A new and potentially more transmissible coronavirus variant first identified in South Africa has prompted a fresh round of travel restrictions across the world and raised concern about what may be next in the pandemic. The World Health Organization Friday designated the strain, now named Omicron, as a variant of concern and said multiple studies are underway as advisers continue to monitor the variant. ###: EU suspends travel from southern Africa over new COVID-19 variant concerns While scientists say there is reason to be concerned over the variant, they stress there is still a lot we don’t know — including whether…
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A student gets a COVID-19 vaccine in Nghệ An Province on Saturday. The provincial Department of Education and Training in coordination with the Department of Health organised vaccination for high school students from November 27 to 30. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 13,063 new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Saturday. A further 148 deaths were also recorded across the country. Việt Nam so far has reported 24,692 COVID-related deaths. Among the new cases, 7,160 were found in the community and 15 were imported. The others were in quarantine or locked down areas. Compared to…
Over the past year and a half, the course of travel has been redefined repeatedly as the ‘new normal’ continues to evolve. As we head into 2022, while COVID-19 is not yet in the rearview mirror, a sense of hope and optimism is beginning to take its place. To explore this rolling wave of optimism, Booking.com has commissioned extensive research with more than 24,000 travelers across 31 countries and territories, 501 of which are from Vietnam1, combining it with its proprietary data and insights as a digital travel leader for the past 25 years, to predict how travel will continue…
European Union states have agreed to suspend travel from southern Africa after the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, the presidency of the EU said on Friday. A committee of health experts from all 27 EU states “agreed on the need to activate the emergency break & impose temporary restriction on all travel into EU from southern Africa”, the Slovenian presidency of the EU said on Twitter. Restrictions will apply to Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, European Commission spokesperson Eric Mamer said on Twitter. ###: Breaking: Many countries in Asia and Euro alarmed by new COVID…
The online exhibition under the Việt Nam Cyber Security Day 2021 has nearly 30 booths with advanced information security technology solutions of domestic and foreign enterprises— VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — In order to be safe in cyberspace, it is necessary to have Make-in-Việt Nam information security products, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng at the Việt Nam Cyber Security Day 2021. All software and national digital platforms must be developed safely, be evaluated safely, and be used safely, he said. Việt Nam Cyber Security Day 2021 was organised by Việt Nam Information Security Association…
Most foreign invested enterprises have reopened their factories after lockdown and are optimistic about business performance for the last months of the year. More stories at Vietnam Insider’s homepage. In early November, on the sidelines of COP26 in Glasgow, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Nobel Kinder, the Sustainable Development Director of Nike Corporation. Nike has hundreds of vendors in Vietnam, making a wide range of products for Nike to sell all over the globe. Nike unexpectedly became a topic of discussions during the pandemic peak days in Vietnam with the rumor that it would leave Vietnam. At a meeting…
Vietnam will resume international flights from 15 countries starting from December, nine months after they were suspended due to COVID-19, the government says. “Vietnam is expected to start reopening international routes in early December, including flights to Japan,” Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said during talks with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio in Tokyo, as quoted in a government statement. Chinh, who left Tokyo on Thursday following a four-day visit, also said Vietnam and Japan are considering recognizing each country’s respective vaccine passports. ###: Vietnam is getting ready to reopen international flights from next month Vietnam suspended all international flights at…
Front-end engineers – do what many people understand as “web development” and others – predominantly “JavaScript development“. They implement visual elements and application design. Therefore, the qualification demands high training. The work involves: Determining the structure/design of the pages. Ensuring a balance between aesthetics and functionality. Adapting for mobile devices. These skills are precious today. The increased focus on user experience determines the need to combine functionality and attractiveness of web applications. This provokes an increase in the number of front-end programming jobs. Below we will tell you what specific skills employers expect. Then, by owning them, you can apply…
Bản Phủ Market in the northern province of Điện Biên has been put under lockdown after a community-transmission case of COVID-19 was found. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced 13,109 new cases of COVID-19 in Việt Nam on Friday, as cases continue to rise across the country. The national tally since the start of the pandemic now stands at 1,181,337. Another 137 deaths were also reported. Việt Nam so far has recorded 24,544 COVID-related deaths. Of the new cases, 7,288 were found in the community and 15 were imported. HCM City tops the daily case list again with 1,809 new cases, followed by…
Vietnam’s benchmark stock market index (VN-Index) hit a fresh record high on Thursday, topping the 1,500 point mark for the first time and defying a slump across most other Asian equity markets. The small frontier market has risen 36% this year and analysts heralded the new high, driven by banking and real estate shares, as an “unprecedented moment”. “In June, given the COVID-19 situation, the rosiest scenario we could think of is a year-on-year gain of 30% for the VN-Index in 2021, targeting 1,500 level by year end,” said an analyst at VNDirect Securities. ###: Vietnam stock market suddenly reaching new…