Việt Nam News

Transport firms at coach stations in HCM City expect an unprecedented low passenger demand for travel during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This is the eighth straight day the capital has had the highest number of new transmissions, with 1,910 recorded in total.

Experts have said Việt Nam needs a roadmap to recover the tourism sector which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Health has told four central-level hospitals – Chợ Rẫy, Huế Central, HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Thống Nhất – to provide training in resuscitation services to staff without these skills who work in COVID-19 healthcare facilities in HCM City.

In addition to the Hà Nội districts of Đống Đa and Hai Bà Trưng, the city's three inner districts of Ba Đình, Hoàn Kiếm and Tây Hồ have to halt in-person dining and some non-essential services from Sunday after the city announced a new pandemic level assessment early Saturday.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has plans to support employees working in economic zones, industrial parks, and high-tech zones to work and participate in production recovery, especially migrant workers returning to work.

More than half of new virus incidences, 8,077, were community cases

Those eligible include people entering for diplomatic, official, or business purposes; investors; experts; skilled workers and families; people cited in agreements; and those having contact with those staying in Việt Nam for a short time.

While Lâm Đồng Province has its fair share of organic farms, Huy is one of very few farmers that were recognised as one of the “Outstanding Vietnamese Farmers in 2021”.

At 1,400 metres above sea level in Quế Hamlet, the life of the Cor people remains simple and almost isolated from the rest of the world.

A lunch box or a loaf of bread costs very little, but it brings great sentimental value for COVID-19 patients and those severely affected by the pandemic.

With only a week left until Việt Nam Government’s scheduled pilot resumption of regular international flights, air transport and airlines have all said they are more than ready but there are some policy issues to be resolved.

Việt Nam’s rolling seven-day average of new COVID-19 incidences on Friday stood at 16,041, up by over 700 compared to a week ago.

The media needs to keep working on improving its credibility by publishing “timely, accurate and comprehensive” stories, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phạm Anh Tuấn has said.

HCM City wants the Government to help increase the supply of liquid oxygen to treat COVID-19 patients since it is unable to procure enough for its hospitals.