E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products (HTPs) were not safe for children, adolescents or young people, and these new products targeting young people had in fact created a new generation of addicts, experts warned.
The flexible and creative application of a strategy to prevent, detect, isolate, zone and control COVID-19 had played a decisive role in Việt Nam’s successful battle against the pandemic, experts have said.
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), the German development agency, in cooperation with Việt Nam’s Directorate of Vocational Education and Training and departments of Labour invalids and Social Affairs in eight cities and provinces, will offer short training courses for 1,000 workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International University- Việt Nam National University Ho Chi Minh City has decided to pay doctoral students VNĐ10 million (US$430) for monthly living expenses and waive tuition fees of up to 100 per cent in the 2020-21 academic year.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a public service workforce plan for 2021.
Most industries impacted by COVID-19 pandemic have shown “signs of recovery” in the third quarter, with better job situation and workers’ income in this period compared to the second quarter but not as good as last year’s third quarter.
The Government recently issued a decision to approve the task of making national master planning for 2021-2030 with a vision to 2050.
The “Green journey, recycling milk cartons” contest will be organised at nearly 400 kindergartens and primary schools in HCM City from October to December by Nestlé MILO in collaboration with Tetra Pak and Revival Waste, with about 280,000 students expected to participate.
A 26-year-old student returning from UK is the latest COVID-19 case in Việt Nam, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to 1,098.
Insights from a quarantine hotel manager in HCM City for the first time cleared the nagging question of why the room rates for isolation were much higher than those at ordinary accommodations.
The central province of Thừa Thiên Huế and Facebook have launched a comprehensive partnership programme to support the province in the digital transformation process, with the aim of turning Huế into a smart municipality in the near future.
Doctors from the Hùng Vương General Hospital in the northern province of Phú Thọ have removed a teeth tumour from a 12-year-old patient.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA), in its capacity as the Chair of the ASEAN Social Work Consortium, held a national consultation on Monday in HCM City on promoting social work in the bloc.
The COVID-19 pandemic has posed great challenges to the Government, but the Government’s proactiveness was key to helping Việt Nam devise effective solutions in the fight against the pandemic, said Nguyễn Thế Trung, a member of the E-Government Advisory Group of the Office of the Government.