Vietnam
Vietnam
Date: August 31st, 2004 |
No Comments
Three people died from bird flu in the past month, raising fears that a pandemic may be in the making. Last spring the disease resurfaced in Thailand, Malaysia and China as well as Vietnam, and the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control worry that the virus could mutate and spread from person [read more]
Vietnam
Date: March 3rd, 2004 | No Comments
To avoid immigration hassles itÂ’s always better to get a visa in advance, but visas can now be obtained on arrival at two overland border crossings, Vinh Xuong (near Chau Doc) and Lao Cai. Visitors who choose to travel by river from Phnom Penh, Cambodia to Chau Doc can now get their visas o [read more]
Vietnam
Date: April 29th, 2003 | No Comments
The World Health Organization (WHO) removed Vietnam from the list of SARS-affected areas April 28, the first country to successfully contain the SARS outbreak. WHO made the announcement after 20 consecutive days without a new case being diagnosed, twice the SARS incubation period. Both WHO and Vietnamese officials recognize that the country must remain vigilant [read more]
Vietnam
Date: February 19th, 2002 | No Comments
Traffic in Vietnam is chaotic and getting worse. Few people obey traffic laws and there is little enforcement by police. Accidents have increased significantly in recent years and now more than 30 people die every day from injuries suffered in road accidents. Such injuries are the leading cause of death and emergency evacuation of foreigners [read more]
Vietnam
Date: November 11th, 2001 | No Comments
The same tropical storm that walloped the Philippines was headed for Vietnam, where the Mekong Delta region in the south has been suffering severe flooding since August. Travel in the region should be undertaken wit [read more]
Vietnam
Date: April 13th, 2004 | No Comments
The Central Highlands have been sealed off by security officials following protests by ethnic minority Christians reminiscent of demonstrations in 2001 that produced similar actions. Some 1,000 people took to the streets in Buon Ma Thuot, the capital of Daklak province, to protest religious repression April 10, and dozens were injured and arrested in scuffles [read more]
Vietnam
Date: January 20th, 2004 | No Comments
Bird flu has killed five people here, the only country where human infection has occurred despite infection in chickens in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Authorities believe the disease is contracted through contact with droppings from infected birds. There have been no cases of human-to-human transmission. Millions of chickens have died of the disease or [read more]
Vietnam
Date: August 20th, 2002 | No Comments
The flood season here also looks like a bad one, with officials in Hanoi worried that the 500-year-old dyke system may not be able to hold back the floodwaters. If the dykes give way the entire city of Hanoi could be flooded. In the south, the Mekong river has already reached last year’s levels, threatening [read more]
Vietnam
Date: December 11th, 2001 | No Comments
Fatalities on Vietnam’s highways have shot up more than 30 percent this year, in part because of an increased number of vehicles on the road, but also because, ironically, of improved road conditions that have made higher speeds possible. Highway 5 between Hanoi and Haiphong has become so dangerous that three emergency clinics have been [read more]
Vietnam
Date: November 1st, 2001 | No Comments
On Sept. 7, more than 24 years after the evacuation of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, the U.S. opened a consulate on the site next door. Saigon is now called Ho Chi Minh City, and the return of a U.S. diplomatic presence symbolically completes the resumption of official ties between the two [read more]
Travel the World
- Travel Around the World
- Book Youth Hostels
- Cheap Flights
- Travel Medical Insurance
- Travel Message Boards
- Adventure Travel
- Cheap Hotels
- Flight Tracke
More WTW
Monthly Archives
BootsnAll Logues
TRAVEL THEMES
DESTINATIONS
SPORTS