Authorities in Vietnam have detected a new variant of coronavirus that was bred from two variants of COVID-19 in India and the UK and spread quickly through the air, local media quoted Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long as saying on…
Leaders of the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) have urged Hanoi to allow private companies to purchase COVID-19 vaccines and self-immunize their employees amid the context Vietnam is struggling with the biggest outbreak since the pandemic began. “This…
This information was raised by Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide in a recent phone call with his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh. According to the Japanese embassy, during a phone conversation which lasted about 30 minutes, Mr. Suga “expressed his…
Covid pandemic has re-emerged for nearly a month in Vietnam with a large number of infections and on a large scale. Strict epidemic prevention measures have been implemented in many localities such as Bac Giang, Bac Ninh, or Hanoi. In…
On the evening of May 27, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held phone talks to discuss bilateral relations, human rights, the East Sea (South China Sea) situation, and other issues, according to…
Many foreign brands faced difficulties and struggled to compete in the Vietnamese retail market and had to withdraw. The market recorded many retailers closing, returning rent facilities, or downsizing their businesses. In mid-May, The Korea Times reported that the Korean…
Up to 84% of Vietnamese support the government to close wildlife markets and ban deforestation to prevent future pandemics, according to a recent report made by the International Organization for Conservation of Nature (WWF) and GlobalScan and announced on May…
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 20, 2021, called for promoting trade, maintaining peace in the East Sea (South China Sea), and especially soon signing a Code of Conduct in the South China Sea (COC). In addition, he…
Confident as a prophet of great deception, on the morning of May 23, right after opening the National Assembly election performance, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong boasted to himself: “I believe, with the important meaning of this election, our country…
According to the results of the 2020 population living standard survey just announced by the General Statistics Office, alcohol consumption increased in 2020, from 0.9 liters/person/month in 2018 to 1.3 liters/person/month last year. Notably, alcohol consumption among the better-off households…
