A woman uses a laptop in her office in this file photo. The Asia America Gateway (AAG), an undersea cable system, has encountered a problem - PHOTO: TL HCMC - The Asia America Gateway (AAG), an undersea cable system, has encountered a problem, affecting Vietnam’s international internet traffic, which is the first submarine cable incident in the country this year. … [Read more...] about Undersea cable incident slows Internet traffic
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Nationwide social distancing, not lockdown: minister
A medical worker checks the body temperature of travelers at the HCMC Train Station - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - The prime minister’s order on nationwide social distancing for 15 days, starting on April 1, to prevent the spread of the coronavirus does not mean an all-out ban on travel and trade, stated Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung. … [Read more...] about Nationwide social distancing, not lockdown: minister
Ride-hailing motorbike services halted in Hanoi
A GrabBike driver gives a helmet to a customer. Ride-hailing firms Grab and GoViet on April 2 suspended their ride-hailing motorbike services in Hanoi City for two weeks – PHOTO: GRAB HCMC - Ride-hailing firms Grab and GoViet on April 2 suspended their ride-hailing motorbike services in Hanoi City for two weeks to fight the spread of Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus. … [Read more...] about Ride-hailing motorbike services halted in Hanoi
Six more Covid-19 cases reported
Covid-19 recovered patients leave the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases. Vietnam's coronavirus infections have reached 233 on Friday morning, April 3, 2020 - PHOTO: VNA HCMC - Five people returning to Vietnam from abroad and one woman linked to Hanoi’s Bach Mai Hospital have been confirmed as Vietnam’s six new Covid-19 cases this morning, taking its tally to 233, according to the Health Ministry. … [Read more...] about Six more Covid-19 cases reported
“Patient zero” of some Covid-19 flash points remains unidentified
The back gate of Bach Mai Hospital, a “super spreader” of the coronavirus, has been closed. The patient zero of this flash point for coronavirus spread has not been identified - PHOTO: VNA HCMC – Several new flash points in the spread of the coronavirus in Vietnam cannot identify “patient zero,” the first case to be infected with the virus and spread it to others. … [Read more...] about “Patient zero” of some Covid-19 flash points remains unidentified
