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The new patient, numbered 930, is a 41-year-old woman who had Covid-19 in Russia and recovered, and flew to Vietnam on August 10 on a repatriation flight that landed at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninh Province. … [Read more...] about Vietnam reports 22nd Covid-19 death, Russia repatriate relapses

Wayne Besant, CEO of AIA Vietnam, shared: “With this decision to provide financial aid, we want to express our appreciation and companionship to all those doctors and medical staff, with the hope of working together in solidarity in the fight against the pandemic.” … [Read more...] about AIA Vietnam extends and expands financial assistance programme for doctors and medical employees participating in COVID-19 prevention

Currently, Vietnam has four Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers, including: VABIOTECH, IVAC (Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals), POLYVAC (Center for Vaccine and Medical Biological Production) in cooperation with the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and Nanogen Company. … [Read more...] about Vietnam has not finalized the purchase of Covid-19 vaccine from Russia

All members of a ward’s people’s committee in Da Nang's Cam Le district have been isolated after a vice chairman tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, according to a report from the city’s COVID-19 prevention steering committee released on Friday (August 14). … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia August 15

According to Trinh, the World Bank expert recommended that Vietnam reconsider its FDI attraction policy. He also mentioned a worrying issue: Vietnam’s high growth rate heavily depends on international business and domestic consumption. Meanwhile, because of Covid-19, both export and domestic consumption has fallen significantly. … [Read more...] about WB expert advises Vietnam to think about FDI role

With the implementation of the EVFTA and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement, they are both seen as a way of helping the nation receive more quality investment capital flow from EU financiers. However, with their being no sign of complicated developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) stopping, capital flows from various free trade agreement (FTA) will be slow to enter the country. With regard to opportunities to receive EU capital, Nguyen Hai Minh, Vice Chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham), said the shifting of capital from European investors to the nation is not likely to enjoy a rapid increase in the near future. According to some major groups and enterprises, there is a trend occurring of capital shift, although they still consider this issue to be within ASEAN nations or countries in South Asia such as India, Minh notes. According to data released by the Foreign Investment Agency under the Ministry of Planning and … [Read more...] about FDI inflows from Europe yet to shift into Vietnam

There have been several cases in Gia Lai where residents and even officials, civil servants and public employees share and spread unofficial, unverified information on social networks, especially those related to the COVID-19 pandemic, causing confusion in public opinion, according to the municipal administration. … [Read more...] about Two women fined for spreading COVID-19 fake news in Vietnam

Over the past 12 years, South Korean activist Kwon Hyun Woo has stood his ground to promote restorative justice and healing in the Vietnam-Korea relationship, a trauma-loaded linkage that can be harkened back to the enormities caused by Republic of Korea (RoK) troops during the war in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about S.Korean activist seeks justice for wartime massacre victims in Vietnam

According to the center, since May, the city has detected 152 people illegally entering the city, with 72% being Chinese, 11% being Cambodians and the remaining being Vietnamese and South Koreans. They have all been quarantined in centralized quarantine centers and have had their samples tested for Covid-19. … [Read more...] about Chinese illegally entering Vietnam may cause new Covid-19 hotspots: HCDC

“Integration with our joint partners is essential to ensuring joint force responsiveness and lethality, and maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific,” U.S. Navy Commander Joshua Fagan, Task Force 70 air operations officer aboard USS Ronald Reagan, was quoted as saying. … [Read more...] about U.S. Navy carrier conducted exercises in South China Sea on Aug. 14