Việt Nam News

It was exactly three months ago the first case of novel coronavirus was recorded in Việt Nam. An awful lot has happened here since January 23rd. Here is a look back at the key events of the last 12 weeks.

All public buildings, coffee shops, restaurants and taxi services in the central city of Đà Nẵng officially resumed operation as the social distancing order was eased on Thursday morning.

High schools and universities in Hà Nội plan to reopen from May 4, head of the city's People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Wednesday. 

A 48-year-old man with COVID-19 has recovered and was discharged from the Củ Chi Field Hospital on Thursday morning.

Hail and strong winds on Wednesday damaged houses, crops and infrastructure in northern provinces including Hà Giang, Lai Châu and Vĩnh Phúc.

Every day, Trần Thị Vân from Cán Gáo Village in the southern province of Kiên Giang’s An Minh District gets up early to prepare food and then take her son to school by boat.

Aloe vera farmers in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận are earning large incomes because of the high prices they are getting because of the prolonged hot weather.

Students and lecturers from several universities in the country have made and donated robots and medical devices to hospitals and quarantine areas to serve the fight against COVID-19.

Despite difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, an opportunity is emerging for Việt Nam to build the foundations of a more inclusive growth path, which leaves no one behind once recovery begins, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Việt Nam.

The Ministry of Transport has approved the construction of a 39km bypass around Buôn Ma Thuột City on Hồ Chí Minh Highway in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk.

While closing public spaces and urging citizens to stay at home has helped the country record no new COVID-19 cases in almost a week, the measures have put women at increased risk of violence as they stay cooped up with abusive partners in a stressful situation.

The Hà Nội Party Committee has approved a plan to build two new metro lines.

There have been no new cases of COVID-19 reported in Việt Nam for a whole week.

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With the agreement from the Government, Hà Nội’s administration announced that strict social distancing measures in place to curb coronavirus spread would expire at midnight Wednesday.

Social distancing restrictions will be eased in Hà Nội from April 23 as Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc agreed to downgrade the city from the COVID-19 high-risk group to medium-risk.

The Border Guard Command in the northern mountainous province of Điện Biên on Tuesday handed over "houses of gratitude" to 65 families living in extremely difficult circumstances in Chung Chải commune, Mường Nhé district.