Việt Nam News

Đắk Ngo Commune is one of the two most impoverished communes in Tuy Đức District and though the muddy road to the commune is treacherous during the rainy season, it can't stop the soldiers helping out.

Residents in Tân Thuận Đông Ward, District 7, HCM City have become used to seeing an old doctor riding his bike around the area to visit sick people every morning.

Fishermen in coastal communes of Duy Hải and Duy Nghĩa in the central province of Quảng Nam are happy with the ongoing bumper ruốc biển (sea shrimp)-season, as a fishing boat can earn a few million of đồng per trip.

Director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Anh Tuấn said the province hoped planned to have 3,500 ha of medicinal herbs by 2030, concentrating on 22 key plants.

After repeated delays, HCM City’s new Miền Đông (Eastern) Bus Station in District 9 is finally set to open next month, according to the city’s Department of Transportation.

The HCM City People’s Committee ordered the closure of cinemas, night clubs, karaoke parlours, and theatres from Sunday (March 15) to the month end to prevent congregations of people, which increases the risk of the spread of COVID-19.

There has been a flood of information released about how to keep yourself safe from being exposed to or contracting novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in apartment lifts.

The Ministry of Health COVID-19 hotline number is 19009095.

The latest patient, 42, lives in central Ninh Thuận Province’s Phước Nam Commune. He went to Malaysia on February 27 and returned Việt Nam on March 4 via Tân Sơn Nhất international airport in HCM City.

For the first time since her arrival in the US, Phương Mai found Chinatown in Philadelphia deserted.

The central city has set up seven COVID-19 checkpoints at main entry and exit points on Sunday to monitor the body temperatures of all passengers and tourists travelling by bus.

Health scientists and doctors exchanged new approaches in the application of SGLT2 inhibitors in management of diabetes type 2 at an online symposium held by the HCM City Diabetes and Endocrinology Association and AstraZeneca last week in HCM City.

The Foreign Ministry has warned Vietnamese citizens against unnecessary travel Singapore, after the country issued new regulations on entry procedures amid the spread of COVID-19.

Deputy Minister of Health Đỗ Xuân Tuyên on Sunday inspected prevention and control work against COVID-19 at Hà Nội-based Nội Bài International Airport.

HCM City has been sending workers abroad under various programmes in recent years, but challenges still exist, especially in training, according to the city Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang plans to increase the area under industrial and semi-industrial shrimp farming models to 3,200ha and annual output to 28,000 tonnes this year, according to its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

The decision will be effective for 30 days, starting March 15, the foreign ministry said.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng have adopted many new farming models to adapt to climate change, which has helped them cope with the severe saltwater intrusion.