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Da Nang Is Turning a Sports Arena Into a 700-Bed Field Hospital
Expected to open this week, the hospital will have 700 beds, a figure that can be increased to 1,000.
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Weekend Stories Roundup: Plant Center, Storm Sinlaku, and Covid-19 Deaths
Stay connected with Saigoneer on Twitter and Instagram and like us on Facebook. Each morning, we select some of the most important stories from Saigon, the rest of Vietnam and beyond, and digest them...
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Police Bust Livestream Operation Selling VND10bn Worth of Fake Fashion Items Monthly
On July 7, after months of surveillance, authorities shut down a large-scale smuggling and counterfeit goods operation in Lào Cai Province.
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Da Nang Restarts Social Distancing After Cases of Covid-19 Community Transmission Emerge
Over the weekend, Vietnam recorded five new COVID-19 infections, four of which are community transmissions, putting an end to the country’s 99-day streak without local infections.
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Stuck in Africa, Vietnamese Workers Forced to Work Despite Rampant Covid-19 Cases
On the afternoon of July 11, the people of Lãng Thanh Commune (in Yên Thành District, Nghệ An Province), rejoiced as Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc announced that Vietnamese workers in Equatorial Gui...
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Is Vietnam Ready for Its New Place Among the World's Fastest-Ageing Societies?
Vietnam is among the world’s most rapidly changing countries, by virtually every metric.
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63% of Vietnamese Women Abused by Husbands at Least Once in Their Lifetime
In a recently published report, data shows that Vietnamese women are frequently abused by their husband, and these instances of violence happen to a significant portion of the female population.
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Vietnam's Coal Imports Reach Record High in First Half of 2020
Demand for electricity in the country is surging.
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A Charity Was Vietnam's Latest Covid-19 Victim. Luckily, Other NGOs Saved the Day.
As the pandemic-induced economic downturn has pushed businesses to let go of 1.4 million workers in Vietnam, a charity in Saigon has had to do the same to its beneficiaries. This story, however, does ...
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Taxis, Ride-Hailing Cars Must Switch to Yellow License Plate, New Policy Says
In the future, car drivers for ride-hailing apps will have to get a new license plate in a whole new color.
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Foreign Students With Online-Only Courses May Need to Leave the US, ICE Says
A notice from the US' Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency announced that if a university shifts to online-only education in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, non-citizen students would n...
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Over 30m Workers in Vietnam Impacted by Pandemic: Labor Ministry
While Vietnam has thus far avoided serious public health impacts from the coronavirus pandemic, it has not escaped the economic ravages of the global emergency.
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Vietnam Makes Preparations to Fly Patient 91 Back to UK on July 12
With steadily improving health, the British pilot might be able get home in less than two weeks.
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To Evade Quarantine, They Tried to Swim From China to Vietnam
Border guards found two separate groups of four Vietnamese people attempting to enter Vietnam from China last week, after which all eight individuals were quarantined.
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Vietnam Proposes New Driver's License Class for Teenage Drivers
The draft amendment would require all drivers aged 16–18 to have a license to operate motorized scooters with an engine capacity of up to 50cc and electric scooters that travel no more than 50 ki...
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Vietnam Unlikely to Resume International Flights in July, Experts Say
Bad, but unsurprising, news for anyone abroad hoping to visit Vietnam in the next few months.
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Vietnam in Negotiations to Resume Flights With Japan, South Korea, China
The news comes amid ongoing speculation regarding the resumption of inbound commercial international flights.
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Bac Giang, Hoa Binh Are Getting 3 New Golf Courses
They will be located in Bac Giang and Hoa Binh provinces.
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Vietnam Airlines to Buy Major Stake in Jetstar, Rename It 'Pacific Airlines'
The national flag carrier will buy out the 30% stake that Qantas has in Jetstar Pacific as well.
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Karaoke, Nightclubs Become Last Businesses Allowed to Reopen in Vietnam
The moment you've been saving your voice for is finally here.
