Việt Nam News

There is no illegal hoarding of oil and petrol at gas stations in the city, though the retail prices of oil and petrol have continued to rise, asserts Bùi Tá Hoàng Vũ, head of the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade.

Việt Nam registered 27,311 COVID-19 patients on Saturday, the highest number since the start of the pandemic, taking the caseload to 2,484,481.

HCM City’s metro line No 1 between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in Thủ Đức city will start trial operations by December 31 this year.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Ministry of Health (MoH) to urgently complete and issue guidelines on COVID-19 treatment protocols for people under 18 years old, especially children under 12.

Evasion of social insurance payments for workers increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, as enterprises grappled the economic fall-out of pandemic control measures. However, as stipulated by law, avoiding payment and racking up insurance debt severely affects the social security rights of employees.

Protecting and caring for nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said on Thursday.

Local residents in Đông Định Isle Hamlet in southern Đồng Tháp Province always seek out Nguyễn Văn Thuận, also known as Tám Thuận, and his "river ambulance" when they need to go the hospital or have an emergency.

A mountainous border province with many difficulties, Lào Cai has achieved many important results in the education and training of ethnic minority students.

"Why do plants use water, light and air to produce compounds that have the potential to treat complex diseases like cancer?"  It was this question took Dr Đặng Thị Thu Thủy on the path of researching the biosynthesis of substances in plants.

The HCM City Department of Health has called on health facilities not to increase the cost of treating people who require extended treatment for Covid-19 or have post-COVID conditions.

The number of daily COVID-19 cases continues to rise with a record 26,487 registered on Friday.

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The HCM City Department of Health has recommended that the People’s Committee should close down the 1,000-bed Covid-19 Intensive Care Unit in Thủ Đức City saying there are few severely ill patients.

HCM City’s health authorities on Friday announced five community Omicron cases found during random screening.

The Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận Expressway will be closed from February 11 for completion and official inauguration next month after being temporarily used to handle the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday crowds, according to the BOT Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận Joint Stock Company.

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Đặng Hoàng Giang on Thursday held separate talks with Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Việt Nam Caitlin Wiesen, and the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Việt Nam Naomi Kitahara.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has approved the proposal to upgrade the University of Đà Nẵng to National Đà Nẵng University, placing it in the triangle strategic development system including Hà Nội and HCM City.