Personnel working in quarantines, hospitals and centres for diseases prevention and control across the country have been working hard as thousands of Vietnamese return home from abroad amid the COVID-19 epidemic.

It has been a week since Trần Diễm My, a student of Hà Nội Medical University, began volunteering.

Relevant agencies should further strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control measures so that the number of cases in the city is contained within 300, Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee, Nguyễn Thiện Nhân, told an online meeting with the city Steering Board for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Tuesday (March 24).

The Ministry of Health on Thursday morning confirmed seven more COVID-19 patients, including five Vietnamese, one French man and one South African woman, bringing the country's total number to 148. 

The Ministry of Health has asked health departments of localities nationwide to review infection prevention measures at hospitals to prevent cross infection.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc discussed with leaders of the Mekong Delta province of Sóc Trăng measures to tackle saltwater intrusion in the region during a teleconference on Tuesday. 

A lot of young ethnic people living in mountainous remote areas like Lan have recently headed to the cities, bringing not only positive changes but also negative impacts to the ethnic community.

The annual Việt Nam Outstanding Young Faces Award is presented to 10 youngsters under 35 with excellent performances in their specialised areas over the years, and especially the year they are nominated.

The latest case is a 29-year-old doctor working at the emergency unit of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases, where most of the coronavirus patients in Hà Nội are being treated.