Vietnam ready to use ‘full force’ to arrest new coronavirus wave
HANOI – Vietnam has told tens of thousands of people who visited a central city to report to disease control centres, as nine new coronavirus cases were confirmed and the country…
Vietnam brings 140 virus-hit workers home on rare rescue flight from Africa
HANOI – A specially converted Vietnam Airlines passenger plane equipped with ventilators and state doctors has returned from Equatorial Guinea to Hanoi carrying 140 Vietnamese workers infected with COVID-19. The…
Vietnam agrees $US348 million Japan loan to build 6 patrol vessels – media
HANOI – Vietnam has signed an agreement with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) to borrow 36.63 billion yen ($US348.2 million) to build six patrol vessels, state media reported, amid…
Vietnam suspends flights to and from Danang due to virus outbreak
HANOI – Vietnam has suspended all flights to and from Danang for 15 days after at least 14 cases of the novel coronavirus had been detected in the city, the government said.…
Vietnamese city reimposes distancing after first local infections in months
HANOI – Vietnam has reintroduced social distancing measures in the central city of Danang after the country reported four locally transmitted coronavirus cases over the past two days, the first…
Vietnam back on coronavirus alert after first local infection in 3 months
HANOI – Vietnam is back on high alert for the novel coronavirus after medical officials in the central city of Danang detected its first locally transmitted case for three months.…
Vietnam bans wildlife trade to curb risk of pandemics
HANOI – Vietnam‘s Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued a directive to ban the Southeast Asian country’s wildlife trade with immediate effect in order to reduce the risk of…
Vietnam confirms 12 new coronavirus cases, all imported
HANOI – Vietnam‘s health ministry has reported 12 new coronavirus infections, all among citizens held in quarantine after coming back from Russia. The Southeast Asian country has not recorded any…
Vietnam imports first US coal shipment, state coal miner says
HANOI – Vietnam has imported the first shipment of coal from the United States, state-owned coal miner Vinacomin said, days after the two nations marked the 25th anniversary since they…
Vietnam says agrees to resume commercial flights to China
HANOI – Vietnam has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s ministry of transport said on Monday,…
