Việt Nam has successfully brought the novel coronavirus (SARS-COVI-2) under control, with a total of 16 infected cases fully recovered from the disease, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said yesterday.
The transport ministry is told to re-direct flights starting or transiting from virus-hit areas of RoK to land in Vân Đồn airport in Quảng Ninh Province, Phù Cát airport of Bình Định, and Cần Thơ airport in Cần Thơ - effectively avoiding the busier airports of the country in the capital city of Hà Nội and HCM City.
About 30 laboratories across Việt Nam are capable of testing for COVID-19 at present, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
Schools across the country have been closed for three weeks due to coronavirus (COVID-19), but teachers in remote mountainous areas in central Nghệ An Province have not taken any time off.
Farmers in the south - central province of Ninh Thuận are struggling to find natural food and water for their animals as prolonged hot weather causes pasture lands to dried up.
Erosion and subsidence along canals, rivers and coasts have been severe in many areas in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and local authorities are struggling to raise funds for works to prevent them.
Unilever has donated antibacterial soap and antiseptic solutions worth VNĐ3 billion to 1,000 of Việt Nam’s schools and hospitals at high risk of coronavirus (COVID-19) to fight the epidemic.
Both Vietnamese and foreign airlines have suspended flights to South Korea until March as a precaution against the spread of the COVID-19 epidemic.
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Việt Nam has successfully conducted the world's first limb transplant from a live donor.
