Universities in Vietnam are welcoming returning students, but say that they will only admit students who can satisfy their requirements.

The Covid-19 pandemic has affected the life and work of hundreds of university students and lecturers.

To offset the decline in revenue from international flights, airlines have been trying to exploit more domestic air routes.

After touching bottom in the first quarter of 2020 because of COVID-19, Vietnam’s stock market staged a strong comeback in the following quarter, allowing securities firms to enjoy sharp increases in both revenue and profit.

Hundreds of border guards, in addition to eight mobile teams, have been placed on duty around the clock to monitor 74 border checkpoints across major border routes in an effort to prevent future illegal border crossings.

The central city of Da Nang will introduce social distancing measures in accordance with Directive No 19/CT-TTg dated April 24 as from 0:00 hour on July 28 for at least 14 days, as directed by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam recorded an additional 11 COVID-19 cases connected to Da Nang Hospital on July 27 evening, raising the country’s total infections to 431, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

I am lucky to be here in Vietnam, which is very safe and has coped with the pandemic so well, since now I can resume a normal life and work routine, Deputy Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Shirel Levi told VietNamNet’s Thai An.

Misinformation about coronavirus vaccine trials has been spreading on social media.

People upon entry will have to be quarantined and tested for SARS-CoV-2 at least twice.

The city has reported no local transmission of the novel coronavirus for the past three months.

The Danang Fantastic Festival and many other cultural activities and events will be postponed after cases of SARS-CoV-2 virus infection, causing Covid-19 disease, were officially announced on July 25 and 26 in Danang City.

 Social distancing rules applied in Danang from Sunday afternoon

Despite global criticism, Sweden has seen a drop in serious Covid cases without ever having a lockdown.

The 2020 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministers Responsible for Trade Meeting (MRT) took place virtually on July 25, highlighting COVID-19-related issues.

The attempt by the government to rescue Vietnam Airlines with investment capital of VND12 trillion raises a question about the equality between state-owned and private enterprises.

Dinh Viet Thang, head of the Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam, talks about plans to bring more Vietnamese abroad home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam has a great opportunity to receive new FDI, but it has been warned of the ‘the other side of the coin’.

Vietnam has great potential, which will help digital transformation proceed quickly and with fewer risks than many other countries.

The European Union has mobilised a “Team Europe” package of over 800 million EUR (920 million USD) to support ASEAN nation in the fight against COVID-19.