Vietnam’s top leaders consider vaccine passport to re-open the economy. The country vows to pursue the twin goal of containing Covid-19 and developing the economy to serve the recovery plans. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. Vietnam’s most powerful body Politburo on June 11 required local authorities to pilot vaccine passports to foreign visitors in some unaffected areas like Phu Quoc Island, one of the country’s most tourist attractions. So far, Vietnam has not regulated vaccination pass for vaccinated people amid the global popularity. The move was made as part of the effort enabling Vietnam to pursue its twin…
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“It is closer and easier than the vaccination centre.” said an Indonesian The buses have administered 12,000 doses of China’s Sinovac vaccine and are giving more than 1,000 shots a day. Visit Vietnam Insider’s homepage for more stories. An Indonesian city is bringing COVID-19 vaccines to its people with a growing fleet of inoculation buses, as the country faces a spike in infections after a major religious festival, Reuters reported. Authorities in Pekanbaru on the island of Sumatra have doubled to 10 the number of buses in its vaccination program, since launching it on June 1, following a favorable response…
Twenty provinces affected by the pandemic have now gone 14 days without any new infections. After reporting 95 local Covid-19 cases in the morning, the Health Ministry just confirmed another 95 domestic Covid-19 cases Sunday noon, sending the tally of Vietnam’s fourth wave to 7,230 in over six weeks. 64 cases were recorded in Bac Giang, 26 in Ho Chi Minh City, four in Bac Ninh and one in Hanoi. All cases in the northern province of Bac Giang are associated with outbreaks in quarantined areas and industrial parks, while those in its neighbor Bac Ninh are linked to outbreaks…
Da Nang, one-time French colonial port on the central coast, Vietnam’s third-largest city is also home to some of the country’s best beaches.  And it’s got a little something for everyone, from the bustling beaches located a short drive from city to the more secluded spots for those keen on adventure. My Khe beach in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang has been named among top 25 most beautiful beaches in Asia, as voted on by readers of the renowned travel website TripAdvisor. It has been also voted by many international organisations and press as world’s top beautiful beaches.…
Vietnam recorded 95 local Covid-19 cases Sunday morning, including 22 employees at a Ho Chi Minh City frontline coronavirus hospital. The northern province of Bac Ninh got 34 cases, 33 of whom are related to an industrial park in Khac Niem District and one was detected through contact tracing. All 32 cases in neighboring Bac Giang Province have been isolated prior to the test results. All cases are related to clusters at its industrial parks. Related: HCM City to speed up Covid-19 vaccination HCMC recorded 25 cases, including three who had come into close contact with previously confirmed patients. The…
A tropical depression evolved into a storm Saturday afternoon as it approached the Gulf of Tonkin, forecast to make landfall in the northern region Sunday. At around 1 p.m., storm Koguma was over the southern part of China’s Hainan Island with a maximum wind speed of 75 kph, according to the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting. At around 3 p.m., the storm was around 300 kilometers from the Vietnamese shore, the center added. Within the next 12 hours, it is expected to move west-northwest at 15-20 kph and enter the Gulf of Tonkin. By 1 a.m. Sunday, the storm’s eye…
HCM City will speed up COVID-19 vaccination, Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of its People’s Committee, told an online meeting on Friday. A team led by People’s Committee vice chairman Dương Anh Đức and health experts will be set up to carry out procedures related to negotiations for vaccine supplies, consultations and organisation of inoculations, he said. The city aims to vaccinate two thirds of its population this year, has a roadmap with a priority list of people because of limited supply yet, but would also ensure a sufficient number of people get vaccinated, he said. District 12 authorities sought permission…
Domestic retail petrol prices rose by more than VND600 per litre at 3 p.m. on June 11 following the latest price adjustments made by both the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance. According to the latest changes, the retail price of E5 RON 92 bio-fuel increased by VND622 to reach VND19,048 per litre, while that of RON 95 rose by VND633 to VND20,164 per litre. These are the highest retail prices of E5 RON 92 and RON 95 Vietnam has recorded since since February 14, 2020. After the latest adjustments, the prices of other oil products…
Vietnam has less than half of the low-income houses it targeted for in 2020, according to data from the Ministry of Construction (MoC). According to the statistics, the total area of more than 5.1 million sq.m of built social housing accounted for only 41.4 per cent of the target of 12.5 million sq.m of proposed housing in the National Housing Development Strategy by 2020. According to realty insiders, the supply of low-priced apartments was still very scarce. The affordable segment, which was more expensive than the low-income segment, was also not easy to find while the need to improve the…
An additional 89 more Covid-19 infections were confirmed as of Saturday noon, raising the total number of patients in the country to 10,137, the Ministry of Health has reported. According to the ministry’s report, 88 of the newly-confirmed patients are locally-transmitted cases most of whom were detected in quarantine sites or areas under lockdown in some localities including 55 in Bac Giang, 20 in Ho Chi Minh City, 10 in Bac Ninh, and three in Ha Tinh. The 55 cases in Bac Giang were recorded at some local industrial parks which have reported a large outbreak over the last few…