Covid 19

Da Nang (VNA) – The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival this year (DIFF 2020) has been cancelled by the municipal People’s Committee out of fears over the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus (COVID-19) ravaging the region. The annual festival was initially scheduled to take place this summer. The success of the festival over years has contributed to improving local people’s quality of life, boosting tourism and heightening Da Nang’s reputation as a friendly city among international visitors, according to a representative from the city’s Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism which organises the event. However, as the COVID-19 epidemic remains complex while the main sources of supplies for the festivals are in hard-hit areas, so the festival had to be cancelled, he said. The Da Nang International Fireworks Festival was first introduced in 2008, attracting thousands of spectators every year since then. Held under … [Read more...] about COVID-19 forces Da Nang International Fireworks Festival cancellation

At the event, the ministers reviewed the ASEAN’s efforts both at the national and regional levels as well as co-operation with external partners and the international community to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19. They commended timely and effective actions undertaken by the ASEAN health sector and relevant sectoral bodies, including the ASEAN defence establishments, as agreed by the ASEAN Defence Ministers in Hanoi on February 19, 2020. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Coordinating Council to redouble shared effort against COVID-19

Mr. Nguyen Dang Cuong, head of the Sales and Marketing Department of the national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, said that although Vietnam is amid the epidemic, foreign partners regularly keep update on the country’s epidemic control to have plans to take visitors there. Partners from China asked the time of resuming flights to Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Tourist industry debates solutions to cope with Covid-19 in HCMC

HCM City (VNA) – The 73-year-old coronavirus patient of the US nationality was discharged from hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on February 21 afternoon, becoming the 15th case of COVID-19 successfully cured in Vietnam. The man was treated at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases of HCM City in 21 days, and he is also the last COVID-19 case in the city. Director of the hospital Nguyen Van Vinh Chau said the patient was hospitalised in a relatively serious condition on January 31. There were many difficulties during treatment since he is old and his heart, lung and kidney functions are weak. Aside from giving treatment, medical workers paid attention to spiritual care for him, he added. Luong Ngoc Khue, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department for Management of Medical Examination and Treatment, highly valued efforts by the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases because this is the oldest patient among the 16 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Vietnam. Additionally, no health … [Read more...] about 15th case of COVID-19 cured, discharged from hospital

According to the Ministry of Health, the man arrived at the city’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport on a China Southern Airlines flight from the US to Việt Nam on January 15 after having a two-hour transit in Wuhan, China.  … [Read more...] about HCM City patient with COVID-19 discharged from hospitall