Việt Nam News

Occupational training will be provided to more than 6,400 labourers in HCM City's rural areas this year, with the aim of having at least 85 per cent of them receive new jobs.

HCM City wants the Hospital of Tropical Diseases to test people with suspected symptoms of coronavirus infection and announce the results instead of sending samples to the Pasteur Institute for testing, and Department of Health has sought the approval of the Ministry of Health.

The south-central province of Ninh Thuận is developing sustainable marine aquaculture, focusing on high-value species to improve farmers’ incomes, according to the its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang are co-operating with companies to produce more than 35,000ha of rice under large-field models to secure outlets and improve profits.

The Government has urged the State Appraisal Council to review the feasibility report for the first phase of the proposed Long Thành international airport in Đồng Nai Province, whose construction is slated to begin this year, and submit it for approval next month.

Việt Nam could lose up to US$600 million of export turnover to China in the first quarter of 2020 due to the Wuhan virus outbreak, the trade ministry warned on Wednesday.

Speaking at a meeting with the press on Wednesday afternoon, he said the country was preparing for all possible scenarios, with about 3,000 beds and medical equipment ready to receive and treat patients in case of an outbreak of the disease.

HCM City authorities have pledged to help contractors speed up work on the first metro line between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in District 9 so that it can be completed by the end of next year.

The province of Vĩnh Phúc is home to many foreign invested enterprises, thus it should strictly supervise the acute respiratory illness caused by coronavirus.

The HCM City Children’s Hospital 1 has not admitted any patient with the coronavirus infection yet, the head of its infectious and neurological diseases department has said.

The HCM City Department of Tourism has called on the government to set up an accommodation facility near Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport to house tourists suspected of having novel coronavirus (nCoV) infection.

Minister of Internal Affairs Lê Vĩnh Tân talks to Tiền Phong (Vanguard) newspaper about Party and State policies to attract and utilise talents in the public sector.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has called on local authorities nationwide to roll out precautionary measures against avian influenza, commonly called bird flu.

The concept of university councils is not new in Việt Nam as many universities and colleges have had councils for years, though their power has been limited.  

The country’s shortage of blood has been exacerbated by the continuing coronavirus epidemic, according to the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT).

Teachers at schools, colleges and universities in HCM City are applying a wide range of teaching methods to help their students learn online while the schools are closed until February 9 to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The Hà Nội Metropolitan Railway Management Board is making plans to recruit and train workers for the line’s operation and maintenance.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Tuesday discussed regional collaboration to fight coronavirus with his Indonesia counterpart Joko Widodo over the phone and asked Vietnamese ministries to minimise the impact of the virus on the economy.