Singapore will freeze the sale of tickets for arriving flights and buses under its quarantine-free travel program for four weeks from Thursday, the government said, citing the risk from the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant. Under the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) program, Singapore allows quarantine-free entry for fully vaccinated travelers arriving from certain countries on designated flights or buses. The travelers have to undergo regular testing. About two dozen countries are listed in the program including Australia, India, Malaysia, Britain and the United States. But no new tickets would be issued for people hoping to arrive from any of those countries…
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VNS Infographic Anh Đức Việt Nam take on Mano Polking’s Thailand tonight in the first leg of the AFF Cup semi-final! Kick-off is at 7.30pm, follow along here for live updates so you don’t miss any of the action as these two bitter rivals go head-to-head once again. SportNews / Times24H
A man in China is being accused of selling five of his children — three daughters and two sons — for a total of 180,000 Chinese yuan (around $28,275). According to a document released by the court of Yu County, a town in the northwestern Chinese province of Hebei, the man, whose surname is Yang, sold five of his children for a total of 180,000 Chinese yuan (around $28,275). The court said its investigations concluded that the man and his wife, surnamed Yuan, had the children with the express aim of selling them off to whoever wanted to buy them.…
Vietnam needs to improve the scale and quality of investment in Cambodia, promoting a new wave of investment, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc stated while meeting Vietnamese Cambodian enterprises on December 22 during his State visit to Cambodia. Phuc listed a series of potential fields for such investment, including real estate, construction, agriculture, retail, tourism, and entertainment. Praising efforts made the Vietnamese business communities in Cambodia to overcome difficulties due to COVID-19, he highlighted the importance of the Cambodian market, particularly regarding agriculture. The State leader appreciated Vietnam’s new investment trend focusing on sustainable areas such as clean energy and growing…
An additional 16,555 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Wednesday. The new infections showed an increase of 206 cases compared to yesterday’s figure. Most of the new cases were detected in Hanoi, at 1,646. This was the third day in a row that the capital led in the number of new cases. With these new infection cases, the number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam has increased to 1,588,335. There were 10,938 infections found in the community, health ministry reported. ###: Here’s what to know about the Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine passport The data showed, 16,522 of the new patients are…
Vietnamese players training for their AFF Cup semi-final clash with Thailand on December 23. — Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — Coach Park Hang-seo is confident Việt Nam will beat Thailand in the AFF Cup semi-finals’ first leg match, providing his players fulfil their potential. The South Korea coach and defender Đỗ Duy Mạnh took part in an online press briefing yesterday in Singapore. Mạnh said the experience gained at the World Cup third qualification was great and would help in the regional AFF Cup. Việt Nam set this stage as a target to…
Vietnam’s Ministry of Health announced procedures for the issuance of the country’s official COVID-19 ‘vaccine passports’ along with the passport templates, which is effective starting December 20, 2021. The Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine certificates are to be issued for people who have received the primary course of one of eight types of COVID-19 vaccines licensed for use in Vietnam by the health ministry: AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria, Gamaleya Research Institute’s Sputnik V, Sinopharm’s Vero Cell Inactivated along with the manufactured-in-UAE version Hayat-Vax, Pfizer/BioNTech’s Comirnaty, Moderna’s Spikevax, Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen, and Cuba Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB)’s Abdala. The QR code-based…
With covid-19 situation is under control in many countries and the holiday season rapidly approaching, some countries announced that fully vaccinated people traveling abroad can skip or just spend 3 days quarantine, some travel-starved people started making vacation plans. Now is the best time for visa holders to review the travel documents and plan for renewals if necessary. ###: Foreign tourists can fly to Vietnam from Thailand in the next few days with this aviation company Planning ahead can alleviate much of the stress of international travel and it can be as simple as asking a few questions: Should you…
A sixth-grade class at Chiềng Đen secondary high school, Sơn La City, the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. — VNA/VNS Photo Hữu Quyết HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on behalf of the Prime Minister has signed a directive strengthening a scheme integrating human rights content into the national education system. The directive states that human rights education plays an important role in raising social awareness, helping prevent and limit human rights violations. Following a decision by the Prime Minister on September 5, 2017, the Hồ Chí Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) has coordinated with ministries and agencies…
Vietnam is primarily a source country for women and children trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and forced labor. Three men from the Hmong ethnic group in the mountainous regions of northwestern Vietnam have been arrested for alleged human trafficking, local media reported. According to the report, local border guards from the two provinces of Ha Giang and Lao Cai, in a joint operation with other functional forces, conducted a raid at a village in Ha Giang’s Xin Man District to bust the illicit system trafficking ethnic minority women to China on Tuesday morning. ###: Why Covid-19 pandemic may step up human trafficking…