Vietnam real-time news

Bangladesh garment factories reopen, defying virus lockdown (source — www.thesundaily.my) 27/04/2020 07:30:02

DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladesh’s garment factories defied a nationwide coronavirus lockdown to reopen on Sunday, raising fears the industry’s vulnerable and largely female workforce could be exposed to...

Immigration Dept arrests 23 foreign women for suspected prostitution (source — www.thesundaily.my) 24/04/2020 15:54:10

KUALA LUMPUR: The Immigration Department arrested 23 foreign women, suspected to be involved in prostitution, during a raid on a hotel in Jalan Sungai Besi near here yesterday.Immigration director-gen...

Asia Pacific ‘tensions’ suggest coronavirus ‘might not be the worst thing on the radar’ (source — www.news.com.au) 24/04/2020 13:46:13

Liberal Senator Jim Molan says the coronavirus has heightened “tensions” at play between China and surrounding Asian nations and Australia should be prepared for any conflict which might arise in the ...

Without a single Covid-19 death, Vietnam starts easing its coronavirus lockdown (source — www.stuff.co.nz) 23/04/2020 21:01:23

Initially believed to be at great risk from the pandemic, the sprawling Asian nation hasn't recorded a single death.

Elizabeth Warren's oldest brother dies of coronavirus: ‘He was a natural leader’ (source — www.theguardian.com) 23/04/2020 19:10:20

Don Reed Herring, a Vietnam war veteran, died on Tuesday evening in OklahomaThe Massachusetts senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren made public the news on Thursday that one of he...

Coronavirus US live: Elizabeth Warren says her brother has died of Covid-19 (source — www.theguardian.com) 23/04/2020 18:15:04

Warren spoke of her brother, Don Reed Herring, often on campaign trailCoronavirus could shut out droves of new US votersGeorgia businesses wary of governor’s invitation to reopenLive global updatesSee...

Black cats turned into paste and sold as coronavirus remedy in Vietnam (source — metro.co.uk) 23/04/2020 17:02:13

'There is no evidence whatsoever that eating cats cures coronavirus, and even if there was, this inhumane treatment is a level of cruelty that is unacceptable even for those who eat meat.'

Black cats are being killed & eaten in Vietnam after fake news spreads that their ground up bodies cure coronavirus (source — www.thesun.co.uk) 23/04/2020 16:49:20

BLACK cats are being killed and eaten in Vietnam after fakes news spread claiming grounding up their bodies could cure coronavirus. The No To Dog Meat charity said the cats are being boiled, skinned, ...

Coronavirus: Vietnam starts to lift lockdown measures after no deaths reported (source — www.independent.co.uk) 23/04/2020 15:38:05

Some parts of Hanoi remain under strict lockdown

Vietnam eases coronavirus restrictions after reporting zero deaths (source — ) 23/04/2020 12:38:26

Vietnam eased social distancing measures today, with experts pointing to a decisive response of mass quarantines and expansive contact tracing in the country's success.

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