Việt Nam News

Đàm Điệt is no stranger to times of national crisis - the former military doctor fought against the French and the Americans as a young man. Now, the 92-year-old from Nghệ An Province has donated his life savings to his local COVID-19 prevention and control fund. 

The Ministry of Health has warned that there is a high risk of spreading the Omicron variant among the community.

Different airlines continuously reopened regular international routes in the early days of this year, bringing good news for 140,000 overseas Vietnamese to have the opportunity to return home and enjoy the Lunar New Year holiday.

As congestion and traffic volume is expected to increase as the economy bounces back from the COVID-19 restrictions, authorities in Hà Nội have announced on Thursday two schemes to ensure that all travel is done safely.

The capital city of Hà Nội again registered a record high, with 2,716 new daily COVID-19 infections on Thursday, as the Ministry of Health reported 16,472 new cases of COVID-19 in 60 provinces and cities.

The first regular flight between South Korea and Việt Nam, which was operated by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, after two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, landed safely at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội at 12:43pm on Thursday.

The advisory council of the Ministry of Health has agreed with the ministry’s proposal to grant registration certificates for conditional circulation of three medicines containing the active ingredient Molnupiravir.

The Military High Command in the Central Highlands province of Lâm Đồng’s Đạ Huoai District is working with agencies to transport a wartime bomb recently unearthed by residents, for safe detonation.

Doctors of Việt Nam’s Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation in Bentiu, South Sudan, and their counterparts in the host country, have successfully conducted surgery on a pregnant woman suffering from Pott’s disease. 

Motorists travelling on the Hà Nội-Hải Phòng Expressway will only be able to pay tolls using electronic means. 

As the battle against COVID rages on, some are taking advantage of the anxiety and worry of others to make a fast buck, no matter the consequences. 

The Ministry of Health say there are a number of reason for the increase in numbers, including the resumption of many social activities and transportation. 

Việt Nam has set a 6-6.5 per cent GDP growth target and US$3,900 in GDP per capita for 2022 with the country's focuses on COVID-19 prevention and control and economic recovery, said government top leaders during an online conference with localities across the country yesterday. 

HCM City has seen positive signs in the fight against the COVID-19, according to its Steering Committee for Pandemic Prevention and Control.

A man called a Vietnam Airlines branch in Japan on Wednesday morning, and said that if a flight heading from Narita (Japan) to Hà Nội did not turn back it would be shot down, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The city of Hà Nội registered a record high of 2,505 new daily COVID-19 infections on Wednesday as a total of 17,017 transmissions were confirmed nationwide.

The south-central province of Bình Thuận will spend VNĐ85 billion (US$3.7 million) to build small irrigation projects, in-field irrigation projects, and advanced and efficient irrigation facilities from now to 2025.