Việt Nam News

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday sent a dispatch to ministries, provinces and cities asking for strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control.

The record for daily transmissions was broken for the third consecutive day, as the country registered 69,128 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday.

Việt Nam is among five countries newly selected to receive mRNA vaccine technology transfer from a global biomanufacturing training hub established by the World Health Organization (WHO) in South Africa.

Hà, a 12-year-old girl from southern Bến Tre Province, has lost one ovary and suffered painful complications after doctors discovered she had a malignant ovarian tumour about 25 cm in size.

The price of COVID-19 test kits have been increasing due to a drastic increase of daily infected cases in Hà Nội.

Medical experts have warned the self-administration of corticosteroid drugs during home treatment of COVID-19 cases without doctor’s inputs could worsen the diseases.

Ministries and localities have been urged to install ePass systems on vehicles to allow them to use the automatic electronic toll collection (ETC). 

The Ministry of Health has issued new guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 in children, especially children under 12 months who are at high risk of severe disease, while the number of children infected with COVID-19 has tended to increase.

Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine certificates are still not available two months after the Ministry of Health officially introduced the template forms and issuance procedures due to technical problems.

There were 60,355 new COVID-19 infections confirmed across Việt Nam on Wednesday, a record for the country. 

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As of February 22, 78.86 per cent of students across the country have resumed face-to-face learning, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The HCM City health sector has been told to be well prepared to respond to the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 being the dominant strain in the city. 

The Poison Control Centre under the Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital has reported an increase in cases of methanol poisoning before and after the Tết holiday, warning that the use of fake alcoholic drinks and medical methanol could lead to fatalities.

The COVID-19 pandemic has posed big challenges for almost all industries and fields, with tourism suffering the most.

Doctors have again warned against the use of coal fires in enclosed rooms due to the risk of accidental carbon monoxide poisoning, as the northern region plunged into a deep chill in recent days.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has demanded provinces and centrally-run cities nationwide press on with anti-COVID-19 measures amid a surge in new infections, stressing that minimising deaths is currently the top priority.