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China has confirmed human-to-human transmission in the outbreak of a new SARS-like virus as the number of cases soared and authorities Tuesday said a fourth person had died. The news came as the World Health Organization said it would consider declaring an international public health emergency over the outbreak. The coronavirus, which has spread to three other Asian countries and infected more than 200 people in China, has caused alarm because of its genetic similarities to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. The discovery of human-to-human transmission comes as hundreds of millions of people are criss-crossing the country in packed trains, buses and planes this week to celebrate the Lunar New Year with relatives. Health authorities in the central city of Wuhan, where a seafood market has been identified as the centre of the outbreak, said Tuesday that an 89-year-old man became the fourth person … [Read more...] about China says virus spreading between humans as WHO set to meet

"Watching the news, I do feel a little worried. But I haven't taken precautionary measures beyond wearing regular masks," said Li Yang, a 28-year-old account manager who was heading home to the northern region of Inner Mongolia for the Lunar New Year. … [Read more...] about WHO emergency group to meet on spreading China virus

Sydney (VNA) – The largest ever Lunar New Year festival will be held in Sydney city, New South Wales state of Australia, from January 25 to February 11, with exciting music performances and fairs planned for most popular tourist attractions and well-known squares. Speaking at a ceremony on January 21 to announce the festival’s programme, Councilor of Sydney city Robert Kok said as a multicultural community with people coming from China, the Republic of Korea and Vietnam, Sydney wants to bring all communities closer to welcome a New Year. He said the 2019 festival drew nearly 1.5 million visitors, raking in 28.56 million USD, contributing to promoting tourism and increasing revenue for the local economy. This year, over 1 million visitors across the world are expected to flock to Sydney to enjoy the largest annual celebration in Asia, he added. Artist Valerie Khoo, curator of the festival, said over 100 events will be organised across the city such as community … [Read more...] about Largest-ever Lunar New Year festival to be held in Sydney

Born in 2001 in Hung Yen Province, Nguyet started her sporting career as a basketball player and started playing for Hanoi in 2016. However, after seven months, her coaches saw Nguyet was more suited to archery and she was advised to move to the new sport in early 2017. … [Read more...] about Archers Nguyet, Vu to make Vietnam Olympic dream come true

The first task is to develop policies and legal documents. We hope, in the year 2020, we will release a master law to replace many other laws and a decree to replace many other decrees. We hope in the next six months, all important legal documents relating to the transport sector, including the revision of Decree-45/2016 on penalties in cases of violations of road and rail transportation laws. We’ll also make public a new decree on the business and transport business conditions for vehicles to replace the current decree. We’re confident, with the fast development of science and technology and co-operation between agencies, including the Ministry of Public Security, local governments, enterprises and particularly drivers, we’ll be able to achieve a major breakthrough in transportation and establish law and order in the transport sector. … [Read more...] about Many break-throughs are to happen in the transport sector