Việt Nam News

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc should continue in its efforts and determination to curb the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic in the province, especially observation and isolation of suspected cases to avoid spreading the virus.

The suspension of trading through some border gates because of the coronavirus threat has meant Chinese vegetables and fruits are absent from HCM City's markets.

HCM City saw a year-on-year reduction of 28 traffic road accidents, 30 deaths and six injuries during the peak traffic period from December 15 to January 30, according to a report from the city’s Police Department's Road and Railway Traffic Police Unit (PC08).

A three-month old baby in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc has become the 15th patient infected with the new strain of coronavirus in Việt Nam, the health ministry confirmed on Tuesday morning.

HCM City authorities have approved a programme to check exhaust emissions from motorcycles that use public roads in the city.

After switching to breeding spotted Babylon snails nine years ago Hùynh Văn Mảnh’s income has risen by multiple times compared to breeding shrimp or fish.

The district people’s committee of Lý Sơn Island has asked the provincial public security department to identify a Facebook user who poster rumours of garlic that had been contaminated with pesticide.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology and the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases will receive the best support to develop and produce coronavirus test kits.

HCM City authorities are considering new procedures that would improve the management and disbursement of public investment funds.

The Đa Nhim Hydropower Plant in Lâm Đồng Province is discharging more water, at a rate of more than 15 metres per second, to address water shortages for farming and business production in Phan Rang-Tháp Chàm City and Ninh Hải District in Ninh Thuận Province. 

Three patients infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) after returning from Wuhan City – the epicentre of the deadly coronavirus – were discharged from hospital on Monday afternoon, February 10.

The HCM City People’s Court on February 10 postponed an appeals trial for defendants allegedly involved in the import of fake medicine for cancer treatment by the Việt Nam Pharma Joint Stock Company (VN Pharma).

A British man has been taken into custody for allegedly robbing a convenience store on Bùi Viện pedestrian street in HCM City, city police have announced. 

Provinces and cities which have not recorded any cases of coronavirus will be able to reopen schools as long as they ensure hygienic conditions for students, according to the health ministry.

Scientists from the School of Biotechnology and Food Technology under Hà Nội University of Science and Technology have developed a novel coronavirus (nCoV) test kit which provides results in 70 minutes instead of four hours like the current method.

A total of 30 Vietnamese citizens have returned to the country from Wuhan – the epicentre of the coronavirus (nCoV) outbreak on a special flight in the early morning of February 10.

Growing vegetables under VietGap standards has brought high incomes to farmers from co-operatives in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang.