Việt Nam News

The Trà Vinh Province People’s Committee has decided to provide relief worth more than VNĐ40 billion (US$1.7 million) to more than 28,000 farming households to revive agriculture, which was severely affected by drought and saltwater intrusion in the 2019 - 20 dry season.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang has begun to increase waste treatment on islands and along coasts to protect the environment.

AYA Cup, an exchange cup system for takeaway, lends reusable cups made from cassava starch with a deposit of VNĐ50,000 (US$2.1) for each cup.

PM Phúc said the task of economic recovery was more urgent than ever and that Việt Nam must make use of the fact it has controlled the COVID-19 pandemic early.

The General Department of Preventive Medicine has urged parents to be sure their children have a total of four diptheria vaccine shots taken at the proper times. 

Four more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were discharged from the National Tropical Diseases Hospital on Thursday morning.

It was March 31, the day Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc announced the 14-day social distancing orders across Việt Nam, meaning all unnecessary services – including home cleaning – must be suspended. 

Firms in Việt Nam, like others across the world, have been suffered negative impacts due to the pandemic, with many bankrupt, dissolved, suspended or downsized.

According to the National Committee for Traffic Safety, between December 15, 2019, and June 14, 2020, 6,790 traffic accidents were reported nationwide, killing 3,242 people and injuring 4,939 people.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang will spend more than VNĐ326 billion (US$14 million) to implement the One Commune, One Product programme in 2019 – 25.

A 31-year-old man from Indonesia suspected of having COVID-19 has tested negative for the virus.