Bed shortages in hospitals

Prof. Coloe said that with the university’s efforts and significant support from both Vietnam and Australia, a charter flight was conducted on September 6 from Melbourne to Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province on September 6. On board the flight were a total of 270 teachers and students from RMIT who were travelling back to the country. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese schools face shortage of foreign teachers

HCM CITY — The Việt Nam Red Cross Society’s HCM City chapter on January 23 began the Lễ Hội Xuân Hồng (Red Spring) blood donation campaign as part of its annual efforts to mitigate the blood shortage during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday. … [Read more...] about HCM City Red Cross begins blood donation campaign

CEO David Hanson adjusts a face of a humanoid robot at Hanson Robotics' lab in Hong Kong, China January 12, 2021. Photo: Reuters Products from other big players in the industry are helping fight the pandemic as well. SoftBank Robotics’ Pepper robot was deployed to detect people who weren’t wearing masks. In China, robotics company CloudMinds helped set up a robot-run field hospital during the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan. … [Read more...] about Makers of Sophia the robot plan mass rollout amid pandemic

In 2020, it has participated in numerous charity activities such as offering free transportation for relief goods and donating 10,000 VND (approximately 44 US cents) per ticket sold to assist flood-affected people in central region.   Vietjet also organized “A cosy Tet for you” programme to support children of ethnic minorities or delivered more than 2.5 million medical masks to the citizens of the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the United States./.  … [Read more...] about Vietjet’s programme gives minorities in Lao Cai warmer Tet

The otherwise busy Ta Hien Street in Hanoi became quiet in March last year, when a nationwide lockdown order was imposed. — VNS Photo As of January 22, the country has seen a total of 1,548 cases with just 35 proving fatal, while 1,411 have recovered. The country has undergone 52 days without a case of COVID-19 community transmission. … [Read more...] about Looking back on one year fighting COVID-19 in Vietnam