Director of the Ministry of Health’s Department of Medical Examination and Treatment Lương Ngọc Khuê spoke to the press about the ministry’s recently issued master plan to improve emergency and critical care capacity of hospitals nationwide amid the complex developments of COVID-19.
Nguyễn Thu Anh, is an epidemiologist and country director of the Woolcock Institute of Medical Research, the leader of the 5F team in Việt Nam, which includes doctors, epidemiologists, pharmacists, public health experts and social science experts working on providing science-based information on COVID-19. She spoke to Việt Nam News about the current pandemic situation and the team's recommendations.
At a recent online conference with provinces and cities to implement the dispatch of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính came to the conclusion that new and stronger measures should be conducted in the new developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Trần Đắc Phu, a senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre talks to the Government Portal about the issue.
I was surprised to receive a call from an American friend who lives in Singapore, asking about the pandemic situation in HCM City, Việt Nam’s current COVID-19 epicentre with a daily record of thousands of cases.
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Amid soaring COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam as the fourth wave of infections have not showed any sign of let-up, people have been getting up in arms about a privileged few with connections that seem to be shamelessly bragging about their exemptions from the rules that the mass has to follow.
Deputy Minister of Health, Nguyễn Trường Sơn, talks about revised health ministry guidelines on the mandatory quarantine period and details of a pilot home-quarantine scheme for people who come into direct contact with confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Director of the Higher Education Department under the Ministry of Education and Training Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ speaks to Báo điện tử chính phủ (Online newspaper of the Government) about the newly-promulgated regulation on PhD enrolment and training
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan talks to the Government Portal about the consumption of lychee and other agricultural products during the pandemic
Speaking to Vân Nguyễn from Việt Nam News, Dr. Đỗ Mạnh Hùng, Deputy Head of General Planning Department and surgeon of Spine Surgery Department at Việt Đức University Hospital, discusses how the hospital is using technology in health checks, treatment and cooperation in diagnosis amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
