ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat opens, adopts declaration on fighting COVID-19

The ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (ADMM Retreat) officially opened in Hà Nội on Wednesday morning, under the chair of Vietnamese Defence Minister Ngô Xuân Lịch.

YOLA pioneers in offering online classes to help students ensure academic progress in the midst of the coronavirus epidemic

Seventeen years after the SARS pandemic, the world is now facing a potential new pandemic caused by a new strain of coronavirus. The number of infections is increasing not only in China but in many countries around the world. How will this affect the Vietnamese market? Facing such a complication, what measures do we need to take to respond to the outbreak to curb any drastic changes made in our everyday life?

Coronavirus Impact: People Matters TechHR Singapore postponed to September 2020 Coronavirus Impact: People Matters TechHR Singapore postponed to September 2020

Niger stampede kills 20 at handout for refugees Fifteen women and five children were trampled to death on Monday in a stampede for food and money for refugees in southeast Niger, a regional governor said.

Coronavirus patients responding to treatment: health ministry

No new cases of the coronavirus outbreak in Việt Nam had been reported in recent days, and infected patients were responding well to treatment, a national steering committee set up to deal with the outbreak announced on Monday.

Medical equipment manufacturers fined Authorities have fined 30 medical equipment manufacturers nearly VNĐ65 million (US$2,800) for violating sales regulations for medical supplies used to fight the novel coronoavirus disease (COVID-19).

Pentagon shifts $3.8 bn more to Mexico border wall The US Defense Department said on Thursday it is shifting another $3.8 billion towards paying for a wall on the US-Mexico border as President Donald Trump extended his "national emergency" declaration over unlawful migration for another year.

Central hydropower plants' reservoirs lack water

Many hydropower plant reservoirs in the central region are facing water shortages, impacting electricity generation and water reserves for the ongoing dry season from February until July.

Epidemic of rumours breaks out amid COVID-19 crisis

While the Vietnamese Government has taken measures to control the spread of the virus and doctors and nurses are working around the clock in quarantined areas, online fake news and rumours have been raising fear in society, harming community’s health and distorting public understanding.

Blood banks getting restocked after the critical shortage

In the time of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, now officially named as COVID-19, call for blood donation has been heard nationwide as hospitals are exposed to severe blood shortage.