Search result: Covid-19

Presenting medical supplies in support of Singapore against COVID-19 epidemic

07:24 | 11/06/2020

In the spirit of solidarity amid the ongoing pandemic, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) and and the city's Vietnam – Singapore Friendship Association sent out a call to its members for donations to buy medical supplies as gifts to the Singapore Consulate General.

Vietnam and Russia military medicine forces exchange Covid-19 experience

22:17 | 10/06/2020

On June 9, Vietnam and Russia military medicine forces joined a video conference to discuss and share experience in COVID 19 prevention and control.

WHO expert backtracks after saying asymptomatic transmission 'very rare'

10:08 | 10/06/2020

A top World Health Organization official clarified on Tuesday that scientists have not determined yet how frequently people with asymptomatic cases of Covid-19 pass the disease on to others, a day after suggesting that such spread is “very rare".

World news today: Coronavirus may have been spreading in China since August

09:59 | 10/06/2020

World news today June 10: nCoV might have emerged in China's Wuhan city since late August last year. Meanwhile, Burundi’s president's death, Latin America's surging in COVID-19 cases, Logan Restaurant's closure, gold price also make headline today (June 10).

5,000 masks from HUFO, friendship association handed over to Lao students

07:40 | 10/06/2020

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) and the city's Vietnam – Laos Friendship Association presented to a delegation of the Consulate General of Laos 5,000 antibacterial masks and 100 litres of disinfectant solution as a gesture of supporting Lao students studying in the city deal with the COVID-19 crisis.

Japanese Ambassador: Vietnam to emerge as attractive business destination after virus crisis

07:22 | 10/06/2020

World Bank says the global economy to shrink by 5.2% this year

06:32 | 10/06/2020

The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown measures have thrown the world economy in turmoil. Even as countries are reopening, the World Bank predicts this year, the globe will have its deepest global recession in 80 years.

Most foreign Covid-19 patients in Vietnam covered by medical insurance

16:37 | 09/06/2020

Most of the treatment costs for foreign Covid-19 patients in Vietnam, VND20-538 million ($862-23,180) per person, have been covered by overseas insurance firms.

Karaoke parlors, disco bars set to reopen in Vietnam

16:28 | 09/06/2020

With no community transmission of the Covid-19 virus for 54 days, the PM has okayed the reopening of karaoke parlors and discos.

COVID-19 crisis: Vietnamese trainees, students stuck in Japan driven to the brink

16:02 | 09/06/2020

"Foreign students and technical intern trainees are in serious distress because of the novel coronavirus, and they can't keep handling the situation for another two, three months" said head of a Japan-Vietnam exchange center.

WHO: COVID-19 reaches new milestone while worsening globally

15:56 | 09/06/2020

The COVID-19 crisis reached its latest tragic milestone yesterday with 136,000 confirmed cases reported in one day, the most in a single day so far, said Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at a World Health Organization (WHO) briefing.

Covid-19 changes how Vietnamese shop

15:29 | 09/06/2020

Instead of going to traditional markets or supermarkets for essential goods, more Vietnamese are buying things online.

80% voters say the US is ‘out of control’, new poll finds

09:37 | 09/06/2020

Eight out of 10 voters believe that things are out of control in the United States, with majorities still concerned about the spread of the coronavirus, pessimistic about the economy's return to normal before next year and down on President Donald Trump's ability to unite the nation