Advertisements The country’s government says it could welcome visitors from certain ‘safe regions’ as early as July As a great deal of the world comes out of lockdown, many countries are going all-out as they look to reboot their tourist economies. Portugal and Jamaica, for example, are already welcoming visitors from nations across the globe.Continue reading “Foreigners will be welcomed in Vietnam as early as July, if…”
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Vietnamese schoolgirl creates art from the chaos of the covid-19
Advertisements Stuck at home with school suspended, Nguyen Doi Chung Anh made the most of a lockdown in Vietnam by using art to demonstrate tragedy, resilience and chaos in the world’s battle against the coronavirus. The work of 10-year-old Chung Anh shows how events unfolded globally, depicting the devastation with drawings of the coronavirus attackingContinue reading “Vietnamese schoolgirl creates art from the chaos of the covid-19”
Vietnamese teenager wins scholarships to 21 universities overseas
Advertisements A teenager in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Ngai has just been invited by 21 universities in the US, the UK, Canada and Singapore. Nguyen Le Dong Hai, 18, has just finished high school at the CATS Academy Boston in the US after he won the Ivy Scholarship for the two-year study there andContinue reading “Vietnamese teenager wins scholarships to 21 universities overseas”
Immitating video game, 11th grader leaves five-year-old boy to die
Advertisements A five-year-old – named as H. T. V. D. – was found dead with his wrists tied late Tuesday in central Nghệ An Province’s Quỳnh Lưu District. Đ. N. H., an 11th grader of Quỳnh Lưu 4 High School and the victim’s neighbour, on Wednesday admitted to having brought the boy to a forestContinue reading “Immitating video game, 11th grader leaves five-year-old boy to die”
Vietnamese in US struggle due to violent protest
Advertisements With Covid-19 pandemic threats lingering, civil unrest has affected the lives of many Vietnamese residing in the U.S. Since the pandemic hit America, Le Thanh Hiep, 31, has gone shopping every two weeks. Last Sunday, his plans to stockpile food got canceled with the Target store near his home in Pennsylvania surrounded by protesters.Continue reading “Vietnamese in US struggle due to violent protest”
Here’s how Vietnam managed to keep its coronavirus death toll at zero according to CNN
Advertisements When the world looked to Asia for successful examples in handling the novel coronavirus outbreak, much attention and plaudits were paid to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But there’s one overlooked success story — Vietnam. The country of 97 million people has not reported a single coronavirus-related death and on Saturday had justContinue reading “Here’s how Vietnam managed to keep its coronavirus death toll at zero according to CNN”
Coronavirus updates for May 29: Vietnam records no new case, one more patient recovered
Advertisements One more coronavirus patient recovered on Friday as Vietnam recorded its 43rd consecutive day without community spread, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The recovery of the 315th patient, a Vietnamese 39-year-old man, was announced by the General Hospital of southern Tây Ninh Province. The man entered Tây Ninh from CambodiaContinue reading “Coronavirus updates for May 29: Vietnam records no new case, one more patient recovered”
Vietnam jails a man for trafficking two women to China
Advertisements A man was sentenced to 19 years in jail Wednesday for his involvement in trafficking two women to China in 2005. Dinh Van Dong, 52, was charged with “human trafficking” and “trafficking of a person under 16,” the Hanoi People’s Court heard. In 2005, Dong lent Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, 36, a certain amountContinue reading “Vietnam jails a man for trafficking two women to China”
Vietnam reports another Russia returnee tests positive for coronavirus, total 327
Advertisements Vietnam confirmed one more Covid-19 case Tuesday evening, a Vietnamese man repatriated from Russia two weeks ago. “Patient 327,” 31, landed in Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh on Vietnam Airlines flight VN0062 on May 13. He was sent to quarantine at a military school in the northern provinceContinue reading “Vietnam reports another Russia returnee tests positive for coronavirus, total 327”
How could the number of Vietnamese entering South Korea surge in April?
Advertisements The number of Vietnamese entering South Korea surged last month, despite a sharp fall in the total number of foreign arrivals. The Korea Herald reported. According to data from the South Korea’s Ministry of Justice on Monday, the number of foreigners entering the country dropped 62 percent from a month earlier to 34,544 peopleContinue reading “How could the number of Vietnamese entering South Korea surge in April?”
Vietnam reports ONE new imported Covid-19 case, bringing its total to 325
Advertisements A woman on a repatriation flight from Russia is Vietnam’s latest Covid-19 case Sunday morning, bringing the tally of active cases to 58. “Patient 325” is a 34-year-old woman from northern Ninh Binh Province. She returned from Russia to Vietnam on Vietnam Airlines flight VN0062, which landed on Van Don Airport in northern QuangContinue reading “Vietnam reports ONE new imported Covid-19 case, bringing its total to 325”
Travel to Vietnam from Taiwan remains difficult under current restrictions
Advertisements Travel from Taiwan to Vietnam remains difficult as the Southeast Asian country still has strict border control measures in place, affecting even repatriation of Vietnamese workers, an official said Saturday. Chen Tsung-yen (陳宗彥), deputy commander of the the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC), said during the center’s daily press briefing on the COVID-19 conoravirusContinue reading “Travel to Vietnam from Taiwan remains difficult under current restrictions”
Transgender man in Vietnam gives birth to a baby girl
Advertisements A well-known transgender couple – Minh Khang and Minh Anh – welcomed their first baby on May 16, making the husband Minh Khang the first transgender man in Vietnam to get pregnant and give birth to a baby. The baby girl was born at a beauty salon in HCM City, weighing 2.3kg and inContinue reading “Transgender man in Vietnam gives birth to a baby girl”
Vietnam grants automatic visa extension for foreigners until June 30 without any fee
Advertisements Foreigners entering the country under visa waiver programmes, e-visas or tourism visas after March 1 will be automatically given stay permit extension until June 30 free of charge. The Immigration Department announced on Monday all stay permits for these people will be automatically extended and do not need to be renewed. This means fromContinue reading “Vietnam grants automatic visa extension for foreigners until June 30 without any fee”
No new coronavirus cases reported in Vietnam Tuesday morning
Advertisements Vietnam enters day 33 without Covid-19 community infection as no new coronavirus infection was confirmed Tuesday morning. The nation’s Covid-19 count now stays at 324 after four were added Monday evening, two flight attendants on a repatriation flight from Russia and two Vietnamese repatriated from the U.S. For now, the country has 61 activeContinue reading “No new coronavirus cases reported in Vietnam Tuesday morning”