24-06-2020 16:40
Medical experts on Wednesday warned the British government to prepare for the "real risk" of a coronavirus second wave just a day after the biggest lifting yet of lockdown restrictions in England.
22-06-2020 12:55
What are the similarities between apartments in the Sukhumvit area of Thailand where prices more than tripled in the last five years and the 217 Central Park Tower built for billionaires in New York where prices quadrupled in just a few years? These real estates must be unique to draw in expert investors, but a clear feature they share is the super-prime location with fantastic views. In Vietnam, The Opera Residence in phase 3 of The Metropole Thu Thiem boasts both these features at the new financial centre of Ho Chi Minh City.
22-06-2020 08:57
LONDON: London City Airport received its first commercial flight in nearly three months on Sunday (Jun 21) as Britain moved another step closer to fully emerging from its coronavirus lockdown on Jul 4.
20-06-2020 09:48
The Vietnamese Embassy in the UK on June 18 handed over 10,000 face masks granted by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese to the Vietnamese community in the UK to support them in preventing COVID-19 infection.
17-06-2020 15:09
LONDON: London's West End has traditionally drawn people from all over the world to see its shows but theatres have been forced to reinvent themselves because of the coronavirus outbreak.
17-06-2020 09:00
PARIS: France does not rule out Europe failing to reach a deal on its post-Brexit relationship with Britain but very much wants to avoid such an outcome, its foreign minister was quoted as saying Tuesday (Jun 16).
16-06-2020 09:38
LONDON: While the British government insists it has been "guided by science" and has taken "the right decisions at the right time", the toll of 42,000 coronavirus deaths has fuelled criticism.
12-06-2020 09:02
LONDON: The British Council, which promotes UK cultural and language relations overseas, is seeking a multi-million-pound bailout to stave off insolvency because of the impact of COVID-19, the government said on Thursday (Jun 11).
12-06-2020 08:48
LONDON: UK sales of beer have slumped to the lowest level on record because of the coronavirus outbreak, trade industry body the British Beer and Pub Association said on Thursday.
11-06-2020 08:48
UK educational organisation Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) announced its 2021 QS World University Rankings on June 10, with the Vietnam National University (VNU) - Hanoi and VNU - Ho Chi Minh City finding places in the 801-1,000 group.
10-06-2020 17:04
TINSUKIA, India: Two workers have been found dead near the site of a huge fire ignited by gas that has been spewing from an oil field in India for two weeks, officials said Wednesday (Jun 10).
09-06-2020 11:23
UK-backed life insurer Prudential Vietnam Assurance Private Ltd. today announced that Phuong Tien Minh has joined the company as its new CEO, effective from June 3.
06-06-2020 08:34
The Ministry of Health on June 6 confirmed one more new case infected with the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) being a Vietnamese student returning from the UK, thus bringing the country’s infection tally to 329.
05-06-2020 10:20
Three Vietnamese universities have been named in the Asia University Rankings 2020, as announced by the UK’s Times Higher Education (THE).
03-06-2020 10:00
Panasonic is among the first Japanese investors to relocate their activities to Vietnam in the context that multinational corporations are considering to restructure their global manufacturing. Attracting these relocated projects will be factors that reaffirm Vietnam as a safe and open destination. Marukawa Yoichi, general director of Panasonic Vietnam, talked with VIR’s Kim Oanh about the plan to move its facility from Thailand to Vietnam.