Việt Nam News

On the sidelines of the ongoing 13th National Party Congress, Phan Thanh Bình, member of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education, Youth and Children Affairs talked with the Vietnam News Agency about the development of education, training, and human resources

Over the past 20 years, after finishing work Mấu Văn Phi usually drives his old motorbike to offer medical check-ups and treatment to impoverished people, mostly of the Raglai ethnicity, in Khánh Vĩnh District in the central province of Khánh Hòa.

COVID-19 update

Forty-five new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Việt Nam on Monday evening, including a 10-month-old baby, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

COVID-19 latest update

HCM City should immediately zone, trace and end transmission of the new coronavirus through Tân Sơn Nhất Airport, Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has told the city Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control held on February 8.

Airport authorities across Việt Nam have been told to take the ‘highest-level’ measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the Lunar New Year holiday, following nearly 30 new locally transmitted cases identified recently at Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City.

The Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on Monday morning announced four new community COVID-19 infections, including one woman who came into contact with a confirmed case nearly two weeks ago but withheld the information from contact tracers.

The new cases bring Viet Nam's caseload since the pandemic began to 2,001.

Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City continues to operate normally after one of the airport staff tested positive for the coronavirus yesterday (Feb 6), according to airport authorities. 

Last October, a serious landslide hit the area, burying their houses and killing a dozen of their family members and neighbours.

Ginger jam, a speciality of Mỹ Chánh craft village in central Quảng Trị Province, is a popular Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday treat and its popularity has helped improve the lives of local residents.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau plans to maintain its shrimp farming area at 280,000ha between 2021 and 2025, with an increased output.

The southern province of Bình Dương has prohibited foreign experts from entering as it seeks to contain the spread of COVID-19.

Those who violate COVID-19 prevention rules could face up to 12 years behind bars, according to a new regulation issued by the Hà Nội’s authorities.

Director of the city’s health department Ngô Thị Kim Yến said the team will join the provincial medical forces in testing and tracking close COVID-19 patient contacts in the community as well as providing medical examinations and warnings about the virus.