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How to fill in health declaration forms

Time is now to stay on top of your health, and anyone coming into Vietnam must fill out a detailed declaration before setting foot in the country. Watch our guide on how to fill in your forms here.

 

Canadian PM Trudeau's wife tests positive for coronavirus

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie Grégoire Trudeau will self-isolate after she fell ill.

Coronavirus: US is failing on testing, says Fauci

"Let's admit it," said top health official Anthony Fauci. "The system is not geared to what we need."

Coronavirus: Six of President Trump's claims fact-checked

The US president has questioned WHO data and taken credit for reducing the number of cases. Is he right?

Vietnam increases pork imports to halt price hike: MARD

After Vietnam’s pork industry was hit hard by the outbreak of African Swine Flu and COVID-19, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) say they will increase pork imports to reduce prices for the domestic market.

Big swings on Asian markets as coronavirus spreads

Friday's major moves follow the biggest one-day declines in the US and UK since Black Monday in 1987.

23 Covid-19 patients are recovering at hospitals

23 new patients who were tested positive to the Covid-19 are improving and recovering, according to the Ministry of Health.

 

Tourist numbers to Sapa sharply falls due to Covid-19

Tourist numbers to Sapa Town in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai have considerably decreased, causing many local areas to become deserted.

PM urges firms to build scenarios to prevent operation disruption

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urges firms to prepare scenarios to ensure they can continue operation in any circumstances.

VN students tune in to televised lessons

Students and their parents have been getting used to televised lessons for 9th and 12th graders since early this week.

 

Online bookstores cut prices amid COVID-19 epidemic

Book lovers have been offered opportunities to buy their favourites at surprisingly low prices on online bookstores at a time when traditional bookshops have been affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

 

VN firms review annual meeting schedules under pressure of coronavirus

Several companies have put annual shareholders’ meetings on hold due to worries about the spread of coronavirus.

 

Tailwinds expected via foreign-funded activities

Exchange-traded fund providers are offering more choices to foreign investors, at a time when portfolio rebalancing and global uncertainties could leave them high and dry.

Vietnam faces acute shortage of blood

The outbreak of the new coronavirus has worsened critical blood shortages encountered by hospitals nationwide after the Tet holiday, as local people have been discouraged from joining blood drives.

Foreign tourists in Hanoi wander streets without face masks

Many foreign travelers visiting relic sites around Hanoi are not wearing face masks amid the increasingly complicated developments surrounding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.

Community spirit shines through in quarantine

Life, as they say, goes on. And that’s exactly what is happening in and around the Truc Bach ward of Hanoi, which was thrown into turmoil after an outbreak of COVID-19.

 

Vietnam confirms five more COVID-19 cases, totaling 44

The Ministry of Health said late March 12 that five more people had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, taking the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country so far to 44.

VN Finance Ministry proposes 5-month extension of VAT and land rent payment for businesses

The Ministry of Finance has submitted to the Government a five-month extension of value-added tax (VAT), personal income tax and land rent fee payments for those affected by the COVID-19 epidemic.

 

Miss Vietnam pageant postponed due to COVID-19

The organisers of the Miss Vietnam 2020 contest have decided to postpone the biennial event, which was scheduled to take place between May and August this year, due to the serious COVID-19 pandemic.

 

More than $150,000 allocated for COVID-19 tests in Hanoi

Hanoi People’s Committee has allocated VNĐ3.5 billion (US$150,600) from the city’s budget for COVID-19 tests.