Hospitals nationwide ready to assist Đà Nẵng in COVID-19 treatment
Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on Tuesday urged medical centres in other provinces and cities to share the burden with Đà Nẵng as the central coastal city is now a hotspot of COVID-19.
Quảng Ninh Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital recognised as a Centre of Excellence for Breastfeeding
The Quảng Ninh Obstetrics and Paediatrics Hospital in Quảng Ninh Province became the first hospital in Northern Việt Nam to be recognised as a Center of Excellence for Breastfeeding at a ceremony on July 28.
JICA helps to strengthen maritime security and safety capability
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged to help Việt Nam increase maritime security and safety capacity.
Plague of locusts attacking crops in eight provinces
The yellow-spined bamboo locusts (Ceracris kiangsu) swarm has destroyed at least 277ha of bamboo forests and corn fields in eight provinces across the country.
Hospitals will be shut if lax on COVID-19: committee
To cope with the complex situation, the steering committee asked localities and hospitals to take immediate and strong measures
Hà Nội orders people returning from Đà Nẵng fill out health declarations
The move came after Việt Nam confirmed 15 new cases of community transmission in Đà Nẵng City and Quảng Ngãi Province between July 25 and 27.
Illegal border crossings discovered in Hà Giang
Border soldiers and police in northern mountainous province of Hà Giang on Monday caught three groups of people trying to illegally enter China.
Đà Nẵng begins lockdown of COVID-19 hotspots
Barriers and guards were deployed to lock down four sections of streets surrounding three hospitals – the general hospital, C Hospital and Rehabilitation and Orthopaedics hospital – which are quarantine and treatment centres for the COVID-19 patients in the central city on July 28.
Hospital gears up to receive 120 COVID-19 patients from Equatorial Guinea
The plane is set to carry home 219 Vietnamese citizens working in Equatorial Guinea, including 120 who have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2.
280 Vietnamese citizens brought home safely from the US
More than 280 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from the San Francisco Airport, the US on a Vietnam Airlines flight on Monday.
HCM City to spend $41 billion for transport infrastructure
HCM City needs more than VNĐ950 trillion (US$41 billion) to invest in transport infrastructure from 2020 to 2030.
Five men in country’s largest drug trafficking ring receive death penalty
The HCM City People’s Court yesterday (July 27) sentenced to death the 40-year-old head of the country’s largest drug trafficking and production ring and his four accomplices.
No new COVID-19 cases recorded in VN on Tuesday morning
New coronavirus strain recorded in Việt Nam
It is a more contagious strain, he said, adding that it's the sixth strain recorded in Việt Nam.
WHO applauds VN’s quick response to community transmission
Việt Nam always wants to consult the World Health Organization, international organisations and experts whenever there is a new development in COVID-19 prevention and control, according to Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.
Việt Nam reports 11 new cases of COVID-19 linked to Đà Nẵng on Monday
Việt Nam reported eleven new COVID-19 cases on Monday evening, including two medical staff, bringing the total number of community infections linked to central Đà Nẵng City to 15 in the past few days.
HelpAge International in Việt Nam wins the first HAPI’s grand prize
The HelpAge International in Việt Nam has won the first Healthy Aging Prize for Asian Innovation (HAPI)’s grand prize in Community-Based Initiatives category for its intergenerational self-help club development model.
