Việt Nam News

Nearly 90 per cent of Vietnamese have agreed that the Government should continue its social distancing policy beyond April 15 to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Infocus Mekong Research, a market research service provider.

The Ministry of Health confirmed a 36 year-old woman in Thường Tín District, Hà Nội as the 266th COVID-19 patient in Việt Nam on Tuesday evening

The programme began on Monday with 1,200 food packages given to haemodialysis patients in Hà Nội and poor elderly people in HCM City.

A man whose lung was pierced by a steel bar in an accident at work has undergone surgery at Huế central hospital on Tuesday.

Four people in Đinh Anh Hoà’s family have jammed in a bedsit of 16sq.m for two weeks.

Authorities in Hà Nội have asked pharmacies to report individuals purchasing medicines for symptoms of the common cold symptoms, such as a cough and fever.

25 people in close contact with the 262nd patient, who was residing in Hạ Lôi Hamlet in Hà Nội’s Mê Linh District – the country’s newest coronavirus infection cluster – have tested negative for the virus, northern Bắc Giang Province’s Department of Health has announced.

Police in Huế City have fined 145 people for not wearing face masks and dealt with four cases of people gathering in public places.

Despite social distancing, one market in Đà Nẵng is as busy as ever. Those shopping say they are doing their best to stay safe, but with so many people in one place at one time, is it worth the risk?

The Ministry of Health has ordered 48 producers nationwide to report their capacity to manufacture and provide medical masks for the nation's health sector no later than Thursday (April 16).

Another 22 COVID-19 cases, including five foreign patients and 17 Vietnamese patients, have recovered and been discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội and the Củ Chi field hospital in HCM City, on April 14.

Authorities of An Hải Bắc Ward said Lorenzo Dolci, 29, was found riding a motorbike on the street without wearing a face mask.

AIA Life Insurance on April 13 said it would donate VNĐ25 billion (US$1.07 million) to assist medical workers and volunteers on the frontlines fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Landlords in many localities have reduced or exempted rent for tenants who have lost jobs or have suffered financial difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Since the hospital is located near UN Camp in Bentiu which shelters more than 110,000 people, Vietnamese medical staffers might be exposed to the coronavirus if an outbreak hits, according to the Ministry of Defence.

HCM City’s Health Department on Monday quarantined dozens of people who had close contact with Viet Nam's 22nd patient after the Birton tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 again after finishing treatment.