Việt Nam News

Experts said remote health examination and treatment was an effective measure to raise work effectiveness in grassroots levels while reducing the burden on upper-level hospitals.

Nguyễn Thi Lan Hương, a labour expert and a former Director of the Institute for Labour Science, in the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs, talks to the newspaper Countryside and Agriculture about Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc’s decision to delay the pay rise for all public employees and Government officials in 2020

HCM City has reached its goal to have 20 doctors per 10,000 people after implementation of a five-year programme on improving the quality of health care services for local residents.

The explosion was triggered by a bolt of lightning.  

No new cases reported on Tuesday evening

Nguyễn Văn Phố declared that while working in Angola, he had met a contractor named Anh who offered VNĐ1.2 million (US$51.7) to him to transport a piece of luggage with those objects to Việt Nam.

Five COVID-19 patients, including one treated at HCM City’s Hospital of Tropical Diseases, and four others treated at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases have recovered on Tuesday morning, bringing Việt Nam’s total cases being given the all-clear to 298.

The health ministry’s Medical Services Administration will partner with eight local and international NGOs in rehabilitation activities to improve life quality and community integration of the disabled in Việt Nam as part of an MoU signed on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

Cabinet members have begun reviewing the national socio-economic situation in May – the first month after the social distancing measures were lifted and the economy entered the “new normal” period

Two people have died and another is missing after an explosion at stone quarry triggered by a bold of lightning.

More heat waves are forecast to hit Việt Nam in June, mostly in the first two weeks. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a proposal by the northern province of Bắc Giang People’s Committee on the entry of 309 Chinese traders to Việt Nam for lychees.

A 30-year-old woman who illegally returned to Việt Nam from China on May 28 and then flew from Hà Nội to HCM City has tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 twice, director of HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases said on Tuesday morning.

The new electricity prices included in the Government Decision No 13 (valid from last week) and the electricity purchasing contract form are expected to promote investments on rooftop solar projects in HCM City.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the People’s Committee to approve an additional subsidy of VNĐ161 billion (US$6.9 million) for public bus operators this year.

The restaurant owner Phạm Hồng Anh said that since the middle of last month, her family’s restaurant started providing lunch for 40 healthcare workers in their neighbourhood.