Việt Nam News

Lê Hòa Bình, Vice Chairman of the HCM City People’s Committee, has proposed that work is speeded up on key traffic projects that link the city with neighbouring provinces.

Hà Nội remains the top of the list of new infections with 11,517 cases, followed by Quảng Ninh Province (5,997), Lạng Sơn (4,960), Hưng Yên (3,225) and Bắc Ninh (3,037).

Chairman of the Hà Nội People’s Committee Chu Ngọc Anh has warned the capital city will see the peak of the current COVID-19 surge in the middle of March.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc sent his congratulations and sincere thanks on Sunday to the country's 500,000 medical workers, marking the 67th anniversary of the Vietnamese Physicians’ Day (February 27).

The number of passengers who died in a boat accident on Cửa Đại Beach, Quảng Nam Province on Saturday has risen to 15, with two others still missing.

The Ministry of Health plans to reform and renovate the sector’s finance structuring, especially remuneration for medical workers, making it the top priority this year, deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên has said.

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh made important proposals for the international community to achieve the goal of universal COVID-19 vaccination in his pre-recorded speech sent to the High-level thematic debate entitled “Galvanizing momentum for universal vaccination" of the UN General Assembly on February 25 (US time).

Việt Nam reported 77,982 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, as the capital city Hà Nội broke its daily record with 10,783 transmissions.

At least 10 people died after a passenger boat sank offshore Cửa Đại Beach in Hội An ancient town in central Quảng Nam Province on Saturday.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV)  has sent an official document to Vietnam Airlines, Vietjet Air, Bamboo  Airways, and Pacific Airlines, on the restriction and closure of airspace and airports in Russia and Ukraine in connection with the Russia-Ukraine tension.

While it’s good to be cautious, health specialists said people should always follow doctors’ instructions and not use non-prescription drugs.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu is taking measures to improve the quality and value of salt production to improve farmers’ incomes.

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng have begun breeding shrimp, and hope for a yield of 196,000 tonnes this year, according to the local Fisheries Sub-department.

More than three quarters of adults said agree with vaccinating children aged between five and 11-years-old against COVID, according to a nationwide survey. 

Việt Nam has been on the right track towards the goals of cutting carbon emissions and phasing out coal mine plants but will need more vigorous financial and institutional changes to deliver a green, sustainable and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City has called on the Ministry of Health to issue guidelines for prescribing and distributing molnupiravir pills to COVID-19 patients undergoing home treatment.