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Bumper salt production, high prices in Mekong Delta

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are harvesting the 2019-20 salt crop, with the prolonged hot weather providing a bumper harvest, and prices ruling high.

VNPT warns customers of new phone scam

Fishermen flounder with sea gate sand deposits

Fishermen in Hoài Nhơn District in the central province of Bình Định are struggling to stay afloat, and some have given up as increasing sand deposits make it impossible for them to access the port.

Drug use at karaoke bars on the rise

Increased raids at karaoke bars are failing to discourage drug users in Việt Nam from turning these popular entertainment venues into drug dens.

Foreign Ministry warns Vietnamese citizens in Iran, Italy

The Department of Consular Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has urged Vietnamese citizens in Iran and Italy to stay vigilant as the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) spreads.

HCM City banks on digital innovation, transformation in healthcare

HCM City should invest in digital innovation and transformation in the healthcare sector to improve service quality by “making healthcare delivery more efficient and more accessible”, experts have said.

Việt Nam in control of COVID-19: experts

Việt Nam was in control of the COVID-19 epidemic with no new cases reported since February 13, said experts at a conference on Wednesday in Hà Nội.

Sơn La students get two more weeks off

The People’s Committee of Sơn La Province decided on Tuesday to give high school and college students a further two weeks off due to the coronavirus.

Passengers, crew quarantined after contact with Japanese patient

All passengers, crew and staff who had contact with a Japanese passenger who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Vietnam Airlines’ VN340 flight have been put into quarantine, the Health Ministry reported on Wednesday.

Army holds COVID-19 response drill

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam, also head of the national steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control, monitored the exercise.

HCM City seizes one million medical masks

HCM City’s Market Management Department seized one million medical masks of unknown origin at a warehouse on Lương Thế Vinh Street, Tân Phú District on Tuesday evening.

Man breaks self-quarantine to visit relatives in Bến Tre

A man returning from South Korea has been found to have broken self-quarantine, travelling 80km from HCM City to the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre, on Tuesday, according to Bến Tre Province’s Department of Health.

Mekong Delta provinces take measures to keep out COVID-19

Many provinces in the Mekong Delta haven taken proactive measures against COVID-19 since many women and workers there have Korean links.

Nearly 30kg of rhino horn seized at Cần Thơ Airport

The Customs Department of the Mekong Delta City of Cần Thơ has seized 11 rhino horns weighing nearly 30kg at Cần Thơ International Airport.

Covid-19 brings losses to flower growers

Days before International Women’s Day (March 8) are often the best for flower sellers at Tây Tựu Flower Village in Hà Nội, but the continuing Covid-19 epidemic has cut sales of flowers in half this season.

Five Vietnamese missing in fishing boat fire off Jeju Island

Five Vietnamese sailors went missing after a fishing boat caught fire in waters off Jeju Island of the Republic of Korea on Wednesday.

City sets up centre regulating medical staff supply if COVID-19 spreads

The HCM City Department of Health plans to set up a centre that will oversee the supply of medical personnel if the number of COVID-19 infections begins to spread widely in the community.

Drug trafficking ring busted in HCM City

Police officers in Tân Bình District, HCM City recently busted a drug trafficking ring and seized nearly 3kg of ketamine, they said on Tuesday.

Experts warn of products purporting to prevent coronavirus

Taking advantage of fears over the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic, numerous adverts have popped up offering healthcare products said to strengthen one’s immune system and prevent the spread of the virus.

Vietnamese-made nCoV quick test kit completed

The Institute of Biotechnology under the Viet Nam Academy of Science and Technology yesterday announced it had completed the development of test kits for the novel coronavirus that provide results in just 80 minutes.