Việt Nam News

Bus and coach operators in Hà Nội have asked for local authorities’ permission to reduce the number of daily trips due the plunging number of passengers.

The National Steering Committee for Covid -19 Prevention and Control launched an online management and administration centre for professional assistance of Covid – 19 diagnosis and treatment at the health ministry in Hà Nội on March 5.

A Vietnamese citizen, who was on the same flight as a Japanese passenger who tested positive for COVID-19, had been found and quarantined on Thursday morning, according to the HCM City Disease Control Centre.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are harvesting the 2019-20 salt crop, with the prolonged hot weather providing a bumper harvest, and prices ruling high.  

Fishermen in Hoài Nhơn District in the central province of Bình Định are struggling to stay afloat, and some have given up as increasing sand deposits make it impossible for them to access the port.

Increased raids at karaoke bars are failing to discourage drug users in Việt Nam from turning these popular entertainment venues into drug dens.

The Department of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Vietnamese citizens in Iran and Italy to stay vigilant as the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreads.

HCM City should invest in digital innovation and transformation in the healthcare sector to improve service quality by “making healthcare delivery more efficient and more accessible”, experts have said.

Việt Nam was in control of the COVID-19 epidemic with no new cases reported since February 13, said experts at a conference on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

The People’s Committee of Sơn La Province decided on Tuesday to give high school and college students a further two weeks off due to the coronavirus.  

All passengers, crew and staff who had contact with a Japanese passenger who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Vietnam Airlines’ VN340 flight have been put into quarantine, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam, also head of the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, monitored the exercise. 

A man returning from South Korea has been found to have broken self-quarantine, travelling 80km from HCM City to the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre, on Tuesday, according to Bến Tre Province’s Department of Health.