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Starting from February 24, all incoming travellers from epidemic-hit areas including South Korea's Daegu City and Gyeongsangbuk Province shall be isolated for 14 days. Around 200,000 Vietnamese people are living in South Korea, including up to 8,285 in Daegu City. They remain safe amid the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has instructed the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea to carry out measures to protect Vietnamese nationals from the spread of coronavirus. According to the embassy, Daegu City is home to 8,285 Vietnamese, while 18,502 Vietnamese live in Gyeongsangbuk Province. To date, no Vietnamese person has been infected. In case of emergency, they are advised to contact the hotline at the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea on +82 10-3622-6618 or +84 981 84 84 84. The Vietnamese overseas labour department in South Korea has also announced the phone number +82 103 248. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese people urged not to leave South Korea

Thailand will impose anti-dumping tariffs ranging from 6.97 per cent to 51.61 per cent of cost, insurance and freight (CIF) prices on some imported steel products from Viet Nam, the Trade Remedies Authority of Viet Nam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade said. … [Read more...] about Thailand imposes anti-dumping duty on Vietnamese steel products

Hanoi (VNA) – A training course on sustainable national debt management is taking place in Hanoi as part of Vietnam’s public debt management reform programme. The event is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from February 24-28. According to Vo Huu Hien, Vice General Director of the MoF’s Department of Debt Management and External Finance, the ministry will coordinate with relevant departments, sectors and localities to draw up a five-year plan on borrowing and repaying public debt in the 2021-2025 period to submit to the Prime Minister for consideration before June 30. The plan will include a public debt ceiling and safety threshold for indicators of public and government debts compared to GDP, and a target for direct government debt repayments compared to the State budget, he said. Currently, debt sustainability analysis (DSA) is one of the key debt management models that … [Read more...] about Course on sustainable debt management held in Hanoi

The municipal Department of Health arranged accommodation for the Koreans at a hotel in Son Tra District at the city's expense. Doctor Le Thanh Phuc, director of the Da Nang hospital, said, "the Korean tourist group changed their mind later and said they did not want to go to the hotel, after learning that there was a Vietnamese person with fever on the same flight. They were worried about not receiving medical care and about food and drink expenses at the hotel." … [Read more...] about S Korean visitors expose holes in coronavirus response

Hanoi (VNA) – At least eight people, including two students, were injured in a bombing in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province on February 24, according to Thai authorities. Among the injured were a district assistant chief and civilians. The Thai Army’s Region 4 Forward Command said it believed that southern insurgents detonated the device when a converted pickup truck passed the spot. The explosion blew the vehicle off the road. The explosion came after a clash on February 23 night between the Thai Army and a group of insurgents. Five suspected southern insurgents were shot dead by security forces on a mountain in Narathiwat province. After the clash, spokesman of the army’s southern command Col. Pramote Prom-in warned of possible imminent retaliation from insurgent groups. Insurgents in Thai provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat have killed nearly 7,000 people since 2004. The Thai government is in negotiation with several insurgent groups for … [Read more...] about At least eight injured in Thailand bombing