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Prime Minister orders urgent flood response as storm threat looms

HCM City tells hospitals to remain on guard against coronavirus

The HCM City Department of Health has instructed hospitals in the city to continue with infection prevention measures they adopted to prevent the spread of COVID-19 since early April.

Provinces vaccinate livestock against foot-and-mouth disease, swine flu

Many provinces in Việt Nam have taken preventive measures against diseases afflicting cattle, including vaccination.

In climate change-hit Tiền Giang, rice farmers switch to fruits, vegetables

More rice farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang have switched to other crops as part of efforts to adapt to climate change.

No new COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam on Saturday morning

No new COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam on Friday evening

One more COVID-19 patient was declared recovered on Friday afternoon, thus 267 out of 324 patients in Việt Nam have been given the all-clear so far.

Court rejects defendants’ appeals in State assets case

The People’s Court in HCM City on Friday upheld the verdict handed down at the first-instance trial at an appeals trial on “violating regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness”.

Province searches for people in contact with suspected COVID-19 case

Local authorities in the southern province of Hậu Giang are continuing to look for people who were in close contact with or travelling on the same vehicle as a man returning from the southwestern border.

Đồng Nai Province decides on land acquisition rates for expressway

The Đồng Nai Province People’s Committee has approved the compensation rates payable to households in Xuân Lộc District whose lands will be acquired for the Dầu Giây - Phan Thiết Expressway project.

Ministry proposes road maintenance fee cut for transport firms

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) recently asked the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to exempt and reduce the road maintenance fees for transport vehicles and firms affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VN has highest trust in COVID-19 media coverage: YouGov poll

Việt Nam has the highest trust in COVID-19 media coverage, with 89 per cent of respondents expressing their belief in a poll recently conducted by the UK’s data analysis and market research firm YouGov.

Dangerous jobs banned for Vietnamese guest workers abroad

Vietnamese workers abroad are not allowed to work as masseuse/masseur at hotels, restaurants and entertainment facilities abroad from May 20.

Doctors remove toothpick from female patient's anus

Doctors from Hoàn Mỹ-Đà Nẵng Hospital have successful removed a toothpick from a patient’s anus after she swallowed while sleeping.

Four people connected to COVID-19 patient 275 test negative

Four people connected to COVID-19 patient 275 tested negative for SARS-CoV-2, said Bùi Quốc Nam, director of the Bạc Liêu Department of Health and also deputy head of the provincial Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Expert warns smoking increases transmission of coronavirus

Smoking can increase the risk of COVID-19 transmission within the community as it weakens lung function and immune response to infections, an official said.

Donor’s liver transferred from Hà Nội to HCM City for transplant on man, 37

Doctors at the HCM City University Medical Centre have successfully performed a liver transplant on a 37-year-old man with liver taken from a brain-dead woman donor from Hà Nội.

HCM City gives financial aid to household businesses affected by COVID-19

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved additional financial assistance of VNĐ830 billion (US$35.5 million) to support household businesses and workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tuyên Quang faces large deforestation

The illegally-destroyed protective forest is located in Trung Hà Commune of Chiêm Hóa District, vietnamplus.vn online newspaper reported on Thursday.

Hải Dương residents suffer pollution from incinerator ash

Residents in the area said the ash contained cloth, nylon, burning plastic and scrap pieces, causing a terrible toxic smell and giving them headaches and dizziness when inhaling it.