28,000 that had been detected earlier but yet to be added to the national database.
Reopening in Vietnam needs to be more quickly accelerated
Vietnamese leaders have made a clear message for reopening but some obstacles in vaccination, quarantine, and traveling regulation still exist and need to be rapidly solved.
Provinces blame low vaccination rates on low vaccine supply
While the health ministry has complained about low vaccination rates in certain localities, local authorities say the problem is actually a lack of distributed doses.
US-Vietnam COVID cooperation hits a snag
Global politics remain highly visible in the face of the current surge in COVID-19 Delta variant infections, unbalanced vaccine diplomacy campaigns, and climate change initiatives.
HCMC faces severe shortage of medical workers
Ho Chi Minh City has just 2.3 medical workers for a population of 10,000 compared to the national average of 7.4.
Saigonese drop their guard despite threat of Covid resurgence
Restaurants and public places in HCMC are again crowded with people ignoring social distancing rules and authorities’ warnings about a resurgence of Covid-19.
France to gift Vietnam 1.37 mln more Covid vaccines
France has promised to donate a further 1.37 million Covid vaccines to Vietnam to take the total number to more than two million doses.
Vietnam deputy health minister prosecuted over counterfeit medicines
Police in Vietnam have prosecuted a deputy health minister over his alleged involvement in a fake medicine trading ring, the country’s security agency said on Thursday.
Vietnam seafood firms in south of country hit by virus outbreak
Hundreds of workers at seafood companies in the south of Vietnam have tested positive for coronavirus, according to the media, after officials eased some restrictions in and around the nation’s commercial hub of Ho Chi Minh City. More than 150…
Vietnam starts vaccinating kids in effort to reopen schools
Vietnam on Wednesday started to vaccinate children as part of an effort to reopen schools after more than half a year of closures due to COVID-19.
Vietnam takes Sinopharm vaccines to ease Ho Chi Minh City’s woes
Pandemic offers Beijing opportunity to firm ties with strategically important neighbor
Vietnam had seemingly conquered Covid.Then Delta spread
The Southeast Asian nation is slowly emerging from months of lockdown but has plenty of challenges yet.
Vietnam’s staff-starved factories implore employees to come back
Millions of workers who fled virus outbreak are too scared to return to make the world’s winter clothes and Christmas gifts.
Safe from Covid but still no jobs: Migrant workers’ dilemma at home
Migrant workers are relieved to be home amid the Covid-19 pandemic and economic downturn, but a big question now is, ‘what to do for a living ?’
Don’t quarantine air passengers : Vietnam aviation authority
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has suggested removing the centralized quarantine requirement for air passengers currently applied in several localities.
Public uproar provoked as 13 dogs culled after owners test positive for COVID-19 in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta
Local public has voiced anger and objections against a decision of health authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau to cull 13 dogs belonging to a married couple returning from Long An Province after the owners were found…
Walk for Vietnam raises $63,500 for COVID-19 relief
The Walk for Vietnam, an event intended to raise awareness of and funds for those suffering from the impact of the Delta variant in that country, had strong community support last week.
From delay to desperation: the story of sinophobia and COVID-19 vaccines in Vietnam
During its recent COVID-19 outbreaks, the Vietnamese government has found itself trapped between the virus and a Sinophobic public.
Vietnam to fully reopen by June 2022
Vietnam is planning to reopen key tourist destinations to vaccinated visitors from countries deemed a low COVID-19 risk from December, the government said on Wednesday, October 6, ahead of a full resumption targeted for June next year.
Fears of COVID surge in Vietnam as workers flee Ho Chi Minh City
Mass exodus of migrant workers from Vietnam’s COVID-19 epicentre prompts fears of virus surge in Mekong Delta and the Central Highlands.