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Vietnam records six new COVID-19 infections on March 6 evening Vietnam logged six new COVID-19 cases on March 6 evening, all in northern Hai Duong province, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported. All the new patients had been previously quarantined and are being treated at a COVID-19 treatment hospital in Hai Duong province. By the evening of March 6, Vietnam had recorded a total of 2,507 COVID-19 patients, including 1,584 domestically-transmitted cases. Up to 891 domestic infections have been detected since the third wave of outbreaks hit the country on January 27. The Treatment Subcommittee said that 1,920 patients have recovered from the disease to date, while the number of deaths related to COVID-19 was still kept at 35. Among active patients undergoing treatment, 65 tested negative to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 57 twice and 137 thrice. As many as 49,565 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam … [Read more...] about VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES MARCH 6

The foreigners were found staying in a four-story hotel on Ly Tu Trong Road in Ben Thanh Ward when the police inspected the establishment Friday evening, said ward Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Quynh Trieu. They have been quarantined at the Cu Chi Field Hospital and have tested negative for the novel coronavirus. The hotel has been disinfected and shut down temporarily. More details were not available at the time of publishing. In Vietnam’s latest Covid-19 outbreak, HCMC has recorded 36 Covid-19 cases, 35 of them linked to the Tan Son Nhat International Airport and the remaining one linked to the northern province of Hai Duong, the current hotspot. HCMC is conducting random Covid-19 tests and supervising people coming from infected areas to prevent the spread of the virus. Vietnam has reported 891 community transmissions in 13 cities and provinces during the ongoing outbreak that was detected January 28 after a 55-day clean streak. The country has recorded 2,507 Covid-19 cases and … [Read more...] about HCMC quarantines 35 illegal entrants from China, S Korea

Typhoon Doksuri battered the central coastal areas of Vietnam with strong winds and heavy rains today, causing electrical blackouts, damage to houses and trees being uprooted and thrown around like toothpicks. The high winds prompted mass evacuations after officials had predicted it could be the ‘most powerful storm in a decade’ to hit Vietnam. The typhoon made landfall on the north-central coast around Nghe An at 10 this morning (September 15) with wind speeds up to 135 kilometres per hour. Trees were uprooted and authorities cut power in some areas to avoid accidents with many residents remaining at home and choosing to weather the storm. Up to 400 millimetres of rain soaked the Vietnamese coastline, with possible flooding and landslides being carefully assessed by emergency authorities. Even areas to the north of the central region, as far up as the capital Hanoi, are expecting in excess of 200mm of rain. One person has reportedly died in Hue province, just north of the … [Read more...] about The mopping up starts in the wake of ‘Doksuri’ in Vietnam

Tropical storm Noul is slamming into Central Vietnam’s coast, the eye of the storm expected to hit just north of Da Nang, after strengthening as it crossed over the South China Sea in a west north westerly direction, this week. It is now being reported to have reached typhoon strength. The storm will cross over the Vietnamese coast, at full strength, during this morning. By late tonight/early Saturday morning the storm would have crossed into Laos as it weakens to become a tropical low pressure.but is expected to dump torrential rains along the way. The effects of the storm will affect Thailand’s north eastern provinces from tomorrow but, apart from heavy rain, the storm will continue to dissipate as it heads west. The strength of the storm is expected to suck moisture in from the Gulf of Thailand and Indian Ocean, causing plenty of rain across central and Southern Thailand as well over the weekend The director of the Vietnam’s National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting, … [Read more...] about ‘Noul’ strengthens as it rips into Vietnam’s central coastline – VIDEO

China’s water relations with Thailand and the other lower Mekong countries are once again under strain after Beijing held up the Mekong River’s flow at one of its large dams upstream, precipitating a sudden drop in volume for downstream countries that share the region’s longest body of water. “The water levels dropped suddenly since the beginning of January,” fumed Niwat Roikaew, chairperson of Love Chiang Khong Group, a nonprofit environmental campaign in Chiang Rai, a northern Thai province where the Mekong flows past. “We all know this happened because China closed the dam.” An estimated 60 million people along the lower Mekong depend on the river’s flow for their livelihood. Communities in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam were caught off guard by Beijing’s move, worsening their plight in the midst of the annual dry season. By mid-February there was little relief in river basin communities affected by China’s decision to reduce the discharge from Jinghong Dam in Yunnan … [Read more...] about China Dams Continue to Hinder Water Flow on the Mekong River