A high school student of Quang Tri province has died after receiving a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot, becoming the fifth child victim of vaccinations in Vietnam. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. N.T.N.N, 17, was inoculated at a vaccination site in Trieu Phong district on December 2, said Vo Thanh Tam, director of the Trieu Phong District Medical Centre. During the earlier screening process, N. said that she was allergic to antibiotics, but her family encouraged her to be vaccinated. 25 minutes after the injection, the female student showed signs of shock, anaphylaxis, and low blood pressure. She was given…
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Let’s hop on the Saigon Waterbus by night and enjoy fun sightseeing experience as you cross the waters and take in the panoramic view of Ho Chi Minh City from Saigon River. The investor of river bus route No.1 connecting Bach Dang and Linh Dong has launched the first night river bus trial for people to experience SaigonRiver. Starting from evening of December 8, many locals at 5pm gathered at the Bach Đang Wharf in District 1 waiting to get off the train and start the night journey. Khanh Linh, a passenger, said this was the first time she was…
Trần Nguyên Mạnh is delighted to be back with the national team again after five years of being left out due to past mistakes. Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — Trần Nguyên Mạnh is a man on a mission. Five years after his mistake cost Việt Nam a place in the final of the 2016 AFF Cup, he is back with the national team determined to make amends. The second leg of the semi-final against Indonesia at Mỹ Đình stadium is a night Mạnh wants to forget. On 75 minutes, his unnecessary foul resulted in red card…
iPrice Group, operator of Southeast Asia’s premier online shopping companion, announced today the launch of a new Seller Voucher feature to help consumers uncover the best deals in the upcoming 12.12 sale. With online marketplaces providing less “real” coupons, Seller Vouchers are the new way to save money. But with an overwhelming number of offers available, and with Seller Vouchers often coming with complicated terms and conditions, shoppers can easily get discouraged hunting for the best deal. To help address this, the iPrice Seller Voucher feature automatically finds applicable seller vouchers, applies them to the offers, to provide online shoppers…
It was recently announced that a venture capital fund, which is run by a trio, Sygnum, SBI, and Azimut, will be investing in a crypto bourse Coinhako as the fund plans to push through the Southeast Asian crypto trading market. Coinhako is a Singapore-based crypto exchange that has become very popular in the region recently. The exchange offers clients a reliable and secure channel for crypto trading and investing. The trio has formed a special fund called the SBI-Sygun-Azimut Digital Asset Opportunity, DAO. It was announced that the fundraising round was three times oversubscribed, and it attracted numerous people, including…
The Vietnam’s Ministry of Health confirmed 15,311 additional COVID-19 cases in Vietnam on Thursday, along with 14,586 recoveries and 256 mortalities. The toll has increased to 27,186 fatalities after the ministry confirmed 256 mortalities on the same day. The data showed that, latest infections, including 11 imported and 15,300 domestic transmissions, were documented in 61 provinces and cities, the ministry said, elaborating that 8,843 patients caught the pathogen in the community. Tuoi Tre Newspaper reported. According to the reported, Ho Chi Minh City recorded 1,453 of the newest cases, Tay Ninh Province 895, Hanoi 822, Soc Trang Province 789, Dong…
A residential area on Phạm Ngũ Lão street, Thanh Hóa City is placed under quarantine. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Nam HÀ NỘI – Việt Nam announced 14,839 new COVID-19 infections on Friday, down 481 compared to the day before. A further 216 deaths were also reported. The latest caseload brings Việt Nam’s total number of transmissions to 1,382,272, of which 1,376,930 were recorded during the country’s fourth wave of infections, which started late April. Among Friday’s new cases, 20 were imported and the rest were local transmissions. A total of 8,843 new infections were detected in the community. HCM City continued to…
Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Phan Van Mai said that Ho Chi Minh City has four groups of solutions including credit support, reorganize production and business, market entry and expansion, restructuring businesses, and supporting businesses’ digital transformation. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. He made the statement at the fourth session of the tenth tenure of People’s Council of HCMC’s question-and-answer session chaired by Chairwoman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Council Nguyen Thi Le. In addition to issuance of a plan to implement solutions to improve the investment environment with 10 groups of specific tasks and solutions…
Life has a habit of being unpredictable. Just when we think that it’s all smooth sailing, something or the other goes wrong and we end up in a trough before we even realize what’s happening. When something terrible happens, we just want to give up and throw in the proverbial white towel. However, it doesn’t have to be this way at all. You can rebound from terrible hardships and get right back in the game. Let us check out a few ways to keep you going even when the going is rough: Try to find the ‘why’ of the whole…
Phan Văn Đức celebrated his goal against Laos in the opening match of the 2021 AFF Suzuki Cup. — Photo courtesy of VFF HÀ NỘI — Since scoring against the Philippines in the 2018 AFF Cup, it has taken Phan Văn Đức three years to finally end his goal drought, netting in the 2-0 victory against Laos. In the opening match of the AFF Suzuki Cup, after Nguyễn Công Phượng’s goal in the first half, Đức made the game safe nine minutes into the second half, heading home an accurate cross from Hồ Tấn Tài. Not…