Việt Nam News

They were on flight OZ731 of Asian Airlines from Seoul in South Korea to Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City last Tuesday.

A specialist field hospital has been set up in HCM City to deal with the outbreak of novel coronavirus.

Việt Nam has confirmed its 14th novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) infection case, in the “hotspot” of Vĩnh Phúc Province, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday.

The Ministry of Health officially has launched a new website to share vital and accurate information over the coronavirus outbreak.

Amid concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus, the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs has told a number of firms that 1,079 foreign workers who recently travelled to China and returned to HCM City to work after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday must be quarantined.

Hundreds of young people in HCM City are calling on their friends via social media and others to visit the Blood Transfusion Haematology Hospital and Humanitarian Blood Donation Centre to donate blood to address a shortage amid the ongoing public health emergency caused by the coronavirus.

Peach blossom growers of Nhật Tân, a famous peach blossom planting village in Hà Nội, often keep contact with those who hire or buy their trees to collect them after Tết and take care of the trees for the next season.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to provide vocational training to 12,000 people living in rural areas this year and jobs for 80 per cent of them subsequently, according to its Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The number of internet-borne cyberthreats in Việt Nam in the fourth quarter of 2019 decreased more than 50 per cent compared to the same period in 2018, according to Kaspersky Security Bulletin Q4 2019.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) noted that Việt Nam has been managing the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) “very well”. 

Đỗ Văn Chiến, Chairman of the National Assembly Commission for Ethnic Minority speaks to Việt Nam National Assembly TV on new points in the National Assembly proposal regarding socio-economic development in areas inhabited by ethnic minorities

Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên on Friday warned the number of the coronavirus infections in Vĩnh Phúc Province – the biggest cluster detected in Việt Nam so far – was likely to increase in the coming days.

People who caught novel coronavirus (nCoV) would be offered free tests, treatment and medicine, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

he Ministry of Health announced late Friday the 13th case to test positive for the novel coronavirus (nCoV) in Việt Nam.

Minister of Information and Communications, Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng has called on all organizations and companies in the information and communications sector to join the efforts to combat the coronavirus, especially propaganda efforts.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Lê Văn Thanh on Thursday praised the northern province of Hà Nam for its work in the prevention of coronavirus.

The Việt Nam Red Cross (VNRC) distributed 10,000 medical masks, 10,000 bottles of hand sanitiser and leaflets on coronavirus prevention in Hà Nội on February 7.

Hà Nội’s transport sector has recently put measures in place to deal with the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.