Việt Nam News

The COVID-19 quarantine period in Việt Nam has been extended to 21 days.

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday opened a first-instance trial in a case related to smuggling and violations of accounting regulations which occurred at Nhật Cường Technic Co. Ltd.

All schools in Quảng Nam Province (except for those in Hội An) will reopen from Thursday (May 6) as 46 out of 47 close contact cases (F1) of two COVID-19 patients (No 2899 and No 2982) were isolated and tested negative for SARS-COV-2 as of Wednesday.

The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội, the northern region’s leading COVID-19 treatment facility, will be locked down for two weeks starting today until May 19 after a doctor tested positive for coronavirus.

Eight people in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 once early on Wednesday, according to the province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said the implementation of amnesty measures should follow a strict and transparent process.

Tourist destinations nationwide witnessed a sharp decrease in tourist numbers over the recent four-day holiday due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.

The National Assembly is increasingly innovating, improving its operational efficiency and raising the quality and professionalism of the delegates must be raised, members of the NA have agreed.

Provinces and cities across Việt Nam, especially border areas, are stepping up their COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

The HCM City's People Committee has added 35 old villas in the city to the list of ancient villas that need to be preserved.

Flood control projects in HCM City will be sped up in preparation for the upcoming rainy season.

The local outbreaks in Việt Nam while complicated, but still currently “within control,” Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on Tuesday at the meeting of the national COVID-19 steering committee, urging people to remain vigilant but not to be overly panicked.

Hà Nội’s authorities on Tuesday decided to shut down non-essential services like spas, massage parlours, cinemas and theatres, gyms, and stadiums, and limit parties and unnecessary large gatherings of people.

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COVID-19-infected staff working at Sunny Club in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc are contracted with the Indian variant of coronavirus, the health ministry said on Tuesday.

Local authorities in central Viet Nam shut down various entertainment venues from midnight of Monday after a community COVID-19 case was confirmed in the region.