HANOI, Vietnam reported 16,515 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 16,476 locally transmitted and 39 imported, according to its Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, remained the locality with the highest number of infections with 1,914 cases, followed by southern Vinh Long province, with 1,080 cases and southern Ca Mau
For Balinese souvenir shop owner I Kadek Rai Nama Rupat, the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic have been a fight for survival. The pandemic has prevented the foreign tourists that usually throng businesses like his on the Indonesian resort island from coming and rising food prices have compounded
Vietnam’s first regular international route to resume after a 2-year hiatus will be Vietnam Airlines flying to Japan on January 5 next year. Vietjet Air and All Nippon Airways will restore flights one day later. The Transport Ministry said that it is impossible for this route to resume sooner, due
Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in the central province of Quang Binh has been listed among the 39 best destinations to visit in 2022 by the US’s AFAR Magazine. The Park, a geologically notable site in central Vietnam, has tempted daredevils since 2013, when Son Doong, the biggest cave on the planet,
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong said the 13th National Party Congress presented the Party’s prestige, national vision and aspiration, people’s confidence, and special meaning in national development and reform. Mr. Trong made the statement in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on the occasion of the
The Omicron coronavirus variant dampened New Year festivities around much of the world, with Paris cancelling its fireworks show, London relegating its to television, and New York City scaling down its famous ball drop celebration in Times Square. The illuminated ball made of Waterford crystal panels slid down its poll
The risk of hospitalisation with the Omicron variant of coronavirus is about one-third that of the Delta variant, according to British analysis of more than a million cases of both types in recent weeks. Britain is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases driven by the highly-transmissible Omicron variant, with record
