The second round of talks between a Russian-Ukraine delegation in Belarus has ended, the head of the Russian delegation Vladimir Medinsky told Russian media, and the two sides have agreed on humanitarian corridors for civilians. “We have discussed three points in depth – military, international and humanitarian, and the third is a question of future political regulation of the conflict. Both positions are clear and written down. We agreed on some, but the most important thing we agreed on today was rescuing civilians in military conflict zones. The Russian and Ukrainian defense ministries have agreed to provide humanitarian corridors for…
Author: Kevin Le
Retail giants are expanding the reach of the pharmaceutical market in Vietnam, fueling the race for market dominance. Mobile World Investment Corp (HoSE: MWG) had a 49 percent stake in the pharmacy chain Phuc An Khang in 2017. At the end of 2021, the company acquired nearly 1.3 million additional shares to bring its ownership to 100 percent. MWG Chairman Nguyen Duc Tai underlined the acquisition as a strategy to boost pharmaceutical sales and prepare for new growth opportunities after the pandemic. “The pharmaceutical market is beginning to shift from curative to preventive medicine. It’s time to make a profit,”…
Vietnam is scheduled to resume pre-pandemic bilateral and unilateral visa waiver policies for foreigners when the country fully reopens international tourism on March 15, 2022. In the regular press conference held virtually on March 3 in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, Foreign Ministry spokesman Le Thi Thu Hang said when asked about visa policy updates after two years of disruptions caused by COVID -19: All foreigners and Vietnamese nationals permanently residing abroad, along with their families, can enter the country with valid entry documents, according to the regulations for entry, exit, transit and residence in the country, the Vietnam News…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health is speeding up procedures to complete its contract with Pfizer to purchase 21.9 million doses of vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 in March. As planned, a total of seven million doses of vaccine for children ages five to 11 will arrive in the country in the first quarter of the year, with the remaining 14.9 million doses expected to be delivered in the second quarter, the Ministry of Health reported. . The ministry has also updated its guidelines for the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, saying that children ages 5 to 11 should receive…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport granted a business license to Sun Air Co on Wednesday. Ltd. to operate as a service provider for general aviation. The new airline is expected to officially launch its private jet service later this month, the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported. Sun Air was founded with a capital of 100 billion VND (4.37 million dollars), a subsidiary of the domestic real estate giant Sun Group. Sun Air’s headquarters is located at 13 Hai Ba Trung Street in Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi. The new airline will be based at Van Don International Airport in northern Quang Ninh Province…
A view from a Russian Army helicopter as it escorts units of the Russian Armed Forces into Ukraine, at an unspecified location, in an image released on March 2. Russian Ministry of Defense/via REUTERS A civilian trains to throw Molotov cocktails to defend the city, in Ukraine’s Zhytomyr, March 1. REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyic A destroyed armored vehicle, with the letter “V” painted on the tower, is seen on a street in the city of Bucha in the Kiev region, Ukraine, March 1. REUTERS/Serhii Nuzhnenko Smoke rises from a burned-out fitness center that was destroyed after an explosion on the TV tower…
Nearly two years after the border closed, the Vietnamese tourism industry is poised to welcome foreign tourists again in the coming days. Under the Ministry of Health’s proposed regulations, with negative COVID-19 tests, fully vaccinated foreign tourists in Vietnam are allowed to travel freely after just one day of isolation after entry. This is part of the series of pandemic rules that the ministry has sent to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism about the plan to reopen international tourism in the new normal, scheduled to start from March 15, 2022, after more than two weeks. year of closures…
Travelers from Vietnam will be able to travel to Germany under facilitated rules, as the latter’s authorities have decided to remove the country from the high-risk list. Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) decided on March 1, to remove 60 countries and territories around the world, including Vietnam, from its list of countries severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Accordingly, all passengers entering Germany from Vietnam are no longer subject to the relevant strict regulations. The RKI states that with the widespread occurrence of the Omicron variant, the chance of a severe course of this variant appears to be smaller compared…
The Russian military appears to have taken the center of Kherson, posting screenshots on social media and showing a video obtained by CNN. The webcam screenshots and the video have been geolocated and their authenticity verified by CNN. The video shows Russian military vehicles at a roundabout in northern Kherson on Tuesday. The webcam screenshots show Russian military vehicles parked in Svobody Square in downtown Kherson. The Kherson Regional Administration Building is located in Svobody Square. ###: Huge Russian military convoy approached the capital Kiev as Putin’s forces were able to overcome Ukraine’s resistance Entering the city: On Tuesday, CNN…
The Russians can still conquer Ukraine. But Ukrainians have shown in recent days that they will not let them hold it. Less than a week after the war, it seems increasingly likely that Vladimir Putin is heading for a historic defeat. He can win all battles, but still lose the war. Putin’s dream of rebuilding the Russian Empire has always been based on the lie that Ukraine is not a real nation, that Ukrainians are not a real people, and that the people of Kiev, Kharkov and Lviv long for Moscow’s rule. That’s a complete lie – Ukraine is a…