Việt Nam News

Việt Nam’s national COVID-19 caseload reached nearly 20,000 today, with increases driven by a major jump in HCM City and the presence of highly transmissible Delta coronavirus variant.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has sent a document to the Transport Ministry proposing the suspension of flights to and from Thọ Xuân airport in Thanh Hóa Province, and flights between HCM City and Phú Bài in Thừa Thiên-Huế Province and between HCM City and Chu Lai in Quảng Nam Province.

Authorities in the southern Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province have called on all people who had visited a number of wholesale markets in the province and HCM City to self-quarantine at home and contact the nearest medical establishments to make health declarations.

Việt Nam ranks third among Asian countries in the Money Parenting Confidence Index, but many parents are concerned about the lack of money parenting skills and reliable sources of reference in teaching kids how to use money effectively, a survey by Eastspring Investments, part of Prudential plc, has found.

Hồng Bàng International University has signed a strategic co-operation deal with India’s Aieraa Overseas Studies to train Indian and other Asian students in medicine starting in 2021-22.

Transforming the food systems can help attain many of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a community of experts who are joining forces to confront many challenges of the current food systems in Việt Nam.

Two more people have died of COVID-related complications taking the total number of fatalities to 86.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính last week asked localities to persistently and resolutely implement the dual goals of preventing the COVID-19 pandemic and promoting socio-economic development.

HCM City should adopt drastic preventive measures to reduce COVID-19 incidence by the end of July and bring the pandemic under control by August, Deputy Prime Minister Trương Hòa Bình told a meeting held on July 2.

A total of 922 new COVID-19 cases were detected on Saturday – the highest daily amount Việt Nam has ever seen.

COVID-19 update

COVID-19 update

In a black rice field in Nhị Mỹ Commune, Cao Lãnh District of the southern province of Đồng Tháp, farmer Nguyễn Văn Tùng removes weed by hand and take notes about the rice’s growth day by day.

The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai will spend VNĐ100 billion (US$4.3 million) for agriculture extension activities from now to 2025 in an aim to increase the added value of agricultural products and farmers’ incomes.

Four national highways in HCM City will be widened and upgraded to reduce traffic congestion at city gateways.