Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Health plans to set up a centre that will oversee the supply of medical personnel if the number of COVID-19 infections begins to spread widely in the community.

Police officers in Tân Bình District, HCM City recently busted a drug trafficking ring and seized nearly 3kg of ketamine, they said on Tuesday.

Taking advantage of fears over the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, numerous adverts have popped up offering healthcare products said to strengthen one’s immune system and prevent the spread of the virus.

The Institute of Biotechnology under the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology yesterday announced it had completed the development of test kits for the novel coronavirus that provide results in just 80 minutes.

Head of the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission Trương Thị Mai hosted a reception in Hà Nội on Tuesday for a delegation of the ASEAN Community Women's Group led by Ambassador Nguyễn Nguyệt Hà, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of International Women’s Day (March 8).

The lockdown placed on Sơn Lôi, a rural commune in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc that stands at the centre of the COVID-19 outbreak in Việt Nam, was officially lifted at midnight on March 4.

An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health at the Hà Nội University of Medicine.

Việt Nam has only had 16 reported cases of COVID-19 and everyone has been treated and fully recovered. Great medical team, great control by the authorities... and of course a great song and dance!

VietnamPlus, an online newspaper of the Việt Nam News Agency (VNA) officially launched its online Russian language version at ru.vietnamplus.vn in Hà Nội today.

An avian flu A/H5N6 infection has been reported in the northern province of Hà Nam, the provincial Agriculture and Rural Development Department reported.

The northern mountainous province of Yên Bái suffered losses of nearly VNĐ3 billion (US$130,400) after hail and thunderstorms on Monday evening, according to initial reports.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will suspend flights on all routes between Việt Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) from March 5, 2020, amid developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19).

Police in central Hà Tĩnh Province are looking into an oil leak on the Lam River, which has caused serious pollution. An investigation is underway to find the culprit behind the incident.

People are rushing to take their driving tests following news that the tests will become stricter and more expensive from May

 As many as 12 industrial fires have occurred at wood processing factories in HCM City and the neighbouring province of Bình Dương this year, causing major losses of tens billion of Vietnamese đồng and hundreds of jobs.

Residents in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre are providing households with free fresh water as saltwater intrusion is expected to equal or exceed the record level that occurred during the 2015 – 16 dry season.

Millions of students in 59 provinces and cities went back to the school on Monday after nearly six weeks absence due to the outbreak of COVID-19.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday stressed the importance of not discriminating against those who have gone through regions hit by COVID-19 in Việt Nam and the need to step up quarantine efforts, saying they help control the epidemic.