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Hanoi relaxes social distancing, but bars and karaoke venues remain closed

The municipal authority of Hanoi has agreed to further relax social distancing restrictions on public transport, including on planes, trains, buses and boats, after 25 days of no community transmission cases of COVID-19 reported in Vietnam.

Vietnamese student describes experience of lockdown at China school amid epidemic

Do Khai Ly is one of three Vietnamese students studying at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University in Hangzhou City, but her two friends have already returned home.

BOT toll stations will be closed if investors don’t fix roads: Transport Minister

 VietNamNet Bridge – Toll stations on roads built under Build-Operation-Transfer (BOT) contracts could be closed if investors behind the projects delayed repairs, 

Guatemala volcano: Dozens die as Fuego volcano erupts

 Guatemala's most violent volcano eruption in more than a century has killed at least 25 people.

Overstaying VN put S. Korean postings at risk

 VietNamNet Bridge – The South Korean labour market may be closed off to Vietnamese workers if Viet Nam does not make more effort to reduce the number overstaying their visas and working illegally.

No students, no money, many universities to be closed

 VietNamNet Bridge – The low training quality, the lack of students and the huge bank debts that schools have incurred--after throwing money into land and investment deals, would all drive a lot of universities to death.

Zone 9 residents ask for maintaining business for 3 years

 VietNamNet Bridge – They have invested more than VND40 billion ($2 million) and a lot of effort in the Zone 9 “arts district," so investors are upset when the Hanoi authorities decided to close Zone 9.