Vietnam covid 19

People wear masks in Laos (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao Ministry of Health has urged people to continue complying with COVID-19 prevention and control measures, even though there are very few cases reported daily. According to Phonepaseuth Ounaphom , director general of the ministry’s Department of Hygiene and Health Promotion, this decline do not mean that the virus has disappeared and that all measures relating to COVID-19 prevention and control should continue to be practiced. Infections are also on the wane because more people have immunity to the virus after being vaccinated. As of October 3, 215,880 COVID-19 cases have been recorded in Laos and 665 people have died from the virus. The rate of people injected with the first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have so far reached 80.9% and 71.1%./. VNA … [Read more...] about Laos calls on public to continue complying with COVID-19 control measures

Illustrative image (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The national COVID-19 caseload rose to 11,482,334 with 1,020 new case s recorded on October 4, according to the Ministry of Health. With 805 patients given the all clear during the day, the number of recoveries rose to 10,593,986. Meanwhile, there are 57 patients needing breathing support. Two deaths from COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours. The total fatalities rose to 43,151. On October 3, an additional 18,113 doses of vaccines were administered, raising the total number of doses of COVID-19 vaccines injected to 260,228,227./. VNA … [Read more...] about 1,020 new COVID-19 cases recorded on October 4

There is a lot of room for Vietnam and India to develop trade cooperation, and the most important thing is enhancing connectivity , especially infrastructure connectivity, via both land and maritime corridors. (Illustrative image. Photo: VNA) Hanoi Oct. 6 (VNA) - Vietnam and India should further strengthen connectivity to record more robust growth in bilateral trade, which is expected to hit 15 billion USD this year and surpass the record the two countries set in 2021, Indian analysts have said. Data from the General Department of Vietnam Customs shows that two-way trade between Vietnam and India surged to over 13 billion USD in 2021 from about 200 million USD in 2000. This has been a significant outcome, especially given major disruptions to supply chains during the COVID-19 pandemic. It is yet to match potential, however, Indian analysts believe. “There is a lot of room for Vietnam and India to develop trade cooperation, and the most important thing is enhancing … [Read more...] about Strengthening connectivity key to boosting Vietnam-India trade: Analysts ​

The General Statistics Office (GSO) last week reported that after growing 5.03 per cent in Q1 2022, the Vietnamese economy bounced back to 7.72 per cent in Q2, and 13.67 per cent in Q3. Vietnam impressing with GDP growth - illustration photo In the first nine months of this year, it grew 8.83 per cent against the 1.42 per cent in the same period last year and only 2.12 per cent in that of 2020, representing the biggest 5-month increase in a decade. The agro-forestry-fishery expanded 2.99 per cent on-year, while the rates of the industry and construction sector and the service sector were 9.44 and 10.57 per cent, respectively. “The 9-month economic situation has flourished in almost all sectors. The economy’s production and business activities in Q3 have strongly grown on-year,” said GSO general director Nguyen Thi Huong. “Many sectors have bounced back strongly, especially industrial production, making it more favourable for the economy to reach the desired growth … [Read more...] about Vietnam impressing with GDP growth

The LienVietPostBank Women's Volleyball Tournament 2022 is going to be held in Bac Ninh Province, northern Vietnam, with the participation of the top eight women's volleyball teams in the country, after being suspended for two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament is organized annually by the Vietnam Volleyball Federation in cooperation with the Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Bac Ninh Province, but it bears the name of LienVietPostBank for sponsorship reasons. The tourney will take place from October 15 to October 22 at the Bac Ninh Gymnasium. The Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism of Bac Ninh has announced that spectators will be allowed to attend the tournament for free in order to support the competing teams. The championship will be contested by eight of the country's top teams, including LienVietPostBank, Ha Phu Thanh Hoa, Hoa Chat Duc Giang Hanoi, Kinh Bac Bac Ninh, Ninh Binh Doveco, Than Quang Ninh, VietinBank, and VTV Binh Dien … [Read more...] about Vietnam to organize women’s volleyball tournament after two-year hiatus

Doctors at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Hanoi said on Wednesday that they had successfully nurtured newborn twins born preterm at 25 weeks' gestation and weighing barely 500 grams each. Le Minh Trac, director of the neonatal care center at the National Hospital of Obstetrics and Gynecology, said that this was the first time the hospital had managed to nurture preterm twins born at 25 weeks' gestation and discharged them after four months of treatment. “To assess whether the infants' intestines were receptive, doctors gave the two babies 16 meals of milk with one milliliter each over the first two weeks," Trac said. “In the following weeks, the babies consumed six milliliters per meal, gradually increasing to twenty milliliters apiece.” As of Wednesday, the twins weighed 3.4 and 3.6 kilograms, which equates to a gestational age of 41 weeks. Trac added that the twins have avoided all preterm birth complications, including retinal complications, … [Read more...] about Vietnam doctors save twin infants following preterm birth at week 25