#covid

Vietnam Airlines conducted the first regular flight from Beijing (China) to Hanoi on March 19 after a three-year suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

PSNews - The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron sub-lineage BA.5 has entered Vietnam and may overwhelm the old sub-lineage BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof. Dr. Phan Trong Lan, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine.

PSNews - Given complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, the German Government and the Argentinean Government continued to support the country with oxygen machines and COVID-19 vaccines, reflecting the importance of the friendship between them and Vietnam.

PSNews - The Vietnamese Government has just issued Resolution No. 106/NQ-CP on tax policies for imported goods for COVID-19 prevention. In particular, the Cabinet plans to extend deadlines for paying taxes (added value tax, corporate income tax, personal income tax) and land rent for the pandemic-hit groups this year.

PSNews - Recently, the permanent deputy chairman of the Hanoi Municipal's People Committee Le Hong Son announced that, the authorities decided to halt checks of travel documents in 19 districts deemed to have no community COVID-19 cases.

PSNews - A representative of the Hanoi Municipal Red Cross Society said they hope the programme will spread positive messages on concerted effort and sharing amid complicated developments of the pandemic.

PSNews - Amid COVID-19 pandemic, Danang city starts to deploy QR code pass for people with the aim of controling their movement based on the level of risk in each area.

PSNews - Amid COVID-19 pandemic, the Czech Republic and the U.K. have promised donations of 250,000 and 415,000  doses of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam. 

PSNews - The largest ever COVID-19 vaccination campaign with 786,000 doses distributed to Ho Chi Minh City kicked off on June 19. The campaign is expected to be completed before June 27.

PSNews - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on June 2 chaired an online meeting with Ho Chi Minh City's authorities, asking them to use robot in the fight against COVID-19. 

PSNews – The Ben Luc District Police, Long An Province in coordination with the Ben Luc District People’s Committee launched a “rice ATM’ in Ben Luc town on May 4 to provide free rice and necessaries for poor locals.

The Japan Trade Promotion Organisation (JETRO) will host an online scheme on March 3 in Hanoi aimed at connecting Japanese businesses in the field of manufacturing and production, known as Monozukuri in Japanese to facilitate co-operation amid the negative impacts caused the COVID-19 pandemic.

PSNews - The Hanoi Municipal People's Committee will host 89 spring flower markets within the city on the occasion of the upcoming Vietnamese traditional Lunar New Year of the Buffalo.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has affirmed that Vietnam will continue partnering with APEC member economies to turn its vision and aspirations into peace, stability and happiness of people in the region.

The opening ceremony of the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings is slated for the morning of November 12, with Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong in attending.

PSNews - The General Statistic Office on October 29 announced that foreign visitors to Vietnam in October were estimated at 14,800, up 7.6% over the previous month and down 99, 1% over the same period last year.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on August 2 stressed that those who fail to make health declarations and follow quarantine regulations must be handled strictly.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed the Prime Minister allow the resumption of commercial flights between Vietnam and certain other countries in August.

More than 350 Vietnamese citizens from Australia and New Zealand were brought home safe and sound on July 3.