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HCM City metro line completion schedule pushed back one year

Lockdowns should be as narrow as possible: PM

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered local authorities, depending on the practical situation, to apply lockdown or social distancing measures on the narrowest possible scale and avoid negative impacts on society.

Lào Cai enhances cold-water fish production

Many farms in the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai have implemented measures to enhance the production and trade of cold-water fish.

Central region shuts services to cope with outbreak

Restaurants and cafes in the central city of Đà Nẵng will only offer takeaway or delivery services from noon of Friday as three positive COVID-19 cases were reported to have been infected from an employee at the New Phương Đông Bar on Thursday.

Army disinfects cancer hospital following cluster of COVID-19 infections

The military sprayed disinfectant at the Tân Triều facility of the National Cancer Hospital (K Hospital) in Ha Noi's outlying district of Thanh Trì Friday afternoon after a cluster of 10 COVID-19 infections were found here.

Struggle for justice for Agent Orange victims to continue

Activists are determined as ever to continue the fight for justice for Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims in Việt Nam.

Ten positive cases reported in National Cancer Hospital in Hà Nội

Another hospital in Hà Nội has been hit by an outbreak of COVID-19. The National Cancer Hospital, commonly known as K Hospital, reported ten positive cases on Friday, all patients and their relatives.

Local youths mark 67 years of Điện Biên Phủ victory

The victory on May 7, 1954 was the decisive event ending the nine-year resistance war against French colonialists in Việt Nam, as well as France’s colonial rule in Indochina.

Agencies urged to complete report on vehicle emission control

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has urged relevant agencies to quickly complete the report on the implementation of the roadmap to apply the emission standards to motor vehicles.

Việt Nam’s 'blue beret' medical soldiers fulfil mission despite COVID-19

“The moment Flight C17 landed at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội after flying from Juba, the capital of South Sudan, touched me the most. The joy of returning to the Fatherland and my family after nearly 18 months away overwhelmed my comrades and I.”

Coastal province aims to be centre for shrimp seed production

The south – central province of Ninh Thuận targets becoming Việt Nam's centre for high-quality shrimp seed production by 2030.

One new community case reported on Friday morning

COVID-19 update

56 new community cases and four imported

The new local transmissions include four in Hà Nội and 16 at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases on outskirts of the capital in Đông Anh District.

Health sector launches a website on stroke prevention and control

The health ministry’s Medical Services Administration (MSA) in collaboration with Bayer Vietnam, launched a website on stroke prevention and control on Thursday.

56 domestic cases among 60 new ones reported on Thursday evening

Army disinfect COVID-19 hit hospital

Soldiers from the Vietnamese army’s chemical division on Thursday disinfected the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi after it became a COVID-19 hotspot.

HCM City raises COVID-19 alert

The HCM City chief has said authorities must tighten measures to prevent a new COVID-19 outbreak.

17 new infections in Hà Nội, Thái Bình, and Bắc Ninh connected to hospital cluster

Seventeen people in Hà Nội City and the northern provinces of Thái Bình and Bắc Ninh, all related to the cluster of infections in National Hospital of Tropical Diseases' Kim Chung campus in Đông Anh District, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Thursday, according to local health departments.