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On March 27, "patient 224" was sent to a quarantine camp in Hoc Mon District as the city tracked down anyone that had attended the Buddha Bar party and people who had come into contact with them. After the test came positive, he was transferred to the city’s field hospital in Cu Chi District. … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s Covid-19 cases rise by five to 227

Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Center under the Ministry of Health, said there is still no clue as to who the source was that first introduced Covid-19, the respiratory illness caused by the novel coronavirus, to Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi. … [Read more...] about Vietnam losing track of Covid-19 transmission: expert

Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (VIETRADE) and 20 domestic producers have recently attended an online international trade fair hosted by China to promote products for COVID-19 prevention and treatment. The event was organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade in Sichuan (CCPIT Sichuan) on the online communication and collaboration platform Dingtalk. It gathered various manufacturers from China, Vietnam, Canada, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Uzbekistan and more. The participating Vietnamese companies were looking for materials, equipment and machines for production of medical supplies for the disease’s prevention and control. About 40 deals were signed between the Vietnamese and Chinese firms during the event. The VIETRADE is cooperating with relevant organizations to schedule more online trade fairs with China in a wide range of areas in the coming time./. … [Read more...] about Vietnam joins online int’l trade fair of medical products

The Immigration Department will return the result five working days after a valid application is successfully submitted. This policy is effective from March 30 to April 30. Those who overstay their temporary residence permit for less than 10 days due to force majeure will be exempt from fine./. … [Read more...] about Temporary residence extended for foreigners unable to exit due to COVID-19

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed a decision on a piloting scheme which requires domestic workers to make deposits before departing to work in the Republic of Korea. Accordingly, Vietnamese guest workers to be working in the RoK under the Employment Permit System (EPS) programme will be required to make a pre-departure deposit worth 100 million VND (4,239 USD) to guarantee their return to Vietnam after their job contracts expire. The new policy forms part of measures to prevent Vietnamese migrant workers from overstaying their contracts in the RoK. The workers must pay the deposit at the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) within 35 days after they sign the contract for employment in the RoK. Prospective workers can take out a loan of up to 100 million VND from the VPSP to make the deposit without loan security. The deposit will be refunded to the workers upon the liquidation of the contract. The policy will be effective from May 15 this year … [Read more...] about Workers to be required to pay deposit in order to work in RoK