Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and experts on Thursday discussed tasks and solutions to prevent and control COVID-19, especially during the Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays, as well as preparations to reopen schools and the tourism sector.
An additional 15,727 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on Thursday, bringing the national tally to 2,203,208.
The young victim of the ruthless assault in Thạch Thất earlier this month is now in intensive care at Saint Paul General Hospital.
In the new document, not only the number of new cases, but also the number of patients in severe conditions and fatalities will be taken into account when evaluating the pandemic risk level of a locality.
The Ministry of Health has asked the ministries of foreign affairs, national defence, public security and transport, and people’s committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to create favourable conditions for entrants to Việt Nam ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tết) holiday.
Despite COVID-19 Lunar New Year is just around the corner. Markets in Hanoi and HCM City are stocking up with holiday goods. We take to the streets to ask how people prepare for their biggest holiday of the year.
Fishermen in Bình Định go fishing during the Tết holiday
While many people on the mainland are preparing to welcome a warm and happy Tết with their families, coast guard sailors are continuing their long routine patrol missions at sea.
Households and others in Cà Mau Province who make OCOP items under the national one commune - one product programme are busy at work ahead of Tết (Lunar New Year) on February 1.
Students have been studying online for more than eight months due to the pandemic.
Việt Nam reported 15,954 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday including 15,885 domestic cases and 69 imported cases in 61 provinces and cities.
The HCM City People’s Committee has decided that students in kindergarten and from first to sixth grades can return to school from February 14.
The HCM City economy will recover this year and return to pre-pandemic levels, its People’s Committee chairman has said.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended the inauguration ceremony of the Tình Yêu (Love) Bridge, the first phase of the coastal ring road of Hạ Long – Cẩm Phả as well as the opening of Vân Đồn – Móng Cái Expressway in the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh on Wednesday.
A person who came in contact with 13 imported cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant is the first recorded case of Omicron in the community.
Minister of Education and Training Nguyễn Kim Sơn has underlined the importance of reopening schools, stressing that sufficient conditions are in place to get children back to class.