Việt Nam News

Only pilots who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are eligible to operate flights, the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) said in a new directive on mandatory measures for flight safety.

Over the past month, Nguyễn Thị Hải, a cook at Tô Hiến Thành Primary School in Hà Tĩnh, has been busy cooking even though the students are on their summer vacation.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang, the country's largest fruit producer, has spent more than VNĐ134 billion (US$5.8 million) to upgrade or build irrigation projects this year, securing irrigation water for nearly 172,000ha of farming areas.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the tourism industry and hit industrial production hard, agriculture and community-based agro-forest production have proven resilient in the tourism-intensive central region.

A national online meeting was held on Sunday to find solutions to ensure essential goods for the south when applying social distancing in 19 southern provinces and cities.

The Ministry of Transport has announced an airport development plan that would expand Hà Nội-based Nội Bài International Airport to serve 100 million passengers per year, but has denied a request for a second airport in the capital city until at least 2030.

Việt Nam on Sunday reported highest daily spike of 5,926 COVID cases, putting the total cases in the country at 53,830 cases.

COVID-19 update

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) recently sent a dispatch asking domestic airlines to suspend flights to and from airports in several southern cities and provinces that are under strict social distancing measures from Monday.

The Treatment Subcommittee of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Sunday announced 29 more COVID-19 deaths.

The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Transport have reached an agreement on the testing protocol for truckers, a move that will likely solve the shortage of essential goods experienced by residents of HCM City recently. 

Authorities in Hà Nội have locked down several locations related to positive cases of COVID-19.

Việt Nam strives to have at least one successful domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine within this year, deputy health minister Trần Văn Thuấn made the statement at a meeting by the special working group on COVID-19 vaccine development and clinical trials on Saturday

COVID-19 update

The Ministry of Health reported 3,718 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, bringing the country's total tally to 45,884 domestic and 2,020 imported cases.

An additional 16 southern provinces and cities will apply social distancing under Directive 16 from midnight on July 19.