Việt Nam News

 Nineteen southern provinces and cities have provided relief aid for more than 635,000 informal workers with a total amount of nearly VNĐ911 billion (US$40 million).

A team of about 100 volunteers with 50 vehicles is offering a helping hand to HCM City authorities to transport medical equipment and other necessities to the community.

More than 8.6 million people in 24 provinces and cities in Việt Nam need emergency food relief due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

Teachers across the country are preparing for the new school year in the midst of the pandemic

After four days waiting for COVID-19 tests, Nguyễn Minh Vương and five other seamen feel restless.

Việt Nam recorded the biggest daily increase in coronavirus cases on Thursday with 10,654 new infections, taking the total tally to 312,611, the Ministry of Health announced.

COVID-19 update

Over five million people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 in HCM City so far, according to the national vaccination portal.

The Ministry of Health plans to set up mobile healthcare centres in some southern localities as part of COVID-19 prevention and control measures, according to Health minister Nguyễn Thanh Long.

A family of five have all died after a fire broke out at their house in southern Bình Dương Province on Wednesday night.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chính on Wednesday asked the Party Central Committee’s Mass Mobilisation Commission, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee and relevant organisations to continue to raise awareness of pandemic prevention and control among their members and remind people of their responsibilities in the COVID-19 fight.

Only pilots and flight attendants who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with two jabs are eligible to fly on aircrafts starting September 1.

COVID-19 has changed everyday life including human trafficking

Close cooperation and sharing information with neighbouring countries are some of the most important weapons needed to fight the scourge of people trafficking.

Thống Nhất Hospital in HCM City’s Tân Bình District on Wednesday (August 18) opened a field hospital to provide prompt treatment for mild, moderate and severe COVID-19 cases.

A report carried out into people trafficking in Việt Nam has shed new light on the criminals responsible.

More than 53 per cent of all employees said they have been under more stress during the recent outbreak compared to last year, according to a national survey conducted by the payroll, recruitment and outsourcing agency Adecco Vietnam.

Việt Nam’s domestic COVIVAC coronavirus vaccine is being administered to volunteers from communes in the northern province Thái Bình as part of its ongoing phase 2 clinical trials.