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Taken together with the government’s policy to provide mass quarantine largely free of charge, these data suggest that Vietnamese citizens did not have to worry about costs from Covid-19 tests (formal or informal), associated hospitalization, and centralized quarantine, thereby increasing their willingness to comply with extensive contact tracing and strict quarantine measures. … [Read more...] about Vietnam pushes for medicine self-sufficiency post Covid-19: Fitch Solutions

On January 17, a local woman left Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi for Japan to work. When transiting in Singapore, she had to undergo a Covid-19 test which then showed that she was infected with the virus. According to Vu Duy Dang, chairman of Hung Dao Commune, local authorities identified 17 people who had come into close contact with the woman. The people have been sent to the district’s health centre for quarantine and are waiting for their Covid-19 test results. The whole village has been sterilised. … [Read more...] about Northern village locked down after woman tests positive for Covid-19

Vietnam is sealing its borders to all international arrivals but it still allows entry to skilled workers, experts, diplomats, and Vietnamese repatriates, who are all subject to mandatory quarantine upon arrival. … [Read more...] about Following departure from Vietnam, factory worker tests positive for COVID-19 in Japan

The province government has also stopped allowing workers entering from outside of Vietnam to either enter the province or quarantined there starting Thursday. The decision however doesn’t apply to foreign workers and experts approved by Hai Duong People's Committee to enter and be quarantined in the province before Thursday. … [Read more...] about Hai Duong imposes social distancing, tests 3,000 for Covid-19 following community transmissions

The HCMC Department of Transport said that in recent years, air pollution in the country, especially big cities has been getting worse with the high concentration of air pollutants due to direct emission sources from motor vehicles in general and motorbikes in particular being harmful for human health. Pursuant to the result of the city's research program on exhaust emission test for motorcycle towards pilot control of motorbikes, there were around 7.4 million motorcycles in the city in September 2020, of which the number of over 10- year used motorbikes with emission exceeding current standards accounts for 67.89 percent. As this reason, if motorbike emission is controlled well, the amount of harmful emissions into the environment will significantly reduce and the air quality in the city will be also drastically improved. … [Read more...] about 76 percent people advocate exhaust emission test for motorcycles