Việt Nam News

If Việt Nam declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, it will meet many difficulties in pandemic prevention and control and be hit by slower economic recovery, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has said. 

Chợ Rẫy-Phnom Penh Hospital was put into operation in 2014 under a project of investment cooperation between Việt Nam and Cambodia. Most of the doctors there were transferred from Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City to work at the hospital.

High-speed boat services from HCM City to the provinces of Tiền Giang and Bến Tre and back are expected to start operating in the third quarter this year.

There were 769 new COVID-19 infections recorded across Việt Nam on Tuesday, an increase of 132 new cases from Monday.

Nearly 800 university students and members of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union opened the 2022 Mùa Hè Xanh (Green Summer) Campaign on June 28 in HCM City. 

Nguyễn Tri Phương Hospital's Endocrinology department is operating a free "screening for delayed height growth in children" programme from June 25 to July 17

Việt Nam jumped 39 steps to become the 62nd best country worldwide for quality of life in 2021, according to a report released by CEOWORLD – the world's leading business and trade magazine.

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.5 has been detected in Việt Nam and may overwhelm the variant BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof. Dr. Phan Trọng Lân, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine.

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn on June 27 led the ministry’s inspection team to supervise admission and treatment of dengue fever patients at three public hospitals in HCM City amid a spike in new cases in the city and neighbouring provinces.

The progress of the North-South Expressway is facing difficulties, especially in four specific component projects that must be completed by December 31, due to unusual weather factors and price hikes in fuel and input materials.

HCM City will need to promote the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the education sector as part of its effort to become a smart city by 2030, experts said.

Third and fourth booster doses of vaccine against COVID-19 sustainably maintain the effectiveness of COVID-19 prevention and control, said the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Vietjet will promote the image of Đà Nẵng to domestic and international tourists, and promote trade, tourism, and investment in the city. 

HCM City has decided to shorten the process of licensing social housing projects from 500 days to 133 if developers use private lands and 217 days if they use unencumbered public land they have to bid for.

There are additional 637 new COVID-19 infections recorded across Việt Nam on Monday with no deaths.

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Monday morning started an appellate trial for 19 defendants and related parties involved in violations at the Đà Nẵng-Quảng Ngãi Expressway project.

In recent years, Hà Nội's agriculture sector has created favourable conditions for organisations and individuals to develop the farm economy.