Tag: South Africa
South Africa’s Honorary Consul assists military hospitals in COVID-19 combat
The first batch of aid from the Honorary Consul of South Africa in Ho Chi Minh City has been delivered to two military-run temporary COVID-19 hospitals based in nearby Binh Duong province.
OVs give helping hand to African countries in COVID-19 fight
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa presented 100,000 face masks to the representative missions of Namibia and Botswana in Pretoria on August 13 to help the two African nations combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Big shipment of rhino horns, wild animal bones seized in Da Nang
VOV.VN - Customs officers of Da Nang city in collaboration with other relevant units discovered a shipment of 138kg of suspected rhino horns and 3.1 tonnes of animal bones taken from various rare and precious wildlife species.
Vietnamese citizens in South Africa urged to intensify security
VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa has advised all Vietnamese citizens residing and doing business in the African country to remain vigilant regarding the current security situation and to avoid travel to areas that are hotspots of instability.
Embassy takes measures to protect Vietnamese citizens in eSwatini
Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi said the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa cum eSwatini has been closely monitoring the situation in eSwatini and actively undertaking measures to protect Vietnamese citizens in the country.
Vietnam hands over rhino horn DNA samples to South Africa
The Vietnam CITES Management Authority and the Institute of Ecology and Biological Resources handed over 56 rhino horn DNA samples to the South African Embassy in Vietnam on June 1.
Two new strains of SARS-CoV-2 detected in Vietnam
VOV.VN - The National Hospital for Tropical Diseases has discovered two new strains of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the country after sequencing the genes of samples taken from local novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients.
Embassy promotes Vietnam-South Africa economic, trade ties
A working delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa led by Ambassador Hoang Van Loi visited KwaZulu-Natal province from April 20-24 to seek measures to strengthen economic and trade partnership between the two countries.
Second COVID-19 vaccine to begin human testing in Vietnam
VOV.VN - Covivac, a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biology (Ivac), will be tested in healthy volunteers in Vietnam on March 3, Ivac has announced.
COVID-19: Made-in-Vietnam vaccine protects people against UK variant
VOV.VN - Nano Covax, Vietnam’s first locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine, has elicited a host of antibodies that help to protect those injected against the B.1.1.7 variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which originates from the UK, according to a leading Vietnamese scientist.
