In the northern province of Ninh Bình, there is a special home for children suffering from cerebral palsy where they receive intensive care and assistance to fight the disease and integrate into the community.

 Tẩn Sa Dấu, a pregnant woman from Ma Ly Pho Commune in the northern province of Lai Châu’s Phong Thổ District, feels happy that she no longer has to travel long distances for regular check-ups.

From a war-torn city, Hà Nội has undergone major changes over the past 66 years, becoming a modern and dynamic city and the biggest political, socio-economic and cultural centre of Việt Nam, making contributions to the nation’s development while still preserving traditional historical and cultural identities.

Hà Nội's government has met its goal for reducing poverty and ensuring social security in 2016-2020, basically ensuring no communes and villages are in extremely poor conditions.

As the centre of politics, education, culture, science and technology, in the country’s context of industrialisation and modernisation, high-quality human resources development is seen as key to Hà Nội's future.

Manulife Vietnam and its partners have donated VNĐ500 million (US$21,600) worth of medical supplies for frontline workers in the fight against COVID-19, raising its total donations so far to VNĐ3.5 billion ($151,000).

Foreign managers, investors and highly skilled workers coming to work in the provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Bình Phước, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Đồng Nai, Long An, and Tiền Giang will be taken there for quarantine when they land at HCM City airport, according to the city Department of Health.

Việt Nam confirmed five new imported COVID-19 cases and one recovery on Friday evening, bringing the national count to 1,105 and total recoveries to 1,024, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday evening.