In the complicated developments of COVID-19 pandemic that has spread in most provinces and cities across the country, preventing the pandemic from entering the city through transportation services is one of top priorities in Hà Nội.
Cần Thơ City and several provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta reported sharp increases in new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday (July 20).
The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday afternoon announced 36 new deaths in HCM City, Đồng Tháp and Long An provinces.
VPBank will spend VNĐ150 billion (US$6.5 million) to buy 715 modern ventilators in emergency support for HCM City and southern provinces in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.
Việt Nam has manufactured the first test batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik, according to an announcement by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and Vietnamese pharmaceutical company VABIOTECH released on Wednesday.
The Prime Minister has issued a decision to establish a special working group for the Government to carry out COVID-19 prevention and control tasks. The working group will be located in HCM City.
Primary schools in outlying districts in HCM City are struggling to arrange enough classrooms for first graders to study a full day in the upcoming academic year due to population growth in city districts.
Besides modern medical techniques and equipment, traditional medicines are used to assist COVID-19 treatment in Việt Nam.
Tech giant VNG has launched the "Sai Gon Bao Dung” project in which a digital platform will help connect charity organisations, sponsors and disadvantaged people amid the COVID-19 outbreak.
HCM City’s 1,465m Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge over the Sài Gòn River between District 1 and the newly created Thủ Đức City is expected to open to traffic in the second quarter of next year.
The Ministry of Health has alerted people not to buy or hoard ventilators, medical oxygen generators or oxygen cylinders as it will waste money, lead to a shortage of supplies and cause difficulties for medical facilities that need to buy machines for patients in need.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang plans to grant traceability codes between July and September to all households breeding brackish water shrimp.
Việt Nam reported 4,789 new domestic cases of COVID-19 and six imported cases quarantined upon arrival on Tuesday.
HCM City is working on a COVID-19 vaccination plan for consular officers and foreigners in the city.
