The Ministry of Health (MoH) has required businesses producing and importing COVID-19 test kits to promptly report to the ministry about information related to retail prices and supply capacity.

Japfa Vietnam donated medical equipment, including dialysis machines, handheld X-Ray machines, oxygen ventilators, to the COVID-19 Quarantine Area and Field Hospital of Bình Phước Province on October 13.

Although the Ministry of Health no longer requires COVID-19 testing for people travelling between localities, except for from high-risk areas, the authorities of some provinces and cities are still checking test certificates at checkpoints.

Flooding causes great losses of life and properties in Vietnam every year. Now an automatic early warning system is being piloted in central Da Nang city to help people better prepare. Able to operate in harsh conditions, the system is hoped to provide a sustainable solution against the natural disaster.

Bà Đài Village's wooden boat industry was recognised in 2015 as an important cultural heritage of Việt Nam, but now the 100-year-old tradition is under threat from a double whammy of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health establishments in HCM City and medical workers still have enough capacity to treat COVID-19 patients after medical workers from other parts of the country were recalled around October 15.