Việt Nam News

On February 27, 1955, late President Hồ Chí Minh sent a letter to a conference of healthcare workers across the country. The 368-word letter asked for three things: to stay honest and united, love patients, and devoted to developing the country’s healthcare sector. Since then February 27 has been known as Vietnamese Doctors’ Day.

Đào Văn Tú’s career in the medical sector is no coincidence. It stems from his childhood.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said that while Việt Nam has so far managed to control the COVID-19 outbreak, the country cannot afford to become complacent given worrying developments around the globe.

Nguyễn Văn Tuấn was part of a team of medical professionals who treated the first Vietnamese patients to test positive for the novel coronavirus at the end of January.

HCM City leaders have called for a co-ordinated response to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus and raise public awareness of the risk of the virus’ spread in the city.

Hà Nội will issue free bus passes to people with disabilities and continue improving infrastructure to help them access public transport.

Móng Cái City has become the second city in Việt Nam, after Đà Lạt, to kick off a smart city operation centre as part of a pilot programme.

A 31-year-old woman has been sentenced to death by the Tây Ninh Province People’s Court for transporting nearly 8kg of methamphetamine.

Local rescue forces in the central province of Quảng Nam have found six bodies after a boat overturned on the Vu Gia River at 11pm on Tuesday.

Twenty passengers from the Republic of Korea were flown back to their home country last night, one day after their arrival in the central city of Đà Nẵng.

The last of Việt Nam’s 16 coronavirus patients was discharged from the Quang Hà General Medical Clinic in Vĩnh Phúc Province on Wednesday morning (February 26).

More rice farmers in Cần Thơ City have switched to other crops or have rotated the cultivation of rice with other crops to increase income and cope with drought.  

The Ministry of Health is stepping up efforts to contain the spread of the new coronavirus (Covid-19) even as the number cases surges globally.

Many universities in HCM City are providing online career counselling for high school students since they are unable to attend school due to COVID-19 fears.

HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is seeking permission from the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam to repair a severely downgraded runway at night.

Hà Nội Police said on Monday they had concluded an investigation into 14 members of a criminal ring who posed as high-ranking defence officers and set up a fake corporation to defraud people with false promises of employment.

The tourism and service industry in Đà Nẵng is expected to suffer losses of up to VNĐ700 billion (US$30.4 million) due to strong decreases among key tourist markets in the two months since the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China.

Việt Nam busted several drug rings, both international and interprovincial, in the past two years. The country’s police and customs also collaborated with other ASEAN members to crack down on large-scale drug crimes.