Việt Nam News

The central city has asked the Ministry of Health for permission to report new COVID-19 cases so it can respond more quickly to the pandemic.

The health sector has called on medical staff and the community to donate blood at the Lễ hội Xuân hồng (Red Spring) blood donation festival at the headquarters of the Ministry of Health in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Trần Thị Giáng Hương, Director of the Department of International Co-operation under the Ministry of Health was appointed the Director of the World Health Organisation’s Division of Programmes for Disease Control last year. She talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper about her new role at an international body.

Hà Nội Police on Wednesday warned of increasing phone scams in which scammers pretend to be policemen or post office staff to defraud people.

The HCM City Appeals Court on Tuesday (10 March 2020) upheld a December 2018 verdict by a city court ordering Singaporean ride-hailing Grab to pay compensation of VNĐ4.8 billion (US$207,000) to taxi firm Vinasun.

The Australian Government has announced help for Việt Nam to assess the contribution of technology to GDP growth via the Aus4Innovation programme.

Hà Nội People’s Committee has allocated VNĐ3.5 billion (US$150,600) from the city’s budget for COVID-19 tests.

Immigration officials at Nội Bài International Airport found no Italian immigration stamp in the passports of Viet Nam’s 17th COVID-19 patient, who allegedly did not report her travel to Italy – a high-risk area – so she could avoid concentrated quarantine.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Wednesday, requesting stronger actions to prevent and control COVID-19 amid new developments of the outbreak.

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Experts have warned that so-called virus protector cards advertised online offer no protection against the SARS-CoV-2.

Cang is the only child in his family. His father died when he was a sixth-grader. Now only his 65-year-old mother is living at home. Like many other young soldiers, Cang was very homesick when arrived at the island. He also worries so much when thinking about his mother home alone.

The Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu People’s Committee held a meeting on Tuesday (March 3), to discuss the Biên Hòa- Vũng Tàu Expressway project with the construction consultant, Transport Engineering Design Inc, and related entities.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Tuesday approved the Việt Nam Railway Corporation (VNR)’s plan to close illegal level crossings in crowded residential areas by the end of this year.

Eighty-three teachers of the city's five driving training centres were banned from teaching lost after transport inspectors found the instructors had fake instructor licenses.

People in five cities and provinces will be able to pay traffic penalty tickets online from Friday, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tiến Dũng has announced.

A tour guide in Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội, is the latest SARS-CoV-2 patient in Việt Nam confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday, Vietnam Television reported.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has told all enterprises that they must develop long-term policies for training and job replacement during the COVID-19 outbreak.