The new instruction requires passengers going through countries, which have detected the new Omicron variant to take quick tests for SARS-CoV-2 before boarding and leaving the aircraft.
Lê Quốc Minh, 52, member of the Party Central Committee, editor-in-chief of Nhân dân (The People) newspaper, has been re-elected chairman of the Việt Nam Journalists Association for 2020-25.
A further 14 people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Việt Nam.
The classification of COVID-19 patients need to prioritise high-risk groups, particularly those over 50 years old, have underlying conditions or are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated, for close monitoring and treatment to help reduce fatalities, said deputy minister of health Nguyễn Trương Sơn.
The HCM City Department of Education and Training has sought approval from the city’s People's Committee to allow an additional 680,000 students to return to secondary and high schools following the New Year holiday.
The HCM City Department of Natural Resources and Environment targets increasing the volume of domestic waste treated with incineration and recycling technologies to at least 80 per cent by 2025 and 100 per cent by 2030, department director Nguyễn Toàn Thắng has said.
The move aims to ensure pandemic prevention and control amid a new outbreak in the city.
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.
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.
