Amidst a spike in new cases, the country is tightening restrictions in the hopes of repeating its 2020 successes against the virus. In comparison to other countries, Vietnam’s COVID-19 figures – 35 ...

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The effective handling of the coronavirus has provided the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) with an opportunity to ‘regain its people’s trust and strengthen its legitimacy in the midst of criticism ...

As the COVID-19 crisis loomed in 2020, Vietnam urgently needed to expand its capacities for testing and surveillance. The World Bank’s Vietnam COVID-19 Emergency Response Project was implemented ...

Taiwan’s success in keeping COVID-19 in check provides it with an opportunity to hasten its outreach to Vietnam, which is still suffering under the pandemic. Given Vietnam’s COVID-19 pain, Taiwan has ...

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, left, and his staff prepare documents ahead of the Special ASEAN summit on COVID-19 in Hanoi, Vietnam Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Credit: AP Photo/Hau Dinh ...

Vietnam is now the third-most-visited country in Southeast Asia, behind Malaysia, which received about 25 million tourists in 2024, and Thailand, which welcomed around 35 million.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, center left, and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc, center right, review an honor guard at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 19, 2020 ...