Every child aged up to 16 years old in COVID-19 concentrated areas is being given VNĐ80,000 (US$3.5) per day for daily meals during their 21-day quarantine.

Healthcare staff have been working day and night to provide screening tests in high-risk areas in HCM City to detect cases in the community amid the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

People nationwide have done their bit to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic, but few have gone quite as far as Ngôn Đức Thắng.

The northern province of Bắc Ninh on Wednesday launched a production-residence-combined model in which workers don’t leave their factories after work or stay together at concentrated accommodations like dorms, hotels or schools.

Many people returning to Việt Nam have endured a painstaking fortnight behind closed doors waiting to return home. But life in quarantine was far more rewarding for Nguyễn Phương Linh, who met the man of her dreams, a health worker based at the facility.

The temporary closure of non-essential services in HCM City, such as like wedding and convention centres, has affected young people’s employment opportunities.