Việt Nam News

The newly adjusted master plan for HCM City must ensure that its residents’ interests are a top priority, Nguyễn Văn Nên, secretary of HCM City Party Committee, has said.

A 71-year-old woman with a range of underlying health issues from the southern province of An Giang has become Việt Nam’s 62nd COVID-19 related death.

The Vietnamese national, who has not been named, was detained by officers from the National Crime Agency at a petrol station in Middlesbrough, the UK, on Thursday.

HCM City has been asked to work harder to impose restriction measures on the smallest possible scale so as not to prolong large-scale social distancing.

The 10th grade entrance examination has been postponed again in HCM City after the social distancing period was extended by 10 more days.  

Active, relevant and want to reach out, international leads reflect Viet Nam's leading role as a member of ASEAN

Japfa Vietnam handed over US$1 million to the Central Committee of Vietnam Fatherland Front to contribute to the COVID-19 Vaccine Fund, joining hands with the Vietnamese Government to accelerate the vaccination for the people as a condition for economic recovery.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused the world unpredictable challenges, and the agriculture sector has not been spared, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Quốc Doanh said.

Witnessing the dedication and sacrifice of medical workers on the frontline when being a COVID-19 patient, Mai Anh Đức is determined to giving back to the community in the fight against the pandemic.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính recently highlighted technology as a spearhead in the country’s strategy to combat COVID-19.

Doctor Nguyễn Văn Dưỡng breathed a sigh of relief when he completed the software to track COVID-19 patients’ treatment at the Bắc Ninh Field Hospital No1 in Tiên Du District in northern Bắc Ninh Province.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has proposed the World Health Organization (WHO) accelerate the transfer of vaccine production technology to Việt Nam to help the country become a regional vaccine production centre.

With 503 locally acquired COVID-19 infections reported in the past 24 hours, driven by outbreaks in Bắc Giang and HCM City, Thursday saw the highest daily increase in cases in Việt Nam since the beginning of the pandemic earlier last year.

COVID-19 update

More than 800,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses out of the nearly one million doses donated by the Japanese government to Việt Nam would be used in the next vaccination drive in HCM City, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn.

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