Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs plans to inspect all child support establishments, including religious institutions that raise disadvantaged children.

There were 47,200 new COVID-19 infections recorded across the country on Sunday, the highest daily tally since the outbreak of the pandemic.

The Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines on the cost of testing for SAR-CoV-2, which comes into effect on Monday.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has sent a document to local authorities about the reopening of karaoke and disco venues.

AstraZeneca is working with the Ministry of Health of Việt Nam to accelerate regulatory approval for its Evusheld long-acting COVID-19 antibody combination, Nitin Kapoor, the company’s chairman and general director for Việt Nam and Asia Area Frontier Markets, said.

The HCM City Department of Health has called on healthcare facilities and other relevant authorities to evaluate and improve their capability to care for COVID-19 patients, especially those at home, amid a rise in caseload caused by people travelling during the Tết holidays and reopening of schools.

Executive Vice President of the European Commission (EC) Frans Timmermans and a delegation of the EC inspected the construction site of the Nhổn – Hà Nội Station section of Hà Nội’s metro line No.3 on Saturday.

Việt Nam confirmed 41,980 new COVID-19 patients on Saturday, including 12 imported infections.

Australia has delivered 3.6 million Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine doses to Việt Nam over recent weeks through a procurement agreement with UNICEF and in partnership with the Việt Nam Ministry of Health, UNICEF said on Saturday.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Cà Mau plans to convert this year nearly 2,000ha of unproductive rice paddies into fields where rice and aquatic species are rotated or perennial crops are grown.

Military doctors at border stations in the northern province of Sơn La have contributed to raising awareness in healthcare and achieved remarkable results in public medical centres, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students returning to HCM City as colleges reopen after a prolonged hiatus are facing a major hurdle even before classes begin: finding a place to stay.

Hà Nội continued to have a record number of new daily COVID-19 infections on Friday, with 4,549. It is also the locality with the highest number of new cases in the country, the latest announcement from the Ministry of Health said.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee on Friday approved the proposal of the municipal Department of Education and Training, which temporarily pauses the plan to let students from grades 1 to 6 in 12 urban districts return to school.

Educational institutions in HCM City have been told to enhance safety measures in response to an increasing number of COVID-19 cases among students after one million returned to kindergartens and schools this week.