The 15 other countries where Saudi citizens are barred from traveling are India, Indonesia, Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Afghanistan, Yemen, Somalia, Ethiopia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Libya, Armenia, Belarus, and Venezuela, reported Gulf News . The Saudi government's Directorate General of Passports issued the travel ban on Saturday after it observed a consistent increase in the number of daily Covid-19 cases in the previous weeks. On Saturday, the Saudi Ministry of Health announced 414 new infections of Covid, with the weekly figures seeing a five-fold increase compared to those seen through March and April. More than 9,100 people have died due to Covid in Saudi Arabia. Vietnam has been seeing major drops in Covid infections and hospitalizations. The country recorded 1,319 new local Covid-19 cases on Sunday, down 45 percent from a week earlier. Saudi Arabia lifted most Covid restrictions for arrivals from Vietnam in December last year. … [Read more...] about Saudi Arabia bans citizens from traveling to Vietnam, 15 other countries
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10,000 students and parents join MILO Erun Walking Day 2022 in Khanh Hoa
10,000 students and parents join MILO Erun Walking Day 2022 in Khanh Hoa Themed Fueling the Will for A Dynamic Journey, this year's MILO Erun Walking Day aimed to spread the love for sports and inspire children to form a habit of doing exercise every day. For the first time, the MILO Erun Walking Day was organised in Khanh Hoa by Nestlé MILO in collaboration with the provincial Department of Culture and Sports, the provincial Department of Education and Training, and other local departments. The MILO Erun Walking Day is one of the activities under the Dynamic Vietnam framework led by Nestlé MILO. Since its inception in 2014, the walking day has been organised across several localities in Vietnam including Bac Giang, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, and Can Tho. Over the past seven years, it has inspired over 80,000 children nationwide. This year’s event has received support from both local students and parents in Khanh Hoa province. Nguyen Tuan Thanh, deputy director of the … [Read more...] about 10,000 students and parents join MILO Erun Walking Day 2022 in Khanh Hoa
Sacombank takes part in annual Cashless Day with attractive promotions
Sacombank, Napas and Nextpay sign a memorandum of understanding for deploying financial solutions for small and medium business owners through NAPAS domestic credit cards in HCM City on May 20. — Photo courtesy of Sacombank Sacombank is one of the main sponsors of the annual Cashless Day organised by Tuoi Tre newspaper. It is for the fourth year Sacombank is taking part in the programme organised to raise public awareness of the benefits of non-cash payment and promote the non-cash payment habit in the community. The bank is also offering attractive promotions to customers who use its cashless payment products. For individual customers who do not have a payment account, Sacombank will waive fee until December 31 this year if they register for Combo Plus or Combo 4.0 (excluding SMS service) at the counter. Customers who use Sacombank Pay or mBanking applications to scan QR codes to make payments or book air, train or bus tickets or hotels will receive a refund of up to … [Read more...] about Sacombank takes part in annual Cashless Day with attractive promotions
Retail petrol prices keep rising, set new record
Retail prices of petrol in Vietnam rose by nearly VND700 to more than VND30,000/litre on May 23, setting a new record in the domestic petrol market. Vietnam's petrol prices rise to an all-time high over almost 10 years. Illustrative photo by Dantri The latest price adjustments unveiled by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the Ministry of Finance saw common petrol RON95-III reach VND30,657 per litre, marking a VND669 increase compared to the previous adjustments 12 days ago. Similarly, petrol E5RON92 also rose VND674 to be capped at VND29,633 per litre. Meanwhile, diesel was traded at VND25,553 per litre, representing a decline of VND1,097. The price of kerosene stood at VND24,450 per litre, down nearly VND763, and mazut was also adjusted down by VND962 to VND20,598 per kg. Following the latest price changes, the two ministries decided to stop using the petrol price stabilisation fund to subsidise prices of E5RON92 and RON95. However, they … [Read more...] about Retail petrol prices keep rising, set new record
Việt Nam logs 1,179 new COVID-19 cases, one death on Monday
A technician analyses biological specimens to detect COVID-19 infections in the southern province of Bạc Liêu's Centre for Disease Control. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam registered 1,179 new COVID-19 infections, all domestically transmitted, and one death on Monday. The capital Hà Nội again led the number of new daily cases with 332. The other localities reporting new transmissions were Vĩnh Phúc (75), Quảng Trị (72), Yên Bái (60), Quảng Ninh (56), Tuyên Quang (42), Đà Nẵng (40), Nghệ An (39), Phú Thọ (38), Thái Bình (37), Quảng Bình (37), Hải Dương (36), Thái Nguyên (30), Lào Cai (26), Sơn La (22), Bắc Kạn (19), Hưng Yên (18), Hải Phòng (17), Hà Tĩnh (15), Hòa Bình (15), Quảng Ngãi (14), Cao Bằng (13), Điện Biên (12), Lâm Đồng (11), Hà Giang (11), Hà Nam (9), Thanh Hóa (9), Lạng Sơn (9), HCM City (8 ), Lai Châu (8 ), Khánh Hòa (7), Nam Định (7), Bình Phước (6), Phú Yên (5), Ninh Bình (4), Gia Lai (4), Bắc Giang (3), Bình Định (3), Bình Dương (3), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (3), Thừa … [Read more...] about Việt Nam logs 1,179 new COVID-19 cases, one death on Monday
Just 15 percent of urban wastewater treated
The Government says that daily-life wastewater and wastewater from craft villages and industrial clusters are generated more Today’s report of the Government on environmental protection has just been sent to the National Assembly warning that environmental pollution in some places is at risk of exceeding the tolerance threshold of ecosystems, affecting many aspects of economic life - society, locals’ living conditions, and health condition. Worse, residential areas in rural provinces don’t have a centralized domestic wastewater collection and treatment system which is also one of the reasons why environmental pollution is still complicated. Investment requirements for domestic wastewater treatment are an urgent issue while the country’s capital is limited and socialization policies are not effective. The Government said that daily-life wastewater and wastewater from craft villages and industrial clusters are generated more and more while the collection and treatment … [Read more...] about Just 15 percent of urban wastewater treated
1,179 new COVID-19 cases, one death reported on Monday
The 1,179 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections with 812 in the community, detected in Hà Nội (332), Vĩnh Phúc (75), Quảng Trị (72), Yên Bái (60), Quảng Ninh (56), Tuyên Quang (42), Đà Nẵng (40), Nghệ An (39), Phú Thọ (38), Thái Bình (37), Quảng Bình (37), Hải Dương (36), Thái Nguyên (30), Lào Cai (26), Sơn La (22), Bắc Kạn (19), Hưng Yên (18), Hải Phòng (17), Hà Tĩnh (15), Hòa Bình (15), Quảng Ngãi (14), Cao Bằng (13), Điện Biên (12), Lâm Đồng (11), Hà Giang (11), Hà Nam (9), Thanh Hóa (9), Lạng Sơn (9), Hồ Chí Minh City(8 ), Lai Châu (8 ), Khánh Hòa (7), Nam Định (7), Bình Phước (6), Phú Yên (5), Ninh Bình (4), Gia Lai (4), Bắc Giang (3), Bình Định (3), Bình Dương (3), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (3), Thừa Thiên Huế (2), Tây Ninh (1), and Cần Thơ (1). … [Read more...] about 1,179 new COVID-19 cases, one death reported on Monday
Vietnamese weightlifters set six new records at SEA Games 31
Weightlifter Pham Minh Quang (left) earns Vietnam a SEA Games silver medal in the men's over 89kg on May 22. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese weightlifters have established six new SEA Games records and claimed three gold, four silver and four bronze medals at the region's biggest sport event. On the last day of competition on May 22, Vietnam earned two silvers in the men’s 89kg and over 89kg categories and a bronze in the women’s over 71kg. Pham Thi Hong Thanh set three new records in snatch, clean and jerk, and total lift in the women's 64kg event held a day earlier. Thanh lifted a total of 230kg – 104kg in snatch, and 126kg in clean and jerk, 6kg and 2kg higher than the old records, respectively. Her total lifting was far higher than the previous SEA Games record of 214 kg. Despite an injury, Hoang Thi Duyen, from Giay ethnic minority group, managed to break two SEA Games records in snatch and total lift in the women’s 59kg category. Meanwhile, Lai Gia … [Read more...] about Vietnamese weightlifters set six new records at SEA Games 31
New production from Qualcomm powered by the Snapdragon
The cord-free reference design helps OEMs and ODMs more seamlessly and cost-efficiently prototype and bring to market lightweight, premium AR glasses to enable immersive experiences that unlock the metaverse. The purpose-built, premium Snapdragon XR2 Platform now packs powerful performance into a slim, smaller AR glass form factor. The AR reference design hardware, developed by Goertek, has a 40% thinner profile and a more ergonomically balanced weight distribution 3 for increased comfort. SeeYA provides the dual micro-OLED binocular display enabling 1920 x 1080 per eye and frame rates up to 90Hz and a no-motion-blur feature to deliver a seamless AR experience. Dual monochrome cameras and one RGB camera on the smart viewer enable six-degrees of freedom (6DoF) head tracking and hand tracking with gesture recognition to achieve AR precision. Also, taking a system-level approach, the reference design enables a wireless split processing architecture to distribute computing workloads … [Read more...] about New production from Qualcomm powered by the Snapdragon
Flights from South Korea to Vietnam’s tourist hotspots resume
On Friday, the carrier flew 40 passengers from Cam Ranh International Airport near Nha Trang beach town to South Korea's Incheon International Airport, marking the resumption of the service after over two years of Covid suspension. The same day, 160 passengers flying from Incheon also landed at Cam Ranh. Vietjet said there will be three weekly flights on the route on Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. On Saturday, it also resumed the service between Phu Quoc Island and Seoul with five flights a week. It plans to restart its Hai Phong-Seoul service from Thursday with three weekly flights. South Korea will resume issuance of three-month visas and e-visas to Vietnamese tourists from June 1 after over two years of suspension due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Vietnam reopened international tourism with quarantine-free entry from March 15 and resumed 15-day visa exemption policy for tourists from South Korea, the second largest market of Vietnam’s tourism before the pandemic. … [Read more...] about Flights from South Korea to Vietnam’s tourist hotspots resume