Việt Nam News

A number of universities and schools in several provinces and cities will extend their closure until February 16 amid an ongoing public health emergency caused by the novel coronavirus 2019-nCOv.

The Sóc Trăng Province People’s Committee has adopted several measures to reduce poverty this year, including developing rural agriculture, creating more jobs and support policies for poor people.

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has asked the Government for advice over a loan owed to China for the long-delayed and still not yet operational Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway project.

Việt Nam had no plans to offer a stimulus package to support companies hit by the coronavirus outbreak despite bleak economic forecasts for 2020, the Government said on Wednesday.

A logo integrating lotus and silver fern designed by Hồ Tú Anh won the logo competition to celebrate the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and New Zealand, New Zealand Embassy in Hà Nội announced on Thursday.

Two more people from the same family had tested positive for the coronavirus in Việt Nam, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 12, the Ministry of Health announced yesterday.

Hà Nội will complete a system of 81 air quality monitoring stations by the end of this year, said director of the municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Nguyễn Trọng Đông on Wednesday.

The Hà Nội Railway Transport Joint Stock Company has reduced train ticket prices for the sleeper class by between 7 and 30 per cent.

Hospitals must ensure sufficient medicines and equipment for isolation work and treatment for the acute respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.

Historical relics and tourist attractions in Hà Nội will re-open on Thursday after being temporarily closed to prevent the spread of the acute respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.

Occupational training will be provided to more than 6,400 labourers in HCM City's rural areas this year, with the aim of having at least 85 per cent of them receive new jobs.

HCM City wants the Hospital of Tropical Diseases to test people with suspected symptoms of coronavirus infection and announce the results instead of sending samples to the Pasteur Institute for testing, and Department of Health has sought the approval of the Ministry of Health.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận is developing sustainable marine aquaculture, focusing on high-value species to improve farmers’ incomes, according to the its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang are co-operating with companies to produce more than 35,000ha of rice under large-field models to secure outlets and improve profits.

The Government has urged the State Appraisal Council to review the feasibility report for the first phase of the proposed Long Thành international airport in Đồng Nai Province, whose construction is slated to begin this year, and submit it for approval next month.

Việt Nam could lose up to US$600 million of export turnover to China in the first quarter of 2020 due to the Wuhan virus outbreak, the trade ministry warned on Wednesday.

Speaking at a meeting with the press on Wednesday afternoon, he said the country was preparing for all possible scenarios, with about 3,000 beds and medical equipment ready to receive and treat patients in case of an outbreak of the disease.

HCM City authorities have pledged to help contractors speed up work on the first metro line between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in District 9 so that it can be completed by the end of next year.