Once breaking out, the plague would present a direct threat to agriculture in Southeast Asian countries, especially Việt Nam.
A biology teacher at the Phước Minh Secondary School in Tây Ninh Province, who was alleged to have sexually abused several male students, issued an apology and resigned on Wednesday.
Almost 340 Vietnamese citizens have been brought home safely from the UK on a repatriation flight that touched down in Việt Nam on Thursday.
The Ministry of Transport has removed a provision which mandates motorbikes' running lights to be always on during daytime in its draft revised Law on Road Traffic.
At the age of 30, she weighs 15kg and is confined to a wheelchair but sets a bright example for people with disabilities with a "down but not out" spirit.
The 229 pregnant women are among 343 Vietnamese repatriated from Taiwan (China) due to the COVID-19 pandemic on May 29.
The risk of Covid-19 spreading at or near border areas still exists despite border checkpoints, according to Trần Đắc Phu, a senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre at the Ministry of Health.
Four COVID-19 patients who returned to Việt Nam from Russia last month and received treatment at Thái Bình Province General Hospital were given the all-clear on Wednesday.