All coastal localities and ministries have been told to urgently deploy measures to prepare for the arrival of typhoon Rai, which is heading to the East Sea with wind speeds of 150-165km per hour near the eye of the storm.

The United Nations Population Fund in Việt Nam on Wednesday handed over medical supplies and personal protective equipment worth US$450,000 to 21 Vietnamese localities, including Hà Nội and HCM City

Fully vaccinated foreign arrivals with negative COVID-19 test results could only need to self-quarantine at home or places of accommodation for three days upon entry into Việt Nam via air links, according to latest interim medical polies proposed by the health ministry.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to develop fisheries into a key economic sector under its seafood development strategy in 2021- 30.

Although typhoon Rai is still east of the Philippines, preparations are underway in Việt Nam for the storm's arrival, wherever it makes landfall. 

The Ministry of Health has given permission to the HCM City Department of Health to trial a reduction in quarantine from 14 days to seven for COVID-19-infected people with mild or no symptoms who have received two doses of a vaccine and test negative on the seventh day.