The People’s Committee of Hanoi on August 1 issued an official dispatch asking localities across the city not to allow local residents to travel outside the city during the period of social distancing. The order was made amid complicated developments of the pandemic when a number of COVID-19 clusters, which

Vietnam’s major telecom companies including Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, CMC, FPT, Vietnamobile, and SCTV have announced a joint support package worth 10 trillion (435 million USD) for consumers across the country. The package, which will roll out on August 5 and end in November, will double the speed of internet cable

Solidarity and unity are the foundation for ASEAN’s strength, especially in difficult times, which is clearly demonstrated in the current fight against COVID-19, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-54) that opened on August 2 via videoconference. Sharing the significance of

The United States is urging Americans in Afghanistan to leave the country immediately, saying the ability of the US embassy in Kabul to help them is “extremely limited” due to security conditions and reduced staffing. The embassy issued a security alert on Saturday encouraging Americans to fly out on commercial

 Three new intensive care centers for COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City with doctors and medical staff coming from three central-level hospitals nationwide began to receive patients in critical conditions for treatment on Sunday. The ICUs with doctors and medical staff from Vietnam-Germany Friendship Hospital and and Bach Mai

The Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday held a virtual ASEAN flag salute ceremony to celebrate the bloc’s 54th founding anniversary (August 8, 1967) and 26 years of Vietnam’s membership of the association. The virtual ceremony was chaired by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son drawing ambassadors and

The Ministry of Transport has approved the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to halt all commercial flights between provinces and cities that are social distancing, including Hanoi – Ho Chi Minh City route and vice versa. The move which tightens control of commercial flights and chartered flights, aims to