16 animals culled at Vietnam’s Covid-19 quarantine area
By Cu Thi Lan Editor at Dantri/Dtinews Online Newspaper- Vietnam HANOI: 16 animals including 15 dogs and one cat have just been culled at a Covid-19 quarantine area in Vietnam as local authorities claimed they had to do that as part of Covid-19 prevention efforts. According to an official in the country’s southern province of Ca […]
Vietnam successfully produces first batch of Russian Sputnik V vaccine
By Cu Thi Lan Editor at Dantri/Dtinews Online Newspaper- Vietnam HANOI: A Vietnamese company announced Friday that it has successfully produced the first batch of the Russian Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine in Vietnam. According to the Company for Vaccine and Biological Production No.1 (Vabiotech), a vaccine quality control appraisal report by the Gamaleya National Center […]
Volunteers taking care of babies born to COVID-19 mothers in Vietnam
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri HO CHI MINH CITY: Dozens of volunteers are taking care of babies born with Covid-19-infected mothers at a newly-opened centre in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The Have Only Positive Expectations (HOPE) Centre opened in late August by the […]
US Vice President opens new CDC Southeast Asia Regional Office in Vietnam
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri HANOI: US Vice President Kamala D. Harris on August 25 launched the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi. The launching ceremony saw the attendance of the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra, US CDC […]
Vietnam expects to produce Covid-19 medicine by late 2021
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri HANOI: Vietnamese scientists have successfully produced antiviral medication called Vipdervir that is expected to be used for Covid-19 treatment by the end of this year. At a meeting held on August 10, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced that Vipdervir has proved to be […]
Vietnam’s economic hub struggles to curb new Covid-19 outbreak
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HO CHI MINH CITY: Vietnam’s biggest economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City is experiencing the largest ever Covid-19 outbreak which seems hard to curb despite strict preventive measures by local authorities. Medical staff shortage Ho Chi Minh City authorities […]
Vietnamese health workers exhausted battling with coronavirus in searing heat
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HANOI: Many health workers in a Vietnam’s virus epicentre have become exhausted after working long hours in protective suits under the severe hot summer weather. Many areas in Vietnam are experiencing extremely hot days with temperatures rising up to over 40 degrees […]
Vietnam successfully organises parliamentary election amid COVID-19 threats
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HANOI: “It can be said that the election of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and the People’s Councils at all-levels for the 2021 to 2026 term has taken place successfully,” Secretary General of the Vietnamese National Assembly Bui Van Cuong announced […]
Official points out reasons for fourth Covid-19 wave in Vietnam
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspape HANOI: Illegal migrants, lax management at quarantine areas, and people’s ignoring virus prevention regulations have been pointed out as the main causes for the new Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam. Speaking at a government meeting on May 20, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh […]
Vietnam to have locally-made COVID-19 vaccine in August
By Phong Lan Deputy Head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HANOI: A Made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be officially available this August, according to a local medical official. Major-General Nguyen Xuan Kien, head of the Military Medical Department, told a press conference in Hanoi on April 9 that besides the COVID-19 […]
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