Việt Nam News

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc inspected anti-COVID-19 efforts in the central city of Đà Nẵng on Friday, requesting the entire health sector to maximise efforts to maintain the obtained achievements in the coronavirus combat.

Nguyễn Thành Phong, chairman of HCM City People’s Committee, on Friday ordered karaoke venues, discos and bars to close until further notice following a new community – based COVID-19 case found on Thursday.

Many roadside businesses in Hà Nội continue to illegally spread out onto the pavement during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A project in HCM City is creating pairs of socks from recycled plastic bottles. And anyone who donated bottles to the scheme last week were given a pair of socks in exchange.

Five Vietnamese scientists have been listed in the 2021 edition of Asian Scientist 100, an annual list that recognises the achievements of the region’s outstanding researchers by Singapore’s Asian Scientist magazine.

Authorities in Hà Nội are urgently tracing, testing and quarantining 50 people who had close contact with two new COVID-19 cases detected in Hà Nội on Friday afternoon.

A doctor at a health centre in Hà Nam Province is suspected of having contracted COVID-19, according to the provincial health department.

Besides offering beautiful beaches, Nha Trang attracts visitors with its pagodas, temple towers, and marine world display.

A man in Hà Nội has tested positive for COVID-19 after he came into close contact with patient 2899 from the northern province of Hà Nam, according to the Health Ministry’s report on Friday morning.

HCM City police will carry out periodic and unannounced inspections at trade and service establishments, as well as residential areas, to check for violations of noise-pollution regulations.

Five people have tested positive for COVID-19 after coming into close contact with a patient from the northern province of Hà Nam who was confirmed positive earlier on Thursday.

A 28-year-old man in the northern province of Hà Nam tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after finishing 14 days of mandatory quarantine.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has asked HCM City authorities to carry out  COVID-19 pandemic prevention and control activities at the highest level.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has introduced several changes to procedures for the diagnosis, treatment and hospital discharge for COVID-19 patients and called on hospitals to ensure they have sufficient oxygen reserves.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID)-sponsored Việt Nam Low Emission Energy Programme (V-LEEP) helped raise US$311 million from six private sector-led projects to generate 300MW of wind and solar power, a source of sustainable renewable energy, for Việt Nam.