The government of Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday questioned the city’s Department of Natural Resources and Environment for issuing a letter regarding the cremation of Wuhan pneumonia patients which was revoked later by the department due to a serious…
On March 29, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc organized an online meeting with leaders of five provinces and cities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Can Tho. The meeting pointed out the increased risk of…
An article on March 26 by a medical doctor in Hanoi warned that the actual number of Covid-19 infections was much higher than the official announced one because of pressure to hide the real number. At the same time Deputy…
In the context of complicated Wuhan pneumonia pandemic worldwide, many countries / territories have conducted restrictions or closed international routes, banned transit flights, causing many Vietnamese citizens being “stucked” at international airports. Many international airports around the world witness the…
The fact that General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) cum President Nguyen Phu Trong re-appeared along with the Politburo’s meeting on the response to the Wuhan Flu pandemic was considered a “later rather than no” job and…
According to the published data, Vietnam has a low number of people infected with Wuhan flu compared to other countries. The number of people infected with Wuhan in Vietnam so far is just over 100. But prevention policies in Vietnam…
Son Dien is the nickname of Nguyen Lam Son, a well-known gangster, along with his younger brother have committed a number of crimes and spilled many horrors for the Vietnamese community in Germany. In the 90s, during the time of…
When efforts to hide the pandemic were unsuccessful, China had to mobilize the whole Party and its people to stop the spread of Wuhan pneumonia. However, the fight against the disease does not prevent the Chinese machinery for supressing freedom…
On March 20, General Secretary cum President Nguyen Phu Trong for the first time chaired a Politburo meeting on the prevention of Wuhan flu since its arrival in Vietnam in January. According to the head of the Communist Party of…
On March 18, the Hanoi City Inspectorate published the conclusion of the violation in a public service, office and housing project in Tay Mo ward, Nam Tu Liem district and proposed a series of disciplinary measures for local officials including…
Crude oil price plunged to a record 4-year level, plummeting from March 9 to less than 40% compared to the average price throughout last year which is expected to be a great loss for Vietnam oil and gas industry. Not…
Lawyer Ngo Ngoc Trai said that the Supreme Court on September 27, 1919 had rejected the petition of the households in Dak Nong to hold a meeting to review the case of Dang Van Hien. The refusal means it upheld…
Chinese state media reported on March 12 that its army had expeled a US warship out of the waters near the Hoang Sa (Paracels) that Beijing occupies in the East Sea (South China Sea), and called the US action a…
The South China Morning Post reported on March 13, 2020, citing Chinese government documents that the first case of Wuhan infection in the country was discovered on November 17, 2019, not in December as previously announced. The source said the…
On the World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, 2020, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a list of the 20 biggest enemies on the Internet, including the Task Force 47 cyber unit (Force 47) of the Vietnam People’s…
In the midst of a dangerous epidemic threatening the lives of millions of Vietnamese people, the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) headed by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong is still preparing for its 13th Congress. The Covid-19 pandemic was an…
On the World Day Against Cyber Censorship on March 12, 2020, the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) published a list of the 20 biggest enemies on the Internet, including the Task Force 47 cyber unit (Force 47) of the Vietnam People’s…
As usual from the one-party dictatorship, the Chinese authorities are trying to erase information about the dangerous virus Covid-19 which has spread globally from Wuhan The increasingly widespread Covid epidemic in Europe is of course a major theme in the…
The report of human rights organization Safeguard Defenders accuses Vietnam of forcing confession on TV On March 11, Safeguard Defenders published a report condemning the Vietnamese government’s act of forcible confession on national television. Vietnam’s violation of the rights of…
On the morning of March 8, 2002, the National Steering Committee for prevention of acute respiratory infections caused by the new strain of Corona virus (Covid-19) met under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the…
Professor Nguyen Quang Thuan – the source of infection for high-ranking Party and State officials of Vietnam, is a hot topic, gaining public attention and comment. The 17th case of corona virus infection caused a shock in Hanoi. On March…
People in the Mekong Delta – where severe drought and salinity occur, said this year’s drought is fierce and unprecedented, causing crops in many places to die, hundreds of thousands of households remain without fresh water. Ben Tre is one…
China’s release of a report about Vietnamese fishing vessels’ intrusion its waters at the time the US aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt arrived in Da Nang was “calculated” and “intentional,” said Dr. Ha Hoang Hop, a researcher from Singapore-based ISEAS…
Facing the increasing spread of the new strain of coronavirus in the world, the question that people need to know is how to isolate themselves properly? Q: Should companies change their hot-desking policy? – Philip Cloke The risk of insanity…
According to recent comments in the international media, the weak legislative capacity adversely affects the market economy in Vietnam Vietnam’s Law on Organization of the National Assembly of is being discussed, there is a proposal to give 5% of the…
