The guidance says COVID-19 patients need to improve their lung function, avoid a physical and mental decline and improve their motor capacity.

Enrolling in a vocational school was an easy decision for 23-year-old Trương Thế Diệu, even though he was under pressure to become an engineer.

Many provinces and cities, particularly those at high risk of a COVID-19 outbreak, will continue to keep schools closed, while others have not decided on a date to reopen schools.

Authorities have instructed farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta to sow the summer – autumn rice crop on established schedules to mitigate the damage of drought, saltwater intrusion and disease.

Agricultural land accumulation for large-scale production has been facing many obstacles, although the Government has pushed up the process by implementing several policies.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường wants countrywide improvements in developing plans to respond to natural disasters.

HCM City will continue to strengthen the fight against COVID-19 while also prioritising socio-economic development in the second quarter of the year, the secretary of the city Party Committee told a meeting on April 16.

The HCM City Deparment of Transport on Wednesday (April 15) decided to extend the suspension of public and service transport until April 22.