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Coronavirus continues to grow in new global hot spots

14:50 | 20/06/2020

Beijing's new cluster of COVID-19 is a reminder for the world that coronavirus can return at any time.

US digital nomad: ‘I’m glad I chose Vietnam to self-quarantine’

14:30 | 20/06/2020

Tasha Prados, a digital nomad who was traveling around Asia when the COVID-19 pandemic first broke out, decided to fly from Thailand to Vietnam to avoid the effects of the novel virus, instead of returning the US.

Vietnam 13th in global Covid-19 recovery ranking

11:17 | 20/06/2020

Vietnam has done better than many major economies in recovering from Covid-19, ranking 13th among 184 countries and territories.

Former Australian Ambassador: Vietnam won the peace in COVID-19 fight

06:37 | 20/06/2020

The Australian Financial Review today (June 19) published an article by Former Australian Ambassador in Vietnam, Mr. John McCarthy, which analyzed the "remarkable" rise of Vietnam and what Canberra needs to take notice of the success. “Vietnam’s response to COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated its competence. It has unequivocally won the peace”, he assessed.

First Vietnamese woman makes Forbes Under 30 Slovakia List with Pho restaurant

06:18 | 20/06/2020

Lucia Thao Huong Simekova, whose Vietnamese name is Vu Thao Huong, 27, landed a spot in Forbes Slovakia’s 30 Under 30 list of 2020 for her successful establishment of a pho restaurant business in the country.

Uniqlo's washable, quick-drying masks launched in Japan, long queue formed

05:16 | 20/06/2020

Shoppers in Japan queued at Uniqlo stores and crashed its website on June 19 as the clothing chain began selling face masks with the breathable fabric used in the brand’s popular underwear, preparing for the coronavirus outbreak lasting through summer, reported Reuters.

Garuda Indonesia crew to stop wearing face masks for service with smiles

16:25 | 19/06/2020

The Indonesian national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia is planning to drop face masks for flight attendants after passengers complained that they couldn't see if the cabin crewmembers are smiling or not.

10,000 masks presented to Vietnamese in UK for COVID-19 prevention

16:02 | 19/06/2020

The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK has handed out 10,000 antibacterial masks to Vietnamese nationals based in the country from the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese as a a way of preventing the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic, reported VNA.

China: Half of all Belt and Road projects affected by Covid-19 pandemic

15:50 | 19/06/2020

About 20% of projects under China's ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to link Asia, Europe and beyond have been "seriously affected" by the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, a senior official from China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.

Chinese give up eating habit like Vietnamese

15:21 | 19/06/2020

Eating habits existing for thousands of years in many Chinese families have begun to change after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam donates over USD 8.400 to help Russia fight against COVID-19

06:10 | 19/06/2020

On June 18, the leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO), the city's Vietnam-Russia Friendship Association received Consul-General of Russia and presented a sum of donation as a gesture of supporting its people battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam considers to resume travel with China, South Korea and Japan

06:05 | 19/06/2020

The government of Vietnam, South Korea, Japan, and China are discussing to gradually reconnect travel, based on the situation of COVID-19 and demand of each country, the Spokesperson of Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Le Thi Thu Hang said on June 18.