Việt Nam News

Ministries and localities have been urged to install ePass systems on vehicles to allow them to use the automatic electronic toll collection (ETC). 

The Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 in children, especially children under 12 months who are at high risk of severe disease, while the number of children infected with COVID-19 has tended to increase.

Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine certificates are still not available two months after the Ministry of Health officially introduced the template forms and issuance procedures due to technical problems.

There were 60,355 new COVID-19 infections confirmed across Việt Nam on Wednesday, a record for the country. 

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As of February 22, 78.86 per cent of students across the country have resumed face-to-face learning, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The HCM City health sector has been told to be well prepared to respond to the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 being the dominant strain in the city. 

The Poison Control Centre under the Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital has reported an increase in cases of methanol poisoning before and after the Tết holiday, warning that the use of fake alcoholic drinks and medical methanol could lead to fatalities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed big challenges for almost all industries and fields, with tourism suffering the most.

Doctors have again warned against the use of coal fires in enclosed rooms due to the risk of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, as the northern region plunged into a deep chill in recent days.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide press on with anti-COVID-19 measures amid a surge in new infections, stressing that minimising deaths is currently the top priority.

A national plan for the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases and mental health disorders for 2022–2025 has been approved by Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Takeda Vietnam’s staff planted more than 500 trees in Cần Giờ Biosphere Reserve, one of nine biosphere reserves in Việt Nam, located about 50km away from downtown HCM City.

The National Assembly (NA) committees for culture-education, justice, and social affairs on February 22 convened a session to discuss solutions for violence against children, after several cases shocked the public recently.

A record total of 55,879 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Tuesday, taking the total number of infections to 2,890,252.

A special wedding for 20 couples who are medical staff at Military Hospital 175 (Ministry of Defense) has been held after their plans were postponed for months due to the pandemic.

As schools up and down the country return to in-person learning for the first time in months, guidelines are being updated on how to deal with the inevitable situation of positive cases being found in the classroom.