Medicines supplied at home for COVID-19 patients in Hà Nội’s Cửa Đông Ward. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases (F0) and close contacts (F1) of COVID-19 cases can still go to work during the quarantine period. According to …
Read More »Health ministry proposes halting daily COVID-19 case update
A medical worker takes a test sample from a resident in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has proposed to temporarily stop announcing new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis to the public amid case spike. Currently, the ministry is releasing …
Read More »Việt Nam has 142,136 COVID-19 cases on Sunday
A man in Cao Bằng City is vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chu Hiệu HÀ NỘI — There were 142,136 COVID-19 infections reported in Việt Nam on Sunday, bringing the country’s caseload since the start of the pandemic to 4,434,700. Of the new cases, eight were imported and quarantined upon arrival. Hà …
Read More »131,817 COVID cases registered on Saturday
A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine jab in the northern city of Cao Bằng on Saturday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chu Hiệu HÀ NỘI — With 131,817 COVID-19 cases logged in the past 24 hours, Việt Nam has confirmed record-breaking infection numbers for 12 straight days. The country’s total caseload since …
Read More »Update of COVID-19 new cases in Việt Nam on Mar. 5 afternoon
Provinces and cities with confirmed cases are as follows: Hà Nội (25,013), Bắc Ninh (7,161), Nghệ An (6,460), Sơn La (4,228), Phú Thọ (3,864), Hưng Yên (3,818), Bình Dương (3,608), Nam Định (3,536), Lạng Sơn (3,251), Quảng Ninh (2,998), Hồ Chí Minh City (2,984), Đắk Lắk (2,916), Vĩnh Phúc (2,805), …
Read More »Travel agencies concerned over new testing policies for int’l arrivals
International tourists visit the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — While Việt Nam is determined to reopen for international tourists from March 15, a new proposal from the Ministry of Health is raising concerns among travel agencies. One of the draft regulations requires tourists …
Read More »Tourism ministry disagrees with cumbersome proposals for international tourists
Russian tourists on pilot vaccine passport programme to Khánh Hoà Province, Việt Nam. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Phan Sáu HÀ NỘI — In the latest report to the Government on the plan for Việt Nam’s full reopening of international tourism from March 15, the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and …
Read More »Increasing COVID caseload puts strain on medical staff and businesses
A medical worker takes a sample for testing from a resident in Thanh Trì District, Hà Nội, at the end of her treatment. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has been witnessing a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in recent months which is not …
Read More »Việt Nam to resume pre-pandemic visa exemption policies from March 15
Foreign tourists visiting Hội An City, Quảng Nam Province, in October 2019. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam is slated to resume pre-pandemic bilateral and unilateral visa exemption policies for foreigners when the country fully reopens on March 15, 2022, announced the spokesperson of the Ministry …
Read More »Russia recommends Việt Nam as a safe destination amid conflict with Ukraine
Russian tourists visiting Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of Anex Tour Việt Nam MOSCOW — Việt Nam is a safe tourist destination without any restrictions for Russian visitors, according to recommendations by the Federal Agency for Tourism of Russia. The recommendations were announced by the nation’s Ministry of Foreign …
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