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Doctors said Trúc Nhi and Diệu Nhi are recovering well and will start physiotherapy in six weeks’ time.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh is encouraging farmers in coastal areas to expand high - tech shrimp breeding by using super - intensive farming since the model is sustainable and offers high profits, according to the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Hundreds of thousands of workers in HCM City, both from official and non-official economic sectors, have lost their jobs permanently or temporarily.

A young man in the northern province of Hưng Yên has built a free library to promote a culture of reading in his local community.

A 68-year-old man from central province of Quảng Nam has become the 15th person to die of COVID-19-related complications in Việt Nam.

The total number of deaths related to coronavirus in Việt Nam now stands at 14, three of them on Monday alone.

Some 867,000 high school students finished the multiple-choice test on foreign languages on Monday afternoon, wrapping up the first phase of the national high school exam of the 2019-2020 academic year amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bus passengers in HCM City often endure poor conditions at bus stops, including infringement of pavement areas by vendors. – Photo laodong.vn

Out of the new cases, five were locally transmitted in Đà Nẵng and Quảng Nam, and one case was imported from Guam.

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The Health Department of Quảng Trị Province sent a document on Monday morning ordering Quảng Trị General Hospital to temporarily suspend the examination of patients.

Authorities in Đà Nẵng are implementing strict social distancing measures for markets, meaning households will receive tickets for odd or even days to limit crowds.

Four patients with COVID-19 have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the Đà Nẵng Lung Hospital in Đà Nẵng City on Monday morning.

Rainfall of up to 70mm is forecast to hit northern mountainous provinces, including Lào Cai, Hà Giang, Tuyên Quang and Bắc Kạn on Monday afternoon and night.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang is taking measures to control natural disasters in anticipation of extreme weather conditions in the last months of the year.  

Foreign experts have praised Việt Nam’s response to the current COVID-19 outbreak that has caused the country’s first fatalities since the beginning of the pandemic.

The Ministry of Health together with Hà Nội’s Health Department have checked the implementation of COVID-19 prevention and control in three hospitals of Hà Nội Nephrology Hospital, Hà Nội Lung Hospital and Dolife International Hospital.