The United Nations Population Fund in Việt Nam on Wednesday handed over medical supplies and personal protective equipment worth US$450,000 to 21 Vietnamese localities, including Hà Nội and HCM City
Fully vaccinated foreign arrivals with negative COVID-19 test results could only need to self-quarantine at home or places of accommodation for three days upon entry into Việt Nam via air links, according to latest interim medical polies proposed by the health ministry.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to develop fisheries into a key economic sector under its seafood development strategy in 2021- 30.
Although typhoon Rai is still east of the Philippines, preparations are underway in Việt Nam for the storm's arrival, wherever it makes landfall.
The Ministry of Health has given permission to the HCM City Department of Health to trial a reduction in quarantine from 14 days to seven for COVID-19-infected people with mild or no symptoms who have received two doses of a vaccine and test negative on the seventh day.
Nguyễn Danh Duy and Phạm Bích Kiểu, two molecular biologists in HCM City, will never forget the moment they saw their seven-year-old son eagerly waiting for them to return home.
Many domestic enterprises are suffering serious losses or only fulfilling half of their annual plans due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but they are still managing to offer Tết (Lunar New Year) bonuses to their workers.
The capital city of Hà Nội confirmed a record 1,024 COVID-19 cases on Wednesday.
This practice of extending shelf life for Pfizer shots is endorsed by health authorities worldwide, including US FDA, EMA, and WHO, provided that the ultra low-temperature storage conditions of the vaccines are guaranteed.
Three passengers from Việt Nam found to be infected by coronavirus after arriving in Hong Kong were infected with the Delta variant, not Omicron, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
HCM City has approved a new health strategy that seeks to improve pandemic prevention and surveillance capacity amid fears of the emergence of new COVID-19 variants.