Việt Nam News

Sixty-one medical workers and staff at Gia Lai Province’s Field Hospital and 39 others in the province’s General Hospital are expected to get vaccinated on Tuesday and Wednesday.

About 4,000 people who work in industrial zones, restaurants or live in apartment buildings that accommodate many foreigners in Hà Nội will be tested for SARS-CoV-2 by March 19.

Nearly 15,000 blood units were successfully donated through the “Blood for Vietnamese 2020” programme, bringing the total units of blood that Samsung Vietnam has donated since 2010 to 100,000.

As many as 350 women in the informal economy will receive cash and training assistance worth NZ$50,000 (US$35,540) to overcome COVID-19 impacts.

HCM City will keep discos, bars and karaoke parlours closed to ensure safety amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while other non-essential service business types will resume from today.

Hải Phòng City has removed the 14-day lockdown for the last two locations of Hamlet 4 of Lôi Động Village, Thủy Nguyên District and Block 112 of Dư Hàng Worker's Residential Area, Dư Hàng Ward, Lê Chân District from midnight on Tuesday.

The border guards of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum have adopted and helped 75 children in extremely difficult situations.

A number of vocational colleges in HCM City have decided to add new subjects and increase enrolment slots this year. 

The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union members is carrying out various activities nation-wide to mark Youth Month in March.

Bình Phước Province is soliciting investment in a series of infrastructure projects including airport and industrial parks in 2020-25.

Monday is the day the world pays tribute to all women. In Vietnam, mothers, grandmothers, daughters and female friends were all thanked for their hard work and efforts they carry out on a day to day basis. But let’s face facts… everyday really should be Women’s Day.

Some 250 medical workers at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City and National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội and in Hải Dương Province today (March 8) became the first people in Việt Nam to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

All over the world, women lead. They lead peace processes, run businesses, establish hospitals and schools. They are presidents of countries and corporate boards. They head international and grassroots organizations, faith-based groups and sports teams, labour and environmental movements, often while caring for their families and communities. 

In documents sent to agencies for proposals on the regional minimum wage to report to the Government, the ministry said the National Wage Council agreed not to increase the minimum wage this year. 

The Ministry of Transport has instructed the Railway Project Management Board to do a pre-feasibility study for the high-speed HCMC-Cần Thơ railway by 2022.