Country Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Việt Nam Chang-Hee Lee has said that ILO Việt Nam stands ready to help the Vietnamese Government, employers and employees to find suitable jobs as the coronavirus takes its toll on the health and labour markets and the economy.
Hà Nội will earmark VNĐ650 billion (US$28.2 million), the first stage, in support of the poor and other social beneficiaries via the local branch of Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP), amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A group of residents living in the Ciputra apartment complex in Hà Nội have raised VNĐ1 billion (US$42,600) to help the fight against COVID-19.
Lê Ngọc Lâm, a doctor from Sa Đéc General Hospital in Đồng Tháp southern province has successfully created a robot to support care services for patients in quarantine.
Ngô Khắc Vũ, a teacher in central Quảng Ngãi Province, has a special way of spreading updated information on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic to those with limited internet access.
Financial assistance from the Government, organisations and sponsors is being given to many businesses and individuals affected by the COVID-19 outbreak.
Two new COVID-19 patients were confirmed on Wednesday morning bringing the total number in Việt Nam to 251.
People who are from or passing through COVID-19 hit areas will have to pay for isolation when arriving in the northern province of Bắc Ninh from Monday (April 7), according to Nguyễn Hương Giang, chairwoman of the provincial People’s Committee.
Four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the total patients reported in Việt Nam to 249, said the Ministry of Health.
Another 27 COVID-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from hospitals on April 7, bringing the country’s total to 122 cases being given the all-clear in Việt Nam.
Doctors in a HCM City hospital are making sure they don't run out of face masks, by making their own. As well as treating patients these medics are making 2,500 masks a day, and they hope to grow their operations to help other hospitals.
Passengers must fill in medical declarations and have their temperature checked before boarding.
Some 63 doctors and nurses of the Hà Nội Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital have been quarantined at the hospital on Monday after the 243rd COVID-19 patient was confirmed on the same day.
