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Dang Thu Ha, vice chairman of the provincial people’s committee, said the restaurant has been re-opened from Thursday midnight. According to Hai Duong’s Steering Board for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, 11 out of 16 Covid-19 patients related to the Covid-19 outbreak related to the restaurant have been discharged from hospital. The Ministry of Health reported by Friday morning, Vietnam had 1,059 Covid-19 cases and 35 deaths, including four in critical condition. The country has entered the ninth day without any community infection cases. … [Read more...] about Lockdown ends for Hai Duong City Covid-19 outbreak

Hanoi (VNA) – The Philippines has so far secured a total of 8.83 billion USD in borrowings, loans and grant assistance for the government's COVID-19 response efforts from its development partners and the commercial markets, China’s Xinhua News Agency reported. The Philippine Department of Finance (DOF) said on September 6 that of the total amount, 5.98 billion USD  is budget support financing from the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, the French Development Agency and the Japan International Cooperation Agency. A total of 2.35 billion USD was sourced from the government's latest global bond offering that fetched its lowest ever coupon in the USD market, the DOF added. The DOF said the remaining 496.36 million USD is from grant and loan financing from the Philippines' development partners for various COVID-19 specific projects. Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said that total government borrowings for 2020 and 2021 … [Read more...] about Philippines secures over 8.8 bln USD for COVID-19 response

Central Da Nang City has confirmed three Covid-19 community transmissions over the weekend: two men, aged 57 and 61, and a 71-year-old woman. Another community transmission, a 17-year-old boy, was recorded in the nearby Quang Ngai Province, though it was confirmed he had visited Da Nang on July 14. … [Read more...] about New, more infectious coronavirus strain responsible for Da Nang transmission

The strength of the rebound in economic activity over the coming quarters in South-East Asia remains uncertain, particularly in the fourth quarter of 2020, after the expected initial strong bounce in global trade and domestic activity post-lockdowns has faded. Additionally, varying success rates in containing the Covid-19 outbreak, and differing lockdown exit strategies will widen the disparities in economic growth in the region. Economies which have convincingly contained the outbreak such as Thailand and Vietnam will see a stronger recovery than Indonesia and the Philippines, which are battling new waves of Covid-19 outbreak after restrictions were prematurely relaxed. … [Read more...] about ICAEW: Vietnam is expected to be the only South-East Asian economy to record positive growth this year

At 6 a.m. on September 11, Dinh Song Bach Xuan, 38, opened her Bep Bo Ban restaurant after 45 days of closure due to the new outbreak in the central city. Located in a small alley on Hai Chau District's Hai Phong Street, the eatery had been closed three days after Covid-19 resurfaced in Da Nang on July 25, placing around 1,700 residents near three hospital hotspots into lockdown. … [Read more...] about Crawl back to normalcy: Da Nang after social distancing eased