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It's not just the elderly who may have higher COVID-19 mortality risk
14:57 | 01/04/2020
Middle-aged people, and not just the elderly, have a dramatically higher risk of dying or developing serious illness from COVID-19, AFP warned Tuesday (Mar 31), quoting new research from Britain.
US announces $174mln foreign aid including $3mln to Vietnam for COVID-19 battle
09:37 | 01/04/2020
The United State would aid US$174 million financial assistance to 64 countries including USD3 million to Vietnam to help the fight against coronavirus pandemic, its Department of State announced.
Restrictions are slowing coronavirus infections in the US: Data
08:07 | 01/04/2020
The new data offers evidence, in real time, that tight social-distancing restrictions may be working, potentially reducing hospital overcrowding and lowering death rates in the US, New York Times cited experts.
COVID-19 pandemic could kill 20 million people worldwide in 2020
08:04 | 01/04/2020
The COVID-19 pandemic could kill as many as 20 million people worldwide this year even if the intensive social distancing measures currently are being implemented in many of the most affected countries, South China Morning Post reported, citing a mathematical model developed by researchers at Imperial College in London.
Vietnamese community in US collects gloves, face masks for local hospital
15:36 | 31/03/2020
The Vietnamese community of Pensacola (the US) has collected more than 40,000 gloves and 900 face masks to donate to Baptist and Sacred Heart hospitals to help amid the coronavirus.
Vietnamese in Czech step up to fight COVID-19 pandemic
13:44 | 31/03/2020
The Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic united in an initiative to offer a helping hand and give back to the community amid the COVID-19 pandemic. They give away thousands of homemade facemasks, provide food to front liners and organize fundraisers in help to tackle the pandemic.
Vietnamese traffic policer fines drivers by doing push-ups for not wearing face mask
09:32 | 31/03/2020
A police officer in Bac Giang province has recently been criticized for fining drivers who did not wear a face mask by doing push-ups.
European Council gives final green light to EVFTA with Vietnam
07:48 | 31/03/2020
The European Council on March 30 adopted a decision on the conclusion of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and Vietnam. This decision clears the path, on the EU side, for the entry into force of the agreement.
UK advises its citizen in Vietnam to stay at home as much as possible
23:24 | 30/03/2020
“We’re very fortunate to live and work in Vietnam. So, please respect the law, respect Vietnamese culture norms, and show that you’re playing your part in helping to tackle this global pandemic”, Ambassador Gareth Ward said in a video message to British citizens in Vietnam.
Vietnam thanks Philippines for helping fly stranded students home amid COVID-19 threat
17:11 | 30/03/2020
Vietnamese officials on Wednesday thanked the Philippine government for helping arrange the flight back home of 172 mostly young Vietnamese students from Cebu province amid the global coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
‘I nearly died, but the doctors saved me’, COVID-19 patient recovered in Vietnam
16:26 | 30/03/2020
30 more COVID-19 patients in Vietnam had successfully recovered and were discharged from hospitals today, March 30.
US regulator approves use of malaria drugs for COVID-19 treatments
15:38 | 30/03/2020
A limited emergency-use authorisation for two anti-malarial drugs has been issued by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat coronavirus patients, AFP reported.
Hanoi's streets become empty as shutdown order taken into effect due to coronavirus threats
14:09 | 30/03/2020
Some of the most bustling and hustling streets including the Old Quarters, Flea Market (Cho Gioi), Chua Boc, Nguyen Chi Thanh, Cau Giay among others in Hanoi have become eerily desolated when the city imposed the business restriction order in a move to constrain the transmission of the infectious coronavirus.
Vietnamese professor elected Vice President of Association for Asian Studies
10:46 | 30/03/2020
Professor Luong Van Hy, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto has been elected Vice President of the Association for Asian Studies in the Fall 2019 election, AAS announced on its website.
While the world is batting COVID-19, North Korea fires more missiles than ever
09:53 | 30/03/2020
North Korea launched two suspected short-range ballistic missiles, Sunday, the fourth in a series of tests of major weapons this month, the Korea Times reported.
