HCMC requires speedy vaccination for industrial workers
HCMC authorities are preparing to speed up vaccination for nearly 128,000 workers at industrial parks so they could return to work after economic activity resumes.
Vietnam abandons zero-Covid strategy after record drop in GDP
Warnings that lockdowns were crippling businesses heaped pressure on Communist government
Vietnam to end virus lockdown in largest city after 3 months
Vietnam will lift the lockdown in its largest city on Friday, ending nearly three months of restrictions on movement to curb a coronavirus surge.
Vietnam COVID-19 epicentre may have 40% more unrecorded cases
Authorities in Vietnam’s biggest city are urging the government to recognise positive rapid tests for COVID-19 to present a clearer picture of its outbreak, state media reported on Monday, a move that could increase the city’s case total by 40%.
Vietnam considers mutual recognition of vaccine passports with select countries
Vietnam is considering mutual recognition of vaccine passports with countries in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, South Korea, the EU and the U.S., the Government Office announced Sunday.
Has Vietnam turned a corner in its coronavirus fight ?
As capital Hanoi leaves behind nearly two months of lockdown-like movement restrictions, Ho Chi Minh City residents are still largely confined to their homes. But the southern business hub, which accounts for almost one-third of Vietnam’s state budget and 80…
Phu Quoc not ready for foreign tourists next month
Phu Quoc will not be ready to welcome fully vaccinated foreign tourists next month as planned because the local vaccination rate has been low, a top official says.
Vietnam president demands equitable supply of Covid vaccines in UN speech
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has called on the international community to cooperate in the fight against Covid-19, especially prioritizing an equitable supply of vaccines to soon end it.
Vietnam to buy 10 million Cuban vaccine doses
Cuba agreed Monday to provide Vietnam with 10 million doses of its home-grown coronavirus vaccine, Abdala, for which the Asian nation has given emergency approval.
Vietnam capital Hanoi to ease coronavirus curbs this week
Vietnam’s capital Hanoi will further ease its coronavirus restrictions from this week, the government said, with new cases on the decline and the majority of its adult population partially vaccinated.
Vietnam approves emergency use of Cuba’s Covid vaccine
The Ministry of Health on Friday granted emergency approval of Cuba’s Abdala Covid-19 vaccine.
Walk for Vietnam hopes to render aid for those in need due to COVID-19 Delta variant surge
Fountain Valley city officials and community leaders gathered inside council chambers on Friday morning to introduce plans to provide aid to those being adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic abroad.
HCMC to conduct mass testing till month-end
City-wide testing will be carried out in HCMC from now until the month’s end, with higher frequency for very high-risk and high-risk areas.
Seven Mekong Delta textile companies want workers immediately vaccinated against Covid
Seven textile companies in southern Tien Giang Province have sought priority Covid-19 vaccination of their workers to enable them to resume production.
Long weekend becomes 9 week lockdown for AP Vietnam reporter
I wake up as the loudspeaker outside my window starts the community broadcast at 7 a.m. I try to recall the date. Vietnam’s pandemic lockdown has been so long I’ve lost my sense of time. I now count by weeks.
Coming weeks ‘critical’ for Vietnam in pandemic fight
The World Health Organization country representative for Vietnam has recommended a three-point action plan to tackle likely pandemic scenarios, noting that the coming weeks are ‘critical’.
Vietnam speeds up vaccinations with over a million jabs in Hanoi over the weekend
Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major cities by the end of the month, the government said Monday.
Vietnam’s biggest city to keep virus curbs, flight resumption sought
Vietnam’s coronavirus outbreak epicentre Ho Chi Minh City will extend its restrictions, state media reported on Monday, as the capital Hanoi and several provinces sought an easing of curbs and the aviation authority proposed domestic flights resume.
Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City has highest COVID death rate in region
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s southern commercial hub, has a death rate from COVID-19 of 4.95%, well above the national average and that of its peers in Southeast Asia.
‘Hunger was something we read about’: lockdown leaves Vietnam’s poor without food
Vietnam was a Covid success story but the latest lockdown, with people unable to leave the house even for food, is leaving tens of thousands hungry.
HCMC mulls ‘vaccine green pass’ for reopening
HCMC is looking into a « vaccine green pass » scheme that would allow the reopening of businesses and services after Sept. 15, according to the municipal People’s Committee.
Vietnam man jailed for five years for spreading coronavirus
The man was sentenced for ‘spreading dangerous infectious disease’ after breaching quarantine rules and passing Covid to at least eight people.
In Vietnam’s COVID epicentre, ‘everyone is struggling to survive’
Overwhelmed hospitals and food shortages in Ho Chi Minh City as authorities extend total lockdown.
Vietnam’s capital ramps up testing after extending COVID-19 curbs
Vietnam’s capital on Monday extended COVID-19 restrictions for a further two weeks, as authorities launched a plan to test up to 1.5 million people for the coronavirus in higher-risk areas of the capital to contain a climb in infections.
Vietnam prepares to live safely with Covid
Vietnam is preparing to safely adapt to life amid the pandemic once its vaccination goal is achieved, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Sunday.
Why is Europe donating so many vaccines to Vietnam ?
Western nations have an interest in fueling Vietnam’s pandemic recovery, as the EU’s largest trade partner in Southeast Asia. The EU is also eager to get a geopolitical foothold in the Indo-Pacific region.