Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by BUCKLEY Joe
South Korea and Taiwan have been consistently praised as models for coping with Covid-19. But Vietnam, a much poorer nation with a population of 97 million, has done at least as well – despite attracting far less attention. This is partly because the Party’s tight control over official data (...)
, by TRAN Le Thuy
My country seemed to have all the ingredients for a coronavirus disaster, so what has it done right?
On the evening of 7 March 2020, I received an email from the manager of the office building where I work in central Hanoi. It said the father of Nguyen Hong Nhung, the 17th Covid-19 patient (...)
, by Press Agencies
• All flights and train services to and from Da Nang have been suspended, Vietnam’s government says
• With the new infections, Vietnam has reported 431 coronavirus cases, with no deaths
Vietnam has suspended all flights and public transport to and from Da Nang for 15 days from (...)
, by BUCKLEY Joe
In February, garment workers at Praegear Vietnam launched a strike to demand the factory implement measures to protect workers against the coronavirus. In response, local union officials organised training and talks by medical experts, and the company introduced such things as free masks, (...)
, by The Economist
The phone rings and a doctor picks up. “Sir, we’ve run out of ventilators. What do we do when more patients come?” Soon after, a grim medic explains that the disease they are battling kills three in four victims. There is no vaccine or treatment.
Such talk has become commonplace in the time (...)
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