Vietnamese cities and provinces have announced plans on the resumption of in-person learning after the week-long Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which ended on February 16, over fears of COVID-19.

Việt Nam’s health ministry reports 18 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, all in the epicentre Hải Dương Province, bringing the total caseload to 2,347.

Some 8.55 million poor and near-poor people, Agent Orange/dioxin victims and disadvantaged workers nationwide enjoyed a warmer Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday as they received support worth more than VNĐ6.11 trillion (US$265.24 million) through the Việt Nam Fatherland Front (VFF) and trade unions.

Police in the southern Đồng Nai Province yesterday arrested one more suspect involving in the massive fake gasoline ring that had sold about 200 million litres of fake and substandard gasoline to the market.

18 new cases on Thursday evening

This is the first batch of Việt Nam’s order of 30 million doses of the vaccine bought directly from the manufacturer (with phased delivery throughout 2021), in addition to about 4.9 million doses that the country is receiving under the WHO-led COVAX initiative aimed at equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines, especially for poor and developing countries.

The five outbreaks are in Chí Linh and Hải Dương cities, Cẩm Giàng and Nam Sách districts and Kinh Môn Town.

Slowly but surely, residents in the poor northern mountainous province of Sơn La are climbing out of poverty.

Professor Nguyễn Tài Thu, vice president of the World Federation of Acupuncture Societies and president of Vietnamese Acupuncture Association, was the king of acupuncture in Việt Nam.