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Prime Minister orders urgent flood response as storm threat looms

HCM City launches app to assess COVID-19 transmission risks

The HCM City Department of Information and Communication on Tuesday (May 5) launched an application that will help assess COVID-19 transmission risks.

COVID-19 figures in Việt Nam as of 6am May 6

Lockdown in Hạ Lôi Village to be lifted at midnight, after 21 virus-free days

More than 2,900 households with more than 10,800 people in the village were quarantined at home.

No new cases recorded as British pilot remains critical

Việt Nam recorded no new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday evening, keeping the total number of infected cases in the country at 271.

Government programme encourages marriage before the age of 30

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved a birth rate adjustment programme towards 2030 which encourages people to get married before the age of 30 and women to give birth to the second child before they get 35 years old.

Aviation authority proposes increasing domestic flight frequency

It also proposed the ministry adjust social distancing regulations.

Cà Mau protects western sea dyke

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau is speeding up projects to repair an eroded sea dyke that prevent saltwater erosion on its western coast.

Government programme encourages marriage before the age of 30

51 private kindergartens in HCM City unable to survive pandemic

Fifty one private kindergartens in HCM City have closed down, unable to afford rents and salaries to regular teachers amid the COVID-19 shutdown, the city Department of Education and Training reported.

Hà Nội’s chairman calls for continued social distancing measures at schools and hospitals

Chairman of Hà Nội People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung has called for continued social distancing measures, especially at schools and hospitals, when daily activities have resumed.

Eleven COVID-19 patients recover at the National Tropical Diseases Hospital, total at 232

Eleven COVID-19 patients recovered and were discharged from the National Tropical Diseases Hospital on Tuesday morning, bringing the country’s total recovered cases to 232.

HCM City ups COVID-19 tests on returnees

People entering Việt Nam at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport will have COVID-19 tests four times during their 14-day quarantine instead of twice like before.

Bridge widened to ease traffic on National Highway 1A

A new 22.5m-wide Rượu Bridge on National Highway 1A in Tiền Giang Province opened on May 4My Ma, helping to reduce traffic congestion during peak hours.

Retired soldier helps poor veterans get better houses

The 82-year-old lives in Châu Thành District, the Mekong Delta province of Hậu Giang, and prefers people call him “a man of the southern region” rather than brigadier.

Trà Bồng District cinnamon farmers happy with bumper crop

Cinnamon growers in the central province of Quảng Ngãi’s Trà Bồng District are happy with the ongoing bumper cinnamon season, with increasing exports of this spice to Europe, the Middle East and the United States.

51 medical centres can conduct COVID-19 tests

As many as 51 medical offices were allowed to conduct tests confirming COVID-19 results, according to a decision from the Ministry of Health.

CDC urges preventive measures against dengue fever

The HCM City Centre of Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) has urged the public to take preventive measures against dengue fever as the number of cases has increased recently.

Labour demand rises in some industries, drops in others in first quarter

While many workers in several industries in HCM City lost jobs in the first quarter amid the COVID-19 pandemic, recruitment demand in other fields rose.

Frontliners on 24-hour shifts during the COVID-19 fight

Late on March 6, the Hà Nội 115 Medical Emergency Centre received a call. Three workers were quickly scrambled and donned hazmat suits before setting off for Ba Đình District, sirens wailing.