Việt Nam News

Oxfam in Vietnam, in collaboration with the Embassy of New Zealand and the Embassy of Switzerland, announced on Tuesday a humanitarian aid project of nearly VNĐ1.3 billion (US$56,000) to assist vulnerable migrant workers most affected by COVID-19 in Hồ Chí Minh City.

As of Tuesday noon, 10 out of 20 localities have responded to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV)’s proposed plan to resume domestic flights, as COVID-19 outbreaks eased but remain difficult to predict.

Việt Nam is set to master the production technology of 10 vaccines used for humans and be capable of producing at least three by 2025, according to a national sci-tech programme on human vaccine production research by 2030, recently approved by Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.

Bến Thành Market in District 1 and many other traditional markets have reopened, with everyone working in the shops inside being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with two shots.

The Ministry of Health has ordered relevant agencies to help the Việt Nam-Germany Friendship Hospital in transferring patients and relatives from the scene of Hà Nội's latest COVID-19 cluster.

The People’s Committee of northern Hòa Bình Province has implemented regulations under different forms for different subjects since early 2021, to fulfil a master plan on administrative reform and public services.

Ministry of Health (MoH) has sent an official dispatch to the government of cities and provinces on strengthening the inspection of the import and trading of COVID-19 test kits in order to detect and strictly handle violations in pandemic prevention. 

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has asked that local health authorities do not use COVID-19 antibody tests for the wrong purpose, as it is both costly and unnecessary.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a ceremony in Hà Nội on Monday to symbolically receive 1.5 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine from the COVAX Facility with the assistance from the US Government.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái has agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal to help needy students with electric devices to assist their online learning amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

To have more knowledge about cattle breeding, Sểnh took part in training courses and then passed on his newly acquired knowledge to local households. 

A woman in HCM City has adopted hundreds of children abandoned by their parents and raised them over the past 30 years.

Đắk Lắk Province has many ethnic minorities living in remote mountainous areas where online learning is a luxury for households because they do not have computers, smartphones or a stable internet connection

Looking back on what has been done in the fight against COVID-19 during the fourth wave, Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long emphasised the five key decisions that generated notable results.

From September 30 to 6am October 4, there have been 39 cases of COVID-19 in connection with the hospital.

There were 5,383 new cases of COVID-19 recorded in Việt Nam over the last 24 hours.