Việt Nam News

The first households in Long Thành District in the southern province of Đồng Nai whose land will be handed over for Long Thành international airport project began receiving compensation worth a total of VNĐ70 billion (US$3.01 million) yesterday, according to the district’s People’s Committee.

Over 130,000 vehicles were pulled over for inspection across the country on the first two days of a new traffic safety campaign. Fines worth a total of over VNĐ14 billion (US$602 million) were issued.

Two cabin crew from Vietnam Airlines are among the latest patients to test positive for COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Foreigners entering the country under visa waiver programmes, e-visas or tourism visas after March 1 will be automatically given stay permit extension until June 30 free of charge.

An appeal trial looking into the trade of counterfeit cancer drugs at Việt Nam Pharma (VN Pharma) JSC commenced on Monday morning in HCM City.

Three more patients with COVID-19 recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday afternoon, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 263, making up 82 per cent of total patients.

Excess levels of bacteria was the main cause of a food poisoning case in Đà Nẵng City on May 7. This was the conclusion of the Đà Nẵng Food Safety Management Committee, released on Monday.

Many crop growing areas in Cà Mau Province’s freshwater zones are facing a severe shortage of water because of a prolonged dry spell.

The lives of ethnic minority people in the central province of Quảng Bình’s Minh Hóa District have changed thanks to the care of soldiers over the past 10 years.

During her time she has earned the nickname the ‘beggar’ because no matter where she goes or who she meets, she is constantly asking for donations to help the poor. And when the cash doesn’t come in, she will dig deep into her own pockets to buy gifts for poor households in the ward.

Authorities and people in HCM City held tree-planting activities across 24 districts on the day. In 2019, the city planted more than 400,000 trees.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the owners of 151 villas built before 1975 to repair or renovate the buildings, most of which are located in districts 1 and 3.

The move aims to respond to the call from the trade union of 19 local industrial parks and local authorities to help workers overcome difficulties triggered by the pandemic.

More than 300 households in a 4.3ha area located outside the original boundary of the Thủ Thiêm new urban area project in HCM City’s District 2 will receive compensation this month in exchange for their land, a top city official has said.

Việt Nam has now gone 31 days without community transmission and has still yet to record a death caused by COVID-19.