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From Vietnam News HÀ TĨNH — Now the waters have started to recede in flood-hit Cẩm Duệ Commune in central province of Hà Tĩnh’s Cẩm Xuyên District, local residents have set up a collective clean-up group. Memories of the historic floods will soon fade but one story that will remain in the community is that of the brave actions of Lê Văn Thành and three other young men. Residents have hailed the young men as heroes because together they saved more than 300 people from drowning. It was 5pm on October 18 and Thành was fishing near his house when he noticed the water was rising rapidly, he recalled. He rushed home to move his family to higher ground as wat…

Many of us who spend most of our visits in Bangkok probably know more than a few Vietnam guys from the province of Ha Tinh. Here's an update about the unusually heavy monsoon rains hitting the region. From the Vietnam News HÀ TĨNH — Local authorities of central Hà Tĩnh Province plan to evacuate more than 45,000 residents living downstream of Kẻ Gỗ Reservoir as the water level is rising. Reservoir levels have been almost a metre higher than normal due to prolonged torrential rain. While facing water flow from the upstream, Kẻ Gỗ Reservoir has released water at 900 cu.m per second on Monday morning. According to the provincial Steering Committ…

From Vietnam News HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội will allow bars, karaoke parlours and discos to reopen from tonight after the city has gone four weeks without new local COVID-19 cases. Ngô Văn Quý, Vice Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee, announced the decision during a meeting on Tuesday, adding that the entertainment venues – shut since August 1 as the city battled a new wave of cases related to Đà Nẵng outbreak – must still comply with COVID-19 prevention and control regulations. The staff of the venues must wear masks the entire time they work, while customers must fulfil basic hygiene and hand sanitation requirements, Quý said. He also agreed with the propos…

On my first visit to Bangkok 18 years ago, I recall regularly seeing a handicapped young man on upper Silom rd. He had no legs below the knees and no hands on either arm. He propelled himself on a roller board of the type mechanics use to work under cars. I'd put a 20-baht note in his cup and and we eventually managed to exchange a few words. He was strikingly handsome and had an infectious smile. I also saw him a few times on Saturdays when I visited Chatuchak Market. After my third trip I no longer ran into him but I still frequently think of him when I walk along that portion of Silom that is now a construction site where Robinson's used to be. When I spotted thew foll…

From The Thaiger Vietnam is gearing up for international flights and some trips are planned to start as early as this month. The country’s Civil Aviation Authority says they’re set to start international flights on September 15 after being put on pause for the past 5 months. The authority’s director says travellers will need to quarantine for 14 days upon entering Vietnam. Japan and South Korea are first on the list. Vietnam has 4 trips per week planned for each route. The plan is still being discussed with the transport ministry along with the ministries of foreign affairs, defence, health and labour. Vietnam is gearing up for internation…

From Vietnam.net Bars, club, and cinemas have been suspended in Hanoi, Thua Thien-Hue and Dak Lak provinces for virus prevention after Danang outbreak. Ngo Van Quy, vice chairman of Hanoi People's Committee, said the risk in Hanoi was still low. The city authorities are searching for people that have made contact with the two new patients who returned from Danang. In the meantime, Hanoi authorities will suspend religious, cultural and sports events with large crowds. Online meetings are encouraged. Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung also asked to suspend bars and fairs from July 29. The people's committees in Thua Thien-Hue and Dak Lak provinces issued an …

From South China Morning Post Life under lockdown: tourist street in Vietnam hit hard by shutdown to stop Covid-19 Vietnam has been praised by international health experts for implementing one of the world’s best-organised epidemic control measures amid the Covid-19 pandemic. On March 31, 2020, the Vietnam government ordered a nationwide lockdown to stop the spread of the coronavirus, and as of the end of June the country had reported just over 300 infections and zero deaths. But the measures have taken a toll on the tourism and hospitality industry. Bui Vien Street in Ho Chi Minh City is filled with restaurants, bars and clubs that normally cater to foreign tour…

From Viet Nam News HCM City Party chief calls for announcing ‘end’ of Việt Nam pandemic, reviving economy HCM CITY — Việt Nam should announce “the end” of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country and “develop a roadmap to gradually resume trade relations with 17 partners,” HCM City Party Committee secretary Nguyễn Thiện Nhân has said. Speaking on Monday at a National Assembly meeting in Hà Nội on the socio-economic situation in the first half, he said Việt Nam has been able to contain the outbreak without any community infection for two months. “The rate of people infected per million in Việt Nam is very low, only 3.4. No more than one person per million (t…

From CNN How Vietnam managed to keep its coronavirus death toll at zero (CNN)When the world looked to Asia for successful examples in handling the novel coronavirus outbreak, much attention and plaudits were paid to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But there's one overlooked success story -- Vietnam. The country of 97 million people has not reported a single coronavirus-related death and on Saturday had just 328 confirmed cases, despite its long border with China and the millions of Chinese visitors it receives each year. This is all the more remarkable considering Vietnam is a low-middle income country with a much less-advanced healthcare s…

From Viet Nam News Việt Nam approves a list of countries applicable for e-visa HÀ NỘI — From the beginning of July, residents from a number of countries worldwide will be allowed to enter Việt Nam using e-visas. Government also revealed a list of border gates and airports that will accept electronic entry. Eighty countries that will benefit include Austria, Poland, Portugal, UAE, Germany, India, the Republic of Korea, Japan, US, Italy, Poland, France, China, Russia and the UK. Eight airports that will accept e-visas are Nội Bài, Tân Sơn Nhất, Cam Ranh, Đà Nẵng, Cát Bi, Cần Thơ, Phú Quốc and Phú Bài. Việt Nam started a two-year e-visa pil…

The Department of Immigration is shutting offices for the foreseeable future, but foreigners needing visa renewals should not be overly concerned. Hanoi (VNA) - The Department of Immigration is shutting offices for the foreseeable future, but foreigners needing visa renewals should not be overly concerned. As the nation ‘stays at home’ to avoid the spread of COVID-19, the department office will close from April 2 until further notice, according to a source from the department. However, if a visa belonging to any foreigner staying in Vietnam right now expires while their offices are closed, the holder will not be penalised. Instead, visas can be renewe…

From Bangkok Post HANOI: Vietnam will not consider applications for new airlines as it looks to prioritise the recovery of its aviation sector after the impact of the novel coronavirus, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said on Wednesday. Vietnam's aviation market has seen double-digit annual growth over the past decade but due to the pandemic, the number of arrivals this year is expected to fall by 43% on the year, according to a Transport Ministry report in April. Domestic flights have resumed since April 22, after the government lifted a lockdown order, while international flights are expected to partially resume from June 1. "The gover…

From Reuters Vietnam to Ease Nationwide Coronavirus Lockdown HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam, which has reported under 300 cases of coronavirus and no deaths since the first infections were detected in January, said on Wednesday it would start lifting tough movement restrictions as most of Southeast Asia remained in lockdown. No provinces in Vietnam were now seen as "highly prone" to the pandemic, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a statement, although some non-essential businesses will remain closed. Vietnam has won plaudits for appearing to contain the virus despite being less wealthy than other places seen as relatively successful such as Sou…

From Bangkok Post Vietnam quarantines tens of thousands in camps HANOI: Vietnam has sent tens of thousands of people to quarantine camps as waves of overseas citizens return home to escape a coronavirus pandemic spreading in Europe and the United States. Even though Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's poorer nations, its efforts against the virus, praised at home, have ensured its tally of infections is lower than those of many neighbours. By Thursday, those quarantined numbered 44,955, including nearly half in military-run centres, down about 15% from Monday's figure, official data showed, as many among the first influx to return home early in March wer…

From Nasdaq news Vingroup says to produce ventilators in COVID-19 fight HANOI, April 3 (Reuters) - Vietnam's biggest listed firm Vingroup VIC.HM said on Friday it will produce ventilators for the Southeast Asian country's fight against the new coronavirus. The company has entered into a licence agreement with Medtronic MDT.N for its P560 ventilator production, the company said in an emailed statement, adding that it would also produce low-cost open-source ventilators designed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Vingroup said it would be able to produce up to 55,000 units a month at its existing automobile and smartphone factories in Vietnam, inclu…

From Vietnam News HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam's foreign ministry announced today the country will suspend entries for tourists from countries in the Schengen area or the UK starting March 15, in light of the spike of coronavirus cases and deaths in European nations, sparking concern they might be the next epicentre of the outbreak. In a notice posted on its website, the ministry noted that "COVID-19 has been spreading swiftly in a complex manner on a large scale across the world", prompting Việt Nam's decision to temporarily suspend entry for tourist who come from the Schengen countries and/or the United Kingdom …

From South China Morning Post Born foreign: in Cambodia, it’s not easy being Vietnamese Chbar Ampov district, on the eastern bank of the Bassac River in Cambodia’s capital Phnom Penh, is a melting pot of ethnic diversity. Cheerful children play among the winding alleyways, their shouts reverberating off walls carrying colourful graffiti in several different languages. Vietnamese, Khmer and English can be seen on signs advertising the shops and cafes scattered throughout the area, as Vietnamese drinks and spices adorn market shelves. Street sellers pique people’s interest with Vietnamese lottery tickets and multilingual chatter fi…

A few Vietnam guys who work in bkk tell me they fear that there are more than two from their country who may be among the dead in the horrific trailer tragedy unfolding in the UK. From the BBC An hour's drive inland from the French coast, a dozen Vietnamese men nurse tea over a smoking campfire, as they wait for a phone call from the man they call "the boss". An Afghan man, they say, who opens trailers in the lorry-park nearby and shuts them inside. Duc paid €30,000 ($33,200; £25,000) for a prepaid journey from Vietnam to London - via Russia, Poland, Germany and France. It was organised, he says, by a Vietnamese contact back home. "I have some Vietnam…

From Los Angeles Times Cheap health care and decent living standards cited HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — When John Rockhold drew a low number, No. 12, in the 1971 draft lottery, his adolescence in the San Fernando Valley forever changed. Seeking to avoid the Army, he signed up for the Navy just after graduating from Granada Hills High School. As an enlisted petty officer, he spent months operating boats that dropped off SEALs at night along long and humid Vietnamese shorelines where American troops were trying to stop the communist north from taking over the south. More than 58,000 U.S. service members died in the war, and since it ended in 1975, innu…

Leaving today,as planned....but don't think I'll be coming back, def was a one time thing for me. All of the apps are money boys...which I'm OK with. But they only want to come (like USA escorts) for their one hour, do the deed and leave. Not interested in dinner, drinks, nothing more. And they are asking 50-150 usd, And when I accepted , many never replied again, wtf? Found one nice guy, gay, not looking for money...we had a nice night, but he works so much that he hardly had any free time...with a job and helping the parents at home. His grandfather was in the war and had a different story to tell than the government here likes to portray. Went to the couple…

From South China Morning Post See ever changing country from the Reunification Express on its 31-hour trip north to Hanoi A train passes through lush North Vietnam. Photo: Alamy Effortlessly grasp the size, varied landscapes and cultural diversity of Vietnam by taking the train – you can stop off at the places you’d like to explore Nha Trang has a fabulous beach and diving, Hue has history, and Dong Hoi the world’s largest cave Vietnam is long – extending 1,650km north to south – but only 50km across at its narrowest point. It includes stunning natural and architectural beau…

From The Hanoi Times Runways of Vietnam's two busiest airports degraded, risk closure due to overload The runways of Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City and Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, the two largest airports in Vietnam, are facing risk of closure due to cracks on their surface and signs of deterioration caused by excessive operations of aircraft, Tuoi Tre News reported. According to ACV Chairman Lai Xuan Thanh, the deteriorated runways of the two airports need recarpetting to ensure the safety of the airplanes, however, due to some entanglements regarding current regulations stipulating the infrastructures are the state properties and the …

From South China Morning Post Gay Chinese find a place to be themselves on ‘Rainbow Cruise’ to Vietnam Workshops, talks and advice on LGBT issues are on offer during five-day return journey from Shenzhen to Da Nang With more than 1,000 gay Chinese and their families on board the ship, it’s also a place for some to come out On the deck of a cruise ship in southern China, two grey-haired men stood in silence, shoulders touching, looking out to sea, as other passengers bustled on board and settled in for the journey to Vietnam. Among them was Yang Yong, a 35-year-old banker who boarded the Costa Atlantica with his el…

Going to SGN in 2 days.....1st time. I drink Bacardi rum....is it readily available and any idea how much bottled liquor prices is compared to Thailand? Should I get it here (not really cheap either I just paid $27 usd for a 1 litre here in BKK at Foodland....That goes for about 13 usd in most states.) or wait til I get there? I remembered reading here about Indonesian liquor prices and brought my own, thank goodness. A 750L of rum was $75 usd in supermarkets! Thanks

Making my 1st trip to Vietnam.....suggestions on places to stay without problems of joiners and close to things to do?? Also, where is good to go, bars/saunas/massage??