Tests for coronavirus could be run at provincial hospitals in a few days time, said Professor Đặng Đức Anh, director of the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology.
As of February 14, 41 provinces and cities had planned to reopen on Monday following the Ministry of Education and Training’s statement that provinces and cities where COVID-19 has not appeared could open after two weeks off.
District authorities in HCM City will speed up site clearance compensation and resettlement for households affected by construction of the city's Metro Line No 2 project by June.
Vietnamese localities said that the situation in the country so far remains firmly under control.
Bình Dân Hospital in HCM City is the first hospital in the country to use an MRI-ultrasound fusion biopsy to improve the accuracy of prostrate cancer diagnosis.
Account of a Vietnamese - Japanese family, who bought tickets to travel on the Diamond Princess*, a luxury cruise liner that has been quarantined in Yokohama since February 4 but missed the trip as they did not have a visa to disembark in Hong Kong.
The standard for university admissions should be raised to ensure higher quality of training, said Phùng Xuân Nhạ, Minister of Education and Training.
Hà Nội's outskirts districts have been blighted by rampant and disorganised construction in recent years, according to officials.
Many hydropower plant reservoirs in the central region are facing water shortages, impacting electricity generation and water reserves for the ongoing dry season from February until July.
Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta and Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) regions are taking precautionary measures to protect forests facing high risk of fires due to the prolonged hot and dry weather.
