Việt Nam News

A second person has died in Việt Nam, with cause of death related to COVID-19.

On Friday evening, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported 37 new cases, bringing the total number of positive patients to 546.

Starting August 1, all bars, karaoke venues and roadside stalls will have to close and large gatherings are banned in Hà Nội, the city’s authorities announced Friday morning, as the country battled a new wave of coronavirus after no local transmission cases for months. 

The group has worked since March and has been in touch with taskforces sent by the Ministry of Health (MoH) to Đà Nẵng to make comments and forecasts.

Authorities in Đà Nẵng have ordered the closure of restaurants, cafes and online shopping service from 1pm on Thursday (July 30) to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Sixteen Vietnamese citizens have been caught by border guards trying to illegally enter the Việt Nam from China.

Việt Nam’s first COVID-19 fatality has been officially confirmed.

A huge fire that broke out at around 9.15am on Friday destroyed almost ten houses in southern Kiên Giang Province’s Rạch Giá City.

Four more patients with COVID-19 recovered and were released from treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on July 31, lifting total cases being given the all-clear to 373.

Việt Nam ranked second in the International Chemistry Olympiad 2020, with all four students winning gold medals, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Education and Training.

The Ministry of Health has established a special team in response to the new COVID-19 threat in Đà Nẵng where the number of infections has risen rapidly.

Đà Nẵng will begin mass testing for all local people to eliminate possible SARS-CoV-2 infections in the community this weekend.

Thousands of medical face masks that fall below standards have been seized by the authorities.

HCM City People’s Committee has ordered a temporary halt to festivals and events with more than 30 people in attendance. Bars, clubs and restaurants will also be closed from July 31 to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

A man has been sentenced to death for trafficking 3.5 kilograms of heroin.

Vietnamese authorities and representative offices in the US and Vietnam Airlines coordinated with the US relevant agencies to conduct a flight bringing home nearly 300 Vietnamese citizens from San Francisco (the US) and Narita (Japan) airports on July 29-30.