Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday issued new definitions of COVID cases, suspected cases and close contacts in a bid to detect and manage new infections quicker and more effectively.

UNICEF in Việt Nam on Wednesday issued a statement following the fatal abuse of an 8-year-old girl in Bình Thạnh District, HCM City.

Doctors at the University Medical Centre in HCM City have successfully performed a liver transplant operation on a two-year-old female child with biliary atresia.

Tân Thành Holdings and 10 Pharma JSC will be distributors of the COVID-19 vaccine Oravax throughout Southeast Asian nations, comprising Việt Nam, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.

Na Ngoi Border Guard Station in the central province of Nghệ An has become home for many children abandoned by their parents.

It’s 9.30am on Trần Bình Trọng Street in HCM City and already a long line of people queue up in front of a rice stall waiting for meals. Located next to District 8 Rehabilitation Hospital, the stall is run by 27-year-old Lê Văn Phong who cooks and offers free rice or sells at a low price to migrant workers and patients.

Well into her sixties, Hồ Thị Dần of Krông Klang Town, Đakrông District, Quảng Trị Province has embarked on a brand new adventure: going to school. 

While inequalities have long been present in almost every society, the pandemic has significantly exposed and increased the gaps, especially between those who can afford remote work and those who cannot.

State President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has urged HCM City to develop long-term urban planning to ensure sustainable growth amid the fast pace of construction, high population density and environmental pollution.

People who are infected with COVID-19 but are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms can have their isolation and precautions discontinued 10 days after being treated, the Ministry of Health said.

The risk of community transmission of the new variant from the Việt Nam's first Omicron case detected on Tuesday remains low, according to Professor Phan Trọng Lân, director of the General Department of Preventive Medicine under the health ministry.

Việt Nam became the 53rd country in the world achieving the goal of covering basic doses of COVID-19 vaccine for 70 percent of its population, according to covidvax.live, a website that updates the vaccination speed worldwide every day.

In Central Highlands Đắk Nông Province, many creative startup models have emerged. And to support and promote their projects, the province’s Youth Union has implemented several practical programmes and activities.

Việt Nam on Wednesday saw 13,899 new COVID-19 patients, raising the total number to 1,694,874.

COVID-19 update on December 29

As Việt Nam battles the fourth wave of COVID-19 pandemic lingering since late April, much of the country's resources have been streamlined to treat infected people, limit transmissions and accelerate the national vaccination campaign.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam has proposed the Ministry of Transport increases the frequency of flights to Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan (China), given the great demand for returning home among the Vietnamese community abroad.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam said Hà Nội and HCM City’s COVID-19 requirements for foreign arrivals are inconducive to the planned resumption of regular international flights next year.