Foot-and-mouth disease in cattle is spreading rapidly in Quảng Ngãi Province, despite the efforts of animal health workers and local authorities to put an end to the epidemic.

A special task force and two working teams will be sent to the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc from Thursday (February 13) to help with the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the new coronavirus (COVID-19), the Ministry of Health has said.

The ongoing coronavirus outbreak has disrupted several companies in Việt Nam as thousands of Chinese workers have been unable to return to work after Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Farmers in Bình Phước Province have begun to harvest their cashew crop, and yields are higher than last year because of favourable weather and the efforts of authorities and farmers to prevent diseases.   

Nguyễn Công Nội, 29, has found a reason to fight cancer, namely his dreams of opening a school for poor children.

In the time of pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus, now officially named as COVID-19, call for blood donation has been heard nationwide as hospitals are exposed to severe blood shortage.

Localities across the country are proactively implementing measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

HCM City is taking measures to prevent flooding caused by high tides that could occur this week, as forecast by the Southern Centre of the Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting Department.

Vĩnh Phúc northern province now led the list of people affected with the acute respiratory illness Covid-19 (nCoV) thus local authorities have conducted different preventive measures to cope with the situation.