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Even shop owners, who sell goods to earn their living, have been found cursing at customers when livestreaming. Pham Van T sells goods though livestreaming Appearing in Vietnam in late 2018, selling goods through live streaming has become popular in Vietnam. Pham Van T, or Norin Pham, born in 1996 in Quang Ninh province, is a ‘famous’ student at a university in Hanoi. But he is not ‘famous’ for his learning achievements, but for curses. T’s Norin Pham account now has 22,400 followers and can get thousands of likes and comments. He is well known to the netizen community for his livestreams with millions of views and curses. His record clip has 1.3 million viewers and the number of viewers watching at one time might reach tens of thousands. In real time, in families and schools, in society and at work, any curse would face criticism from other people. However, profanity may be encouraged in cyberspace. If searching on Google with the keyword ‘livestream ban hang chui’ … [Read more...] about Cyber trash: livestreamers swear at customers while selling goods

A hospital in downtown Ho Chi Minh City has found five COVID-19 infections during its recent screening of outpatients. Five of the hospital's outpatients tested positive for the virus on Tuesday after they underwent COVID-19 screening on Monday at Saigon General Hospital, located in District 1 They were then transferred to Cu Chi Field Hospital in the city’s Cu Chi District for treatment, according to Dr. Nguyen Khac Vui, deputy director of the Saigon General Hospital. All these patients, aged 23 to 59, went to the hospital for examination after having typical COVID-19 symptoms such as a fever, a sore throat, dry cough, phlegm cough, and loss of taste on Monday. They were isolated from the very beginning in the hospital’s quarantine area for screening and had their samples taken for testing, said Dr. Vui. The five patients include three from District 1, one from District 7, and the other from Binh Thanh District. The hospital has temporarily suspended its outpatient … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City hospital detects five COVID-19 cases

On the way to the hospital after going into labor, a pregnant woman was run over by a concrete mixing transport truck in Vietnam, causing the fetus to be squeezed out of her womb seven years ago. The tiny unborn baby survived the crash and has grown into a healthy and happy one-legged boy. It happened on October 25, 2014 in Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province, located in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. The husband was driving his wife on a motorbike. The wife died on site. The fetus came out with one leg lost, so did his father. Following a deep coma, a limb removal operation, the lack of his mother’s milk and warmth, the baby still beat all the odds. The tin soldier Despite his tragic birth, Nguyen Quoc Huy has braved the ordeal of having one leg and leads a happy life with his father. “My job is simply to see him smile each day,” said Nguyen Van Nam, his 39-year-old father, who lives in Cho Moi District, An Giang, which is considered a 'rice bowl' in the Mekong … [Read more...] about In Vietnam, child thrown out of mother’s womb in tragic accident grows happily

A woman from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta has passed away after being diagnosed with COVID-19 about a week earlier. The case was recorded in My Tho City, Tien Giang Province, Tran Thanh Thao, director of the provincial Department of Health confirmed on Tuesday morning. The 61-year-old patient, coded No. 11,793, tested positive for the novel coronavirus on June 15 and was confirmed by the Ministry of Health on June 17. She was treated at Long Dinh COVID-19 treatment hospital in Tien Giang. The patient had a history of type-2 diabetes and hypertension. On Monday morning, the woman had such symptoms as coughing, fatigue, and difficulty breathing so she was transferred to the Tien Giang Field Hospital for Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases as her condition worsened. Doctors diagnosed her with respiratory failure, COVID-19, type-2 diabetes, and high blood pressure. Despite their efforts, the patient died later the same day. She will be cremated in accordance with Ministry of Health … [Read more...] about Vietnamese woman dies one week after being diagnosed with COVID-19

The Ministry of Science and Technology has mobilized and provided support for people and businesses to deliver products that contribute a great deal to the country’s successes against the pandemic. The first Vietnam-made Covid-19 vaccine will be tested on eligible volunteers on December 17, Hanoitimes reported. About 150 students from medical and pharmaceutical universities in Hanoi have volunteered to join in a trial for Vietnam-made vaccine of Covid-19. This is one of successful achievements of Vietnamese scientists after the Ministry of Science and Technology mobilized the country’s leading experts, scientists, and enterprises to carry out urgent technological tasks to respond to the pandemic. Vietnamese-made SARS-CoV-2 test kits, manufactured by Military Medical Academy and Viet A Corporation. Photo Vietnam News Agency/Duong Giang In May, they sucessfully manufactured Vietnamese-made SARS-CoV-2 diagnostic test kits, cultivate and successfully … [Read more...] about Vietnam made technological strides to fight against COVID-19 pandemic