Việt Nam News

An additional 16 southern provinces and cities will apply social distancing under Directive 16 from midnight on July 19.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has instructed ministries and local administrations around the country to create favourable conditions for local people who went to HCM City, Cần Thơ and southern provinces for work and other reasons to return home since the COVID-19 outbreak remains unpredictable.

Hà Nội’s agricultural sector has been strengthened to support local co-operatives and businesses to develop a traceability system for farm produce, forestry and aquatic products.

With the number of COVID-19 cases continuing to sharply increase and the national caseload surpassing the 40,000 mark, Việt Nam is under pressure to do all it can to control the pandemic.

Digital technology and innovation play an important role in increasing production efficiency, productivity, food safety and distribution, as well as in connecting producers with consumers, according to Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

For Vietnamese Stature Foundation and the Centre for Supporting Green Development have launched a contest for innovative environmental communication on the theme of reducing plastic waste.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Việt Nam starting from late April was longer and left much more negative impacts on daily life as well as socio-economic development than the previous waves, said Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long.

The Ministry of Health reported 3,336 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, bringing the country's total tally to 42,179 domestic and 2,007 imported cases.

Eighteen more COVID-19 deaths have brought the country's total death toll to 225, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday.

The latest batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines donated from the Japanese Government landed at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City this morning.

Hessen state and the Messer Group GmbH of Germany on Thursday presented 160,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits worth 500,000 EUR (US$590,300) to help Việt Nam in the fight against the pandemic.

The whole country has come together to nurse HCM City through this ordeal.

HCM City police have arrested an escaped convict who was on death row after being convicted of murder and robbery. Nguyễn Kim An, 26, fled from Chí Hòa Prison on July 13. He was awaiting the death penalty after he was convicted of the murder of a college classmate in 2014.

Two million doses of the Moderna vaccine will be distributed to 53 localities, the military and police forces, hospitals, and institutes and universities nation-wide, it has been announced.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is seeking government approval for the urban railway line No.3 project, running from the Hà Nội Railway Station to Hoàng Mai district, worth some VNĐ40.577 trillion (US$1.75 billion).

The Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận Expressway project will open to traffic in November after more than a decade of construction, according to Đèo Cả Investment JSC, the project’s main contractor.