Việt Nam News

South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries Viet Nam (Doosan Vina) donated nearly VNĐ2.3 billion (about US$100,000) to Quảng Ngãi Province to purchase medical equipment for its third field hospital for treating COVID-19 patients.

The Ministry of Health on August 25 announced that the antiviral drug molnupiravir will be part of the medicine package provided to COVID-19 patients in HCM City, while three robots will be used to deliver food to patients at a resuscitation hospital.

The Steering Committee on Judicial Reform discussed and agreed two major issues on justice and draft online trial regulations at the 13th meeting on Thursday.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính visited HCM City on Thursday (August 26) to check COVID-19 prevention efforts in what is the country’s hotspot.

The Ministry of Defence will send 2,000 soldiers to help with COVID-19 prevention efforts in Bình Dương Province.

Việt Nam’s total COVID-19 caseload reached 392,938 on Thursday after the Ministry of Health reported a daily increase of 11,575 and a further 318 deaths.

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Experts proposed intensifying law enforcement, stepping up inter-sectoral coordination, and closely monitoring captivity facilities to effectively manage the captivity of tigers at a recent seminar held by the People and Nature Reconciliation (PanNature).

The northern-most mountainous province of Hà Giang has identified the development of afforestation as a strategy in the long-term socio-economic development process, which was also the basis for effective and sustainable economic development.

750,000 doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Việt Nam following the announcement of US Vice President Kamala Harris for one million more vaccine doses as donation from the US Government.

Nearly half a million samples taken for COVID-19 testing on August 23-24 showed that the infection rate was 3.6 per cent, a slight drop from the 4-5 per cent rate (per 500,000 samples) in previous days, according to Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long. 

World Bank and the Institute for Social Development Studies have signed an agreement for a US$2.75 million (VNĐ 62.6 billion) grant provided by the Japan Social Development Fund for the “Strengthening preparedness and response to COVID-19 at the grassroots level in Việt Nam” Project.

The Italian Government on Wednesday announced it would give Việt Nam 801,600 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine via the COVAX Facility to aid the nation’s fight against the pandemic.

Teachers in Nha Trang City have coordinated with local authorities and social organisations to carry out supportive activities to help residents overcome difficulties in the pandemic.

The Ministry of Transport has asked HCM City to resume the upgrade on Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport during the two-week stay-at-home period that started on Monday (August 23) to ensure that it is completed by the end of the year.

Thousands of local people living in the mountainous areas of south-central Phú Yên Province have been in shortage of clean water amid prolonged heat.

Many expatriates in HCM City are providing meals and milk to hospitals and disadvantaged people suffering due to the COVID-19 outbreak, which is having a severe impact.

HCM City authorities have asked the Health and Finance ministries to devise a payment scale for COVID patients at private medical facilities.