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Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines said on April 4 that it has carried 100,000 face masks, protective clothing, testing systems and COVID-19 test kits as gifts from the Vietnamese Government and people to their Lao and Cambodian counterparts. The equipment were sent from Ho Chi Minh City to Hanoi, then to Vientiane, Laos on late April 3. The remaining from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City on April 4 morning, which will be transported to Cambodia by road. Over the past time, millions of face masks have been produced to not only meet domestic demand but also for international relief. Earlier, Vietnam Airlines also carried over three tonnes of protective clothing and medical masks from Ho Chi Minh to Hanoi free-of-charge, and 10 ventilators funded by Temasek Foundation from Singapore to Vietnam. In the near future, the carrier will run similar flights, as part of its "Flights of Nation" campaign for the sake of people and national interests./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam Airlines carries medical equipment to Laos, Cambodia

The woman, who hails from the northern province Bac Giang, was working in Bangkok. On March 19, before returning to Vietnam, she had joined a party with the family of a 25-year-old Vietnamese woman who lives in Thailand and had tested positive for Covid-19 on March 18 after returning to Vietnam.  … [Read more...] about Woman returning from Thailand is Vietnam’s Covid-19 ‘Patient 240’

Speaking at the event, Hung said Vietnam has been also struggling with the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the tradition of standing side by side together in any circumstance, the Vietnamese Government and people have and would strive to take measures in support of the Lao counterparts to fight the epidemic. … [Read more...] about Vietnam-donated medical equipment handed over to Laos

Formosa: a costly precedent for Vietnam Vietnam threatens to shut down Formosa Deputy PM requests corruption probe into Formosa's licensing In the central province of Ha Tinh, a group of scientists has run a survey at two sites in Ron Ma and Son Duong islands, 7.5 kilometers from Formosa’s wastewater output. The seabed at Ron Ma had many big rocks and attaching creatures. Coral scattered, failing to merge and form reefs. The corals that died are mostly of genera Favia, Turbinaria, Favites, Goniastrea, Montipora. Typical coral reef fishes like Holocentridae and Chaetodontidae reduced to a population of less than 30 individuals per 250 square meters of coral reef’s area. … [Read more...] about How Formosa’s toxin caused the mass fish deaths in Vietnam

Vietnam has confirmed 240 Covid-19 cases so far, 90 of whom have been discharged from hospitals. Many of the 150 active cases are Vietnamese nationals returning from Europe and the U.S., foreigners coming from the same regions and those who’d come in contact with both groups of people. … [Read more...] about South Korean expert tests Covid-19 positive back home from Vietnam