Seventy-eight cases confirmed Saturday evening, including 65 community infections, a record number since the country’s fourth wave of COVID-19. Among seventy-eight cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health, there are 65 community cases and 13 imported. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. The new local transmissions include one in Quảng Ninh, three in Hưng Yên, 22 cases in Hà Nội, one in Hải Dương, 17 in Bắc Ninh, one in Thái Bình, seven in Vĩnh Phúc, one in Hải Phòng, one in Huế, eight in Đà Nẵng, one in Nam Định, one in Quảng Nam and one in Bắc Giang. The…
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Bamboo Airways has been officially granted slots (landing and take-off times) to operate regular direct flights from Ho Chi Minh City to San Francisco and Los Angeles starting September 1. Accordingly, from September 1, at San Francisco International Airport, the daily flights are expected to land at 10 am (US time) and depart at 1 pm; with landing and take-off times at the Los Angeles International Airport flights at 9.30 am. and 12.30 pm., respectively. These are the two busiest airports in he state of California, respectively ranked first and second with average passenger volumes of about 70 million per…
Hanoi will give free COVID-19 vaccinations to local people aged between 18 and 65 and not included in prioritised groups during the 2021-2022 period. This is part of a plan signed by Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on May 7 on implementing a COVID-19 vaccination drive in the city during the 2021-2022 period. The drive will still cover prioritised groups as regulated in Government Resolution No 21/NQ-CP issued on February 26, including frontline medical staff, army and public security officers, diplomatic officials, and customs officials, among others. The city sets a target of having 95…
It’s like a bad dream that has surfaced the second night running, only worse. A year down the line, the pandemic is having its worst moment and a whole lot of people are panicking about everything that sustains them. Worries about health and wellbeing are immediate but as businesses and professions start looking shaky, worries about money, savings and investments are also coming to surface. People know instinctively that a crisis that lasts for two years is not twice as bad for businesses and their incomes as one that lasts for one year—it could be exponentially worse. Those who barely…
Vietnam’s health ministry on Friday reported its first death in a patient who received AstraZeneca’s (AZN.L) COVID-19 vaccine shot, as the country is battling a new outbreak. A 35-year-old female health worker in the southern province of An Giang died on Friday, one day after she received her first coronavirus vaccine shot, the Ministry of Health said in a statement, adding that she died from allergic reaction known as anaphylaxis. Dr. Tu Quoc Tuan, director of the provincial health department, said the woman was vaccinated Thursday morning at the Tan Chau General Hospital. Before she was given the injection, she’d…
Every day, many people are killed and injured on our roads. Men, women or children walking, biking or riding to school or work, playing in the streets or setting out on long trips, will never return home, leaving behind shattered families and communities. Thousands of people each year will spend long weeks in hospital after severe crashes and many will never be able to live, work or play as they used to do. In Vietnam, during the recent four-day holiday, 58 people were killed and 64 injured in 111 road accidents nationwide, according to the Railway and Road Traffic Police Department. Compared to…
From now on vehicle owners can nominate the successor of their vehicle during registration or by updating details later on. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways notified amendment to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989 via a gazetted notification on April 8, 2021. The vehicle owner can put the name of the nominee at the time of registration of the vehicle. This can also done at a later stage through an online application. This amendment can ease the process of registering or transferring the vehicle to the name of the nominee, in case of death of the owner. This…
Hi everyone and welcome to episode 121 of the ET Wealth Wisdom podcast I am Tania Jaleel As the second wave of the coronavirus is raging across the country, investors are a jittery lotEquity markets have become volatile and fixed income investors.. well they have been an unhappy lot for a while now So, what should investors do to keep their money box safe from the effects of the pandemic To find out I spoke to Harshad Chetanwala of MyWealthGrowth.comLet us listen in And on that note, that will be all for this week Come back next week for wealth…
World Animal Protection rescued the Asiatic black bear from an illegal bile farm in Vietnam, where he was found “in a narrow, steel cage,” which made it hard for him to move around freely An Asiatic black bear named Cam, who was being held illegally for bear bile farming in the Hai Phong province of Vietnam, is officially free! Last month, Cam was rescued from the neglectful conditions he was living in and transferred to a sanctuary run by FOUR PAWS International in Ninh Bin, where he will live out the rest of his days, according to a news release…
The hope is that the vaccination will allow for a full return to economic activity and recovery. When it comes to international tourism, the prospects for a quick recovery remain very uncertain. Vaccination programs and travel bubbles are still in their infancy. They could help revive tourism in Asia and the Pacific but governments need to pave the way with the right policies. Countries around the world are undertaking enormous efforts to vaccinate against COVID-19. The hope is that the vaccination will allow for a full return to economic activity and recovery. When it comes to international tourism, the prospects…