Việt Nam News

Many public and private universities throughout the country in the 2020-2021 academic year will launch new majors to meet labour market trends and demands.

Vàng Thị Cầu, an outstanding Party member in northern mountainous Hà Giang Province, has launched a project that has helped many disadvantaged ethnic minority women in the province escape poverty.

An American national was confirmed to be infected with the coronavirus on Sunday morning, bringing the total number of cases in Việt Nam to seven.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc just signed a decision declaring the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) an epidemic in Việt Nam, following the sixth confirmed case of infection in the country earlier today.

A receptionist at a hotel in the popular beach resort of Nha Trang has become the sixth confirmed coronavirus patient in Việt Nam.

As the World Health Organisation declared an international emergency over the outbreak of coronavirus, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) on Friday said it was considering closing all schools, universities and colleges.

Departments of education and training, schools, English centres and hotels are taking preventive measures against the spread of the deadly coronavirus which has killed 213 in China as of Friday.

Demand for facemasks and hand sanitiser has soared after three Vietnamese people tested positive for coronavirus.

Many workers have returned to HCM City and Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces after enjoying a week-long Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, while some have used their annual leave to take off until the end of this week.

Đà Nẵng’s health department has asked the Ministry of Health for permission to treat cases of coronavirus at local medical centres, rather than transporting patients to Huế, Hà Nội or HCM City.

A Vietnamese citizen in China has been infected with the novel coronavirus (nCoV), becoming the first Vietnamese national to contract the deadly virus, according to the Vietnamese Embassy in Beijing.

HCM City is setting up a rapid response team to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (nCoV), as requested by the Ministry of Health.

Thousands of people from the central provinces flocked to bus and train stations to return home on the morning of January 29 (the fifth day of the Lunar New Year) after the Tết holiday, with many having to pay high prices for their trips. 

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended a ceremony to a launch tree-planting campaign in Trấn Yên District, northern Yên Bái Province on Thursday.