Việt Nam News

HCM City will go ahead with national high school graduation exams for more than 88,000 candidates on July 7-8 based on the Ministry of Education and Training’s schedule despite the COVID-19 outbreak, according to its Department of Education and Training.

COVID-19 update

A total of 220 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Wednesday raising the total number of patients in Việt Nam to 13,947, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Hà Nội’s People’s Council for the 2021-2026 term had its first meeting on Wednesday and decided on the holders of the top positions for the city People’s Council and People’s Committee.

Ambassador Lê Thị Tuyết Mai, Permanent Representative of Việt Nam to the UN, the World Trade Organisation, and other international organisations in Geneva, attended the opening ceremony of the UN Human Rights Council’s 47th session, which is taking place from June 21 to July 15.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has proposed the UK's Government further facilitate Việt Nam's access to COVID-19 vaccine supplies and consider transferring its vaccine production technology to the Southeast Asian country.

Technology businesses in HCM City have been developing solutions to control the COVID-19 pandemic, with systems that measure temperature automatically, monitor gatherings and remind people to wear masks.

HCM City schools and universities are struggling to teach practical lessons amidst the COVID-19 shutdown since students lack access to equipment and oversight.

The group of seven people come to the restaurant every day to cook delicious and nutritious meals for more than 130 people as Vinh City applied social distancing measures on Saturday due to the high number of COVID-19 cases.

Factories in Đồng Nai Province are creating temporary housing for workers as a way to deal with the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.

Việt Nam reported 248 new COVID cases on Tuesday with 236 community cases and 12 imported cases, which were quarantined immediately after entering the country. 

A 26-year-old man died 39 hours after being vaccinated with the COVID-19 AstraZeneca vaccine, the Centre for Disease Control in Hà Nội has announced.

Citizens in the capital city say they are excited with the reopening of some services and hopeful for the slow recovery of businesses as indoor dining, drinking venues and barbershops got back to business yesterday.

With the COVID-19 situation under control, the People's Committee of Hà Tĩnh Province allowed the resumption of business, commercial and service establishments and tourism sites starting from Tuesday.