Vietnam to halt visa exemption policy for citizens from the EU and the UK
Vietnam is seeking to temporarily halt its visa-free travel policy for citizens from the European Union (EU) and the UK, as a woman returning from Europe became the Southeast Asian country’s first confirmed infection of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in three weeks.
Face masks in public places required for all
As from March 16, 2020, Vietnam requires all Vietnamese citizens and foreigners in Vietnam to wear face masks in public places.
Medical staff: Fearless soldiers in fight against Covid-19
Directly contacting with nCoV patients, physicians and nurses at Emergency Department of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases are under pressure from not only the disease but also their surrounding people.
Hanoi inspects Covid-19 prevention at accommodations
Given the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by novel coronavirus (Covid-19), Hanoi is taking urgent actions to inspect and supervise the prevention and control of the epidemic at accommodations in the city.
Truc Bach Street sterilised after COVID-19 patient discovered
Soldiers of the Chemistry Army and Military Medicine Department under the Ministry of National Defence on March 7 morning sprayed disinfectant to sterilise Tran Vu and Truc Bach streets and surrounding areas in Hanoi’s Ba Dinh district after a COVID-19 case was confirmed a day earlier.
