e.vnexpress.net/news/news/viet… the first Covid death in Vietnam in the ongoing fourth wave

e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc… Hcm city is trying to handle the biggest #covid19 cluster with more than 120 patients linked to a religious mission. People can’t stop comparing it with the case of Shincheonji Church in South Korea last year.

This is the story of "the King of Squirrels," aka "the Bastard of the Internet," a teenage high school dropout who used Facebook to become one of Vietnam's most notorious wildlife traders restofworld.org/2021/the-fall-…

Thai Van Nguyen, a wildlife campaigner in #Vietnam, has won a Goldman environment prize for his work protecting the pangolin, the world’s most trafficked animal. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Vietnam cuts quarantine time to 7 days for vaccinated entrants bit.ly/3h5nS2W

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated in the second quarter of the year, as robust exports and industrial production amid a global recovery helped offset the impact of the Southeast Asian country’s most serious COVID-19 outbreak so far. reut.rs/2U8FEKT

I was just asked about the oft-heard (from Beijing) claim that no one rejected ROC/PRC claims in the SCS from the time they were made in 1947 until the 1970s. I happened to be working on manuscript rewrites and so had at my fingertips the following proofs that is a lie:

For the first time ever, the number of daily Covid-19 cases has exceeded 1,000 in Vietnam m.baomoi.com/toi-5-7-them-5…

Government asks for 'sympathy' should large-scale lockdown happen bit.ly/3jRzzgG

U.S. sending 1.5 million COVID-19 vaccines to Guatemala, 2 million to Vietnam reut.rs/3xosbNs

"Listen up!" A man from the "Thais Won't Tolerate" activist group whacks a cardboard cutout of Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha with a paper fan today in front of Government House, criticizing the state's inability to handle the #COVID19 pandemic. #COVID19 #ล็อกดาวน์ #Thailand #KE

Vietnam received 1.23 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses from AstraZeneca on Friday. The country has so far received 10.23 mln doses of all kinds, of which 4.41 million have been administered. Only fewer than 335,000 people have been fully vaccinated.

A night curfew to curb covid-19 in Hcm city will be effective from tomorrow. First time ever. e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc…

Vice President Harris could visit Vietnam, Singapore in August reuters.com/world/asia-pac…

I think during the pandemic, any unequal vaccine distribution can be economically and epidemiologically self-defeating. Shared my thought in this analysis about the public frustration over what Vietnam's government has been doing in combating Covid 👇 straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/v…

Closer together.

More than 1,000 people have now died in Vietnam of COVID-related complications.

The U.K. Home Office continues to fast-track its process of deporting #Vietnamese nationals, despite many showing clear evidence of human trafficking. My latest with The Guardian. theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/a…