During the first year of serving as a non-permanent member of the UNSC for the 2020-2021 tenure, Vietnam made a number of hallmarks such as pushing forward the UNSC’s adoption of the Presidential Declaration on the compliance with the UN Charter, organising the ASEAN-UN dialogue, and especially proposing and promoting the UN General Assembly’s Resolution on designating December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness for the first time. … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS JANUARY 20
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People urged to continue pandemic prevention to ensure peaceful Tet
Hanoi (VNA) - The COVID-19 pandemic has been well controlled in Vietnam, but risks of an outbreak are still present, especially with the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday approaching, leading experts to warn that people need to strictly abide by preventive regulations. Associate professor Tran Dac Phu, senior advisor to the Vietnam Emergency Operations Centre, told Ha Noi Moi (New Hanoi) newspaper that the current risk of infection was mainly due to a lack of strict control of entry and lax quarantining. Each ministry, branch and locality must continue to seriously implement pandemic prevention and control measures, he said, adding that along with the strict control and prevention of illegal entry, local authorities and police need to closely monitor border areas, especially land borders. Along calling on provincial and municipal health departments to strictly implement COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control measures, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long urged … [Read more...] about People urged to continue pandemic prevention to ensure peaceful Tet
HCMC to change water source for piped supply to residents
The city draws some 94 percent of the water it uses for treatment at a spot downstream of where the Saigon meets the Dong Nai River, the Hoa Phu pumping station in its Cu Chi District, and at Hoa An in Dong Nai Province. … [Read more...] about HCMC to change water source for piped supply to residents
90 kg of drugs from Cambodia seized in Mekong Delta
Those convicted of possessing or smuggling more than 600 grams of heroin or more than 2.5 kilograms of methamphetamine face the death penalty in Vietnam. The production or sale of 100 grams of heroin or 300 grams of other illegal narcotics is similarly punishable. … [Read more...] about 90 kg of drugs from Cambodia seized in Mekong Delta
Chinese man sentenced 18 months in prison due to illegal entry into Vietnam
In September, 2019, Wang Qing Lin illegally entered Vietnam to work. One month later, Lin was fined VND4 million (USD173.91) for not completing the necessary entry procedures as required. After returning to China, Wang Qing Lin was told by a man named Xiao Hua to join the online visual stock market. Being promised to receive the monthly payment of CNY5,000, Lin agreed with the deal. On November 9, 2019, Wang Qing Lin illegally entered Vietnam again by road through an unidentified man. After re-entering Vietnam, Wang Qing Lin was taken to the central city of Danang by a Vietnamese person who has not yet been identified. In Danang City, with the support of Nguyen Thi Yen, 26 and Le Thi Toan, 38, Wang Qing Lin stayed in different areas in the city. During the stay in Danang, Wang Qing Lin used his mobile phones, iPads and laptops to operate an illegal visual stock website in China. On August 15, 2020, Wang Qing Lin and two other Chinese residents namely Li Jin Xi and Su Jin Shu were found … [Read more...] about Chinese man sentenced 18 months in prison due to illegal entry into Vietnam