Việt Nam News

HCM City will continue to carry out the COVID-19 prevention methods stipulated in a directive sent by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc though it has been downgraded from high risk to medium risk and social distancing ended at midnight on Wednesday (April 23).

Youth volunteers in HCM City have been lending a hand to support vulnerable elders in the city during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Only 44 people with the virus remain in care at seven medical facilities across the country.

All domestic flights and inter-provincial buses resumed limited operations yesterday following the decision to ease social distancing taken by the Government yesterday.

At 6pm on Thursday, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Control announced no new cases of infection, meaning the total number of infections in Việt Nam has stayed at 268 for 7 and a half days.

Construction of a double tunnel below Nguyễn Văn Linh Boulevard at its intersection with Nguyễn Hữu Thọ Street in HCM City’s District 7 began on Wednesday (April 22).

The remaining 171 people at COVID-19 quarantine sites in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province completed their 14-day quarantine on Thursday, bringing the province's total to 6,380 cases finishing compulsory isolation.

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All public buildings, coffee shops, restaurants and taxi services in the central city of Đà Nẵng officially resumed operation as the social distancing order was eased on Thursday morning.

High schools and universities in Hà Nội plan to reopen from May 4, head of the city's People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung said on Wednesday. 

A 48-year-old man with COVID-19 has recovered and was discharged from the Củ Chi Field Hospital on Thursday morning.

Hail and strong winds on Wednesday damaged houses, crops and infrastructure in northern provinces including Hà Giang, Lai Châu and Vĩnh Phúc.

Every day, Trần Thị Vân from Cán Gáo Village in the southern province of Kiên Giang’s An Minh District gets up early to prepare food and then take her son to school by boat.

Aloe vera farmers in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận are earning large incomes because of the high prices they are getting because of the prolonged hot weather.

Students and lecturers from several universities in the country have made and donated robots and medical devices to hospitals and quarantine areas to serve the fight against COVID-19.

The Ministry of Transport has approved the construction of a 39km bypass around Buôn Ma Thuột City on Hồ Chí Minh Highway in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Đắk Lắk.

Despite difficulties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, an opportunity is emerging for Việt Nam to build the foundations of a more inclusive growth path, which leaves no one behind once recovery begins, according to the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Việt Nam.