Việt Nam News

A ceremony was held on Thursday to hand over quality helmets to students and teachers at special needs Bình Minh Primary School in Hà Nội, along with helmet-wearing tutorials and road safety training, as part of Helmet for Kids programme by the AIP Foundation to commemorate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities.

Rescue flights to bring home Vietnamese nationals in dire circumstances would still be allowed, while voluntary commercial flights are on hold after the recent community outbreak in HCM City as a result of a quarantine breach after three months virus-free.

HCM City aims to improve traffic order and safety and reduce the number of traffic accidents, fatalities and injuries by 5 per cent by 2025, the chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, has said.

A social assistance and rehabilitation programme for autistic children and people with mental disorders in 2021 – 2030 has been approved by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

A Vietnam Airlines flight attendant who “seriously violated Covid-19 quarantine regulations” could face criminal charges, according to HCM City Police.

President of Việt Nam Soil Science Association Vũ Năng Dũng spoke to Nông nghiệp Việt Nam (Việt Nam Agriculture) newspaper about an alarming situation facing farming land in Việt Nam.

The number of species of wild birds, fish and plants in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has fallen rapidly in recent years because of a decline in food resources and natural habitats.

The  Núi Chúa National Park in south-central province of Ninh Thuận has rescued and returned to sea more than 800 rare baby sea turtles and four adult sea turtles of different species.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA) on Thursday launched a special website that provides information on the 13th National Party Congress in different forms and languages.

The HCM City Department of Planning and Architecture has submitted suggestions to city authorities for underground space planning for the 930-ha city centre comprising Districts 1 and 3 and and the Thủ Thiêm new urban area in District 2, according to Thanh Niên (Young People) newspaper.

The southern province of Tây Ninh plans to start building two new roads and upgrade an existing one next year at an estimated cost of VNĐ4.5 trillion (US$194 million) that will come from both the central and local governments.

Three new imported cases confirmed. Two Vietnamese returning from Germany and the US, as well as one Nepalese expert. Eight more people have recovered. No new community infections have been reported this evening.

More than 100 massage parlours and other service venues which provided jobs for visually-impaired people in the capital city were closed as non-essential services during the COVID-19 social distancing period earlier this year.

Hoàng Lan Hương was born paralysed, has difficulties in speaking and finds it hard to communicate with others.

A 56-year-old patient from Bình Thuận Province was hospitalised recently at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in HCM City for prolonged fever and diarrhoea.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Long An plans to increase its rate of high-quality rice cultivation to 70 -75 per cent during 2021 – 25 from the current 50 per cent, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A ten-month-old baby is among seven imported COVID-19 cases reported in Việt Nam on Wednesday evening.