Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Health has announced six new cases of COVID-19, all employees of Trường Sinh Company, which provides none medical services to Bạch Mai Hospital.

It is with a pained heart that we announce a temporary suspension of the print edition of our newspaper from Tuesday, March 31 until April 15.

The Ministry of Health on Sunday evening confirmed nine more cases of COVID-19, bringing the total patients in Việt Nam to 188.

Việt Nam saved 436,000kWh of electricity, equivalent to VNĐ812.9 million (US$34,928), for one hour from 8.30pm to 9.30pm on March 28, in response to Earth Hour 2020, according to the National Power Dispatch Centre.

Five new cases of COVID-19 have been announced by the Ministry of Health this morning, bringing the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 179.

Five more Vietnamese people have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the country's total number of cases to 174, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Saturday evening.

Fifty-one COVID-19 patients being treated in Việt Nam have tested negative for the virus between one and four times, the Ministry of Health has announced.

A Vietnamese Facebook influencer has been summoned by police for posting unverified information about the COVID-19 pandemic.

 A Danish tourist who travelled across Việt Nam unaware she was carrying the SARS-COV-2 virus is among the latest positive cases announced by the Ministry of Health on Saturday.

An English Language high school teacher in the northern province of Phú Thọ has been employing the “borderless classroom model” to connect her students with their international peers via Skype.

Rice farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are earning higher incomes from selling rice straw left over from the harvested 2019 – 20 winter- spring rice crop.

Đà Nẵng City has overcome a lot of difficulties and challenges during the past years and would strive to become a socio-economic centre of the area and also of the nation.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh have encouraged farmers to restructure their crop cultivation to mitigate the impact of drought and saltwater intrusion. 

While thousands of overseas Vietnamese have returned home over the past few weeks, many others are still living in places abroad ravaged by COVID-19.

KOVA Paint Group has donated VNĐ2 billion (US$85,148) to the Government’s COVID-19 prevention and control fund.

The HCM City People’s Committee of has directed government departments and the administrations of all 24 districts to increase the public services available online to limit the number of people who have to visit government offices amid the Covid 19 outbreak.

Two of the country’s biggest cities, Hà Nội and HCM City, on Friday issued a number of recommendations on social distancing for its citizens to follow amid growing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, effective March 28 until at least April 15.

Việt Nam has confirmed 163 COVID-19 infection cases, of whom 20 have recovered and been discharged from hospitals as of Friday afternoon.