Vietnamese lunar new year 2018

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese carriers saw significant drops in the number of passengers in February due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to statistics from the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), Vietnamese carriers transported a total 3.7 million passengers in February, representing a drop of 13.7 percent against the same month of 2019. The number of international passengers saw a drop of 39.5 percent to just 870,000, while domestic passengers slightly decreased by 0.7 percent to 2.8 million. With regards to the Chinese market, three Vietnamese carriers – Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet and Jetstar Pacific – and Chinese carriers had to cancel 80 flights between the two countries per day. Vietnam Airlines reported that it had to cancel 1,000 flights to/from China in February and the damage was estimated at around 250 billion VND (10.7 million USD) each week, adding that it was facing with a lot of difficulties due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The airline saw severe … [Read more...] about Vietnamese carriers’ passenger figures suffer from COVID-19 outbreak

Vietnam’s Cybersecurity Law, which took effect earlier last year, bans internet users from humiliating and seriously offending the honor, prestige and dignity of other people or posting false and untruthful information that damages the legal rights and interests of organizations and individuals. … [Read more...] about Microsoft survey finds Vietnamese among least civil online

Trinh Van Ngu from the SoonChunHyang Institute of Medi-Bio Science in Cheonan City told Tuoi Tre News the Shincheonji Church of Jesus has been reported in Korean media as a secretive sect whose members believe they can be healed by faith of illnesses. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese detail lives in S.Korea, Japan during COVID-19 epidemic

"I think it is safer to go out than it used to be. We cannot halt hanging out for too long," said Nguyen Quang Thinh, a student at a District 10 university. He explained his friends were too bored while the university remains closed, forcing them go out for a drink on a Monday night. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese drop their guard as coronavirus maintains onslaught

As decided by the city’s chairman Tuesday, Hai Phong Port, the biggest in the north and second biggest in Vietnam after Saigon Port in Ho Chi Minh City, will have all ships arriving from South Korea quarantined at Dau Islet, already operating as a mooring bay. … [Read more...] about Major Vietnamese port to quarantine South Korean ships