Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Science and Technology on Tuesday (December 14) presented the 2021 I-Star Awards to 10 individual, business and organisational start-ups for their innovative solutions and products.

To transform into a green agriculture, Việt Nam’s agriculture sector could not stand alone and make it by itself, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Minh Hoan said on Thursday, emphasising the importance of companionship and supports from ministries, agencies, localities and especially international partners.

Đà Nẵng City has started offering vaccines at home for elderly people who can't make it to health centres. With a new inoculation, the city expects to fully vaccinate its population and control the pandemic more effectively.

People who have been in close contact with COVID-19 patients, or F1 cases, are allowed to self-quarantine at home for seven days if they have been fully vaccinated, or have recovered from the disease in the last six months.

The construction of three major bridges in the coastal province of Quảng Ninh has been completed, marking a milestone in its transport infrastructure development.

Việt Nam’s daily COVID-19 vaccination rate in November is the third highest in the world, just after billion-population India and China, according to the health ministry.

Philips, a global leader in health technology, has signed a memorandum of understanding on education services with the Nam Cần Thơ University for three years starting in 2022. 

The coastal province of Quảng Ninh aims to give a third COVID-19 vaccine dose to all adults during the first quarter of 2022.

 The International Labour Organisation (ILO) signed an agreement with the Government of the Netherlands on Thursday for a new project that will anticipate and address future skills needs in the garment sector in Việt Nam.

With over 1,000 genomes sequenced and over 40 million variants discovered, the research will lay a foundation for biomedical and precision medicine development, contributing to giving early treatment to each Vietnamese individual in the future.

Hà Nội is preparing medical groups to take care of COVID-19 patients at home while applying technology to supervise them for better management.

The Hà Nội People’s Council during a recent session has passed a target programme on mitigating traffic congestion and ensuring traffic safety in the city for the 2021-25 period with total funding of VNĐ1.8 trillion (nearly US$80 million).

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday chaired an online meeting with localities to find out the root cause of the surge in COVID-19 cases within the community, and seek drastic measures to curb the pandemic spread.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau surpassed Hồ Chí Minh City in terms of new infections after the Ministry of Health reported 15,270 new cases of COVID-19 in 60 localities on Thursday.

Fully vaccinated foreign arrivals with negative COVID-19 test results will only need to self-quarantine at home or places of accommodation for three days upon entry into Việt Nam by air, according to the latest guidance from the health ministry issued on Thursday.

Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City, the largest healthcare facility in the south, has opened an andrology unit under the Urology Department to handle all problems related to male genital emergencies, and male reproductive and sexual health.

Border provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have tightened pandemic prevention measures at the border with Cambodia which has recorded its first case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant.