COVID-19

30/05/2020

Vietnamese doctors pull out all the stops to save COVID-19 patient 91

(VOVWORLD) - Of Vietnam’s modest coronavirus cases, one is commanding the most attention from media, doctors, and citizens: an unnamed 43-year-old British pilot known as Patient 91. He has been in the most critical condition. He was transferred to Cho Ray Hospital after a two-month stay at Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases, where Vietnamese doctors worked hard to keep him alive. By saving Patient 91, Vietnamese health workers have received praise at home and abroad for their successful fight against COVID-19.

29/05/2020

Top Japanese legislator praises Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight

(VOVWORLD) -Santo Akiko, President of the House of Councilors of Japan, on Friday praised Vietnam’s impressive achievements in the fight against COVID-19.

29/05/2020

Vietnamese government gives 1,500 face masks to Vietnamese in Spain

(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese government has donated 1,500 face masks to the Vietnamese community in Spain.

29/05/2020

More than 340 Vietnamese return home from Taiwan (China)

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese and Taiwanese authorities on Friday repatriated more than 340 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Taiwan due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

29/05/2020

Vietnam records no new COVID-19 community infections in 43 days

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam has gone 43 straight days with no new coronavirus infections in the community. Of the 327 confirmed cases in Vietnam, 187 were arrivals who were quarantined as soon as they entered Vietnam and posed no risk of community transmission.

29/05/2020

Vietnam sets standard in COVID-19 fight: Globe and Mail newswire

(VOVWORLD) - Canada’s Globe and Mail newswire on Wednesday called Vietnam’s COVID-19 record “remarkable, perhaps unique”, and said Vietnam has set the standard in fighting COVID-19.

29/05/2020

Countries increase pressure on China in the wake of COVID-19

(VOVWORLD) -The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the US-China conflict to flare up, changing the global political and economic picture.

29/05/2020

Vietnam works to prevent second wave of COVID-19

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnam’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic has drawn international praise. For more than 40 days Vietnam has had no new cases of community transmission and not a single COVID-19 death has been reported. As a second wave of the epidemic begins to appear in many countries, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Response and public health experts are urging strengthened preventive measures.

28/05/2020

Countries worldwide to gradually ease restrictions on Covid-19

(VOVWORLD) - Countries worldwide are gradually easing restrictions on Covid-19. Germany is planning to lift a travel warning for its 26 fellow EU countries plus Britain, Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein from 15 June providing that infection rates remain under control.

28/05/2020

Vietnam yet to reopen int'l tourism market to avoid infection risk

(VOVWORLD) - The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has agreed to pause the reopening of international tourism at the current time due to the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) remaining high due to complicated developments of the pandemic globally.