Citi and Citi Foundation Reach Over US$100 Million in Commitments for COVID-19 Community Relief and Economic Recovery Efforts Citi and Citi Foundation Reach Over US$100 Million in Commitments for COVID-19 Community Relief and Economic Recovery Efforts

Aviva donates funds to Red Cross for COVID-19 recovery

An international savings, retirement and insurance business, the Aviva Group, has donated over VNĐ1.4 billion (US$60,000) to the Việt Nam Red Cross Society to support an initiative to help people recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House US President Donald Trump will prolong a ban on US employment permits to year-end and broaden it to include H-1B visas used widely in the tech industry, the White House said Monday.

Hội An tourism industry to restructure for post-COVID-19 age Having benefited from heritage-based tourism over the past two decades, the ancient town of Hội An – a UNESCO-recognised world heritage site – should dramatically make its tourism products more ‘green’ and sustainable on the basis of nature and culture in creating unique value and attractions for tourists in the future.

Opening Opportunities For Malaysian Workers: Melewar Learning Resources Launches Employability Programme Opening Opportunities For Malaysian Workers: Melewar Learning Resources Launches Employability Programme

Local workers wait for tourism activities to resume

The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to draft plans on national tourism promotion and resumption of tourism from countries that have controlled the epidemic.

Pregnant women cared for in quarantine

The 229 pregnant women are among 343 Vietnamese repatriated from Taiwan (China) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 29.

Vietnamese from Australia, New Zealand fly home

The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is operating the flight, repatriating 243 Vietnamese stranded in Australia and another 100 stranded in New Zealand.

Europe moves ahead with lockdown easing, but caution in Asia Several European countries including France and Britain on Thursday moved to further lift crippling coronavirus lockdown measures, but fresh restrictions in parts of Asia signalled the crisis is far from over.

Pre-school teachers face hurdles in accessing financial support Many pre-school teachers in HCM City’s private schools have found themselves ineligible for the support package the city has allocated to help those hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic.