The Trà Vinh Province People’s Committee has decided to provide relief worth more than VNĐ40 billion (US$1.7 million) to more than 28,000 farming households to revive agriculture, which was severely affected by drought and saltwater intrusion in the 2019 - 20 dry season.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has begun to increase waste treatment on islands and along coasts to protect the environment.

AYA Cup, an exchange cup system for takeaway, lends reusable cups made from cassava starch with a deposit of VNĐ50,000 (US$2.1) for each cup.

PM Phúc said the task of economic recovery was more urgent than ever and that Việt Nam must make use of the fact it has controlled the COVID-19 pandemic early.

The General Department of Preventive Medicine has urged parents to be sure their children have a total of four diptheria vaccine shots taken at the proper times. 

Four more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were discharged from the National Tropical Diseases Hospital on Thursday morning.