Corona viral - Episode 3

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Welcome back to CORONA-VIRAL, our new video series on the light-hearted aspects of COVID-19!

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Hà Giang Loop motorbike tours face tightened management following British teenager's deadly accident

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Samsung rolls out SIC 2026 programme to train 2,200 tech students

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Forum discusses targeted therapy and immunotherapy in the treatment of lung cancer

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HCM City clears trees for Metro Line 2 works

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National Employment Exchange goes live, linking 53 million workers

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HCM City ready to provide mass health checkups for over 15 million residents

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How to fill in health declaration forms

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Đà Nẵng, Quảng Nam ask for urgent action on COVID-19

The central city has asked the Ministry of Health for permission to report new COVID-19 cases so it can respond more quickly to the pandemic.

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Health sector calls on community to donate blood

The health sector has called on medical staff and the community to donate blood at the Lễ hội Xuân hồng (Red Spring) blood donation festival at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health in Hà Nội on Thursday.

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A talk with the first Vietnamese woman appointed WHO's division director

Trần Thị Giáng Hương, Director of the Department of International Co-operation under the Ministry of Health was appointed the Director of the World Health Organisation’s Division of Programmes for Disease Control last year. She talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper about her new role at an international body.

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Phone scams on the rise: Hà Nội Police

Hà Nội Police on Wednesday warned of increasing phone scams in which scammers pretend to be policemen or post office staff to defraud people.

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Appellate court upholds verdict, orders Grab to pay compensation to Vinasun

The HCM City Appeals Court on Tuesday (10 March 2020) upheld a December 2018 verdict by a city court ordering Singaporean ride-hailing Grab to pay compensation of VNĐ4.8 billion (US$207,000) to taxi firm Vinasun.

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Australia, Việt Nam co-research roles of tech toward GDP

The Australian Government has announced help for Việt Nam to assess the contribution of technology to GDP growth via the Aus4Innovation programme.

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

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

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No Italian immigration stamp found in 17th COVID-19 patient’s passports

Immigration officials at Nội Bài International Airport found no Italian immigration stamp in the passports of Viet Nam’s 17th COVID-19 patient, who allegedly did not report her travel to Italy – a high-risk area – so she could avoid concentrated quarantine.