Vietnam’s status as manufacturing powerhouse is shaken by Covid surge
The Delta variant is causing havoc in Ho Chi Minh City, disrupting business and supply chains of global brands.
Da Nang deploys drones to monitor lockdown
Da Nang’s Hai Chau District on Sunday began using drones to monitor residents during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Vietnam struggles to keep open manufacturing hub Binh Duong as Covid-19 cases surge
Binh Duong province is the country’s second-largest recipient of accumulated foreign direct investment after nearby Ho Chi Minh City. The government expects 50,000 new cases there in the next fortnight. The government allowed factories in industrial zones to stay open…
Supply chains suffer as virus surges through Vietnam
With Ho Chi Minh City as its commercial hub, Vietnam vies with China for the status of the world’s factory. But rapidly rising delta infections have hit manufacturing, amid strict lockdowns.
Vietnam says Cuba to supply COVID-19 vaccine, transfer technology
Cuba will supply large quantities of its home-grown COVID-19 vaccine, Abdala, to Vietnam and also transfer the production technology to the Southeast Asian country by the end of the year, the Vietnamese health ministry said on Tuesday.
Vietnam deploys troops to enforce lockdown in largest city
Vietnam deployed soldiers to the streets of Ho Chi Minh City on Monday to help enforce a strict lockdown in the country’s biggest urban area and the current epicentre of its worst coronavirus outbreak to date.
Vietnam’s daily Covid infection reaches new peak
Vietnam recorded 13,417 new local Covid-19 cases Saturday, the highest single-day tally ever since the pandemic hit the country as its biggest cities tightened restrictions to contain the outbreak.
Vietnam calls on army for food delivery ahead of lockdown
Vietnam’s government said it is sending troops to Ho Chi Minh City to help deliver food and aid to households as it further tightens restrictions on people’s movements amid a worsening surge of the coronavirus.
Vietnam to vaccinate people regardless of nationality, residential status
Vietnam confirmed that vaccinating foreigners in the country would help it progress toward herd immunity.
Vietnam’s biggest city issues stay-home order as COVID-19 deaths soar
Vietnam’s business hub Ho Chi Minh City on Friday announced that its residents will be prohibited from leaving their homes, as the country’s biggest city turns to drastic measures to slow a spiralling rate of coronavirus deaths.
Air pollution cuts Hanoian lifespan by 2.5 years
Life expectancy among Hanoians is reduced by 2.49 years on average due to exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5), a recent study indicates.
Anti-Chinese rhetoric chills Vietnam’s vaccines enthusiasm
Vietnam’s enthusiasm for vaccines cooled in recent days when Ho Chi Minh City authorities began administering Chinese company Sinopharm’s doses, rejected by some of the population.
11 HCMC districts observe dramatic surge in Covid community transmissions
The number of Covid-19 cases detected within the community has surged in 11 HCMC districts, the municipal People’s Committee stated.
Stranded in Vietnam, foreign tourists find silver lining
Stranded and unable to return home due to Covid-19, many foreign tourists have run out of money but manage to get along due to the kindness of locals.
Da Nang, Nha Trang ban people from leaving home for seven days
Da Nang and Nha Trang in central Vietnam have issued decisions banning people from leaving their homes for a week as a tougher restriction amid rising coronavirus infections.
Bureaucracy sees Hanoi workers give up on Covid aid
Faced with one bureaucratic hurdle after another, many workers in Hanoi have simply given up claiming Covid-19 support after losing their jobs to the pandemic.
Was Vietnam’s Chinese COVID-19 vaccine debacle just a stunt ?
There is a strong case to be made that the Vietnamese government leveraged ingrained anti-Chinese sentiment to boost vaccine uptake.
Stranded French students repatriated from Phu Quoc Island
The southern province of Kien Giang has facilitated the return of six French students stuck on Phu Quoc Island by expediting procedures and enabling passage through Covid-19 checkpoints.
Vietnam receives $5.3 mln in medical equipment aid from Switzerland
Vietnam’s Health Ministry received medical equipment worth around 4.9 million franc ($5.3 million) gifted by Switzerland Friday.
Vietnam to extend movement curbs in biggest city as virus toll rises
Vietnam’s business hub Ho Chi Minh City will extend its coronavirus restrictions to the end of August, state media reported on Friday, as new infections and deaths rise further in the epicentre of the country’s worst outbreak yet.
‘You feel like a criminal even going to get food’
With borrowed money and a borrowed phone, Reg Wynne is trying to get home from Vietnam.
2 million shots of Covid vaccines possible daily
With more consignments of Covid-19 vaccines arriving in Vietnam, the country can now immunize up to two million people a day, according to the Ministry of Health.
Delta variant outbreak challenges Vietnam’s COVID-19 response strategy
Vietnam’s COVID-19 response had been one of the most effective in the world. Its comparatively record low number of cases and deaths and its impressive economic performance during the global pandemic boosted the country’s reputation internationally.
US names Vietnam among high-risk Delta variant countries
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its travel warnings Tuesday to include Vietnam in the group of high-risk countries due to rising infection numbers.
Volunteers in Vietnam come to the rescue as coronavirus lockdown hits the vulnerable
Vietnam’s strict lockdown to curb its fourth wave of Covid-19 infections has left many unable to work, go out to get food, or even get oxygen. Individuals and up to 90 community groups and organisations have stepped in where authorities…
European countries place Vietnam in travel restrictions list
Belgium, the Czech Republic and Malta have put Vietnam in their travel red list, which requires arrivals to undergo mandatory quarantine.