Việt Nam News

The Hà Nội Department of Health is seeking 406 passengers from two flights on January 29 related to the city's 21st COVID-19 patient of the recent outbreak. 

More than 15 per cent of total families in Kon Tum have reported giving birth to more than three children, making the province lead the Central Highland in third child birthrate, the provincial Health Department has announced.

For the last five years, authorities in the central province of Phú Yên have been effectively mobilising public resources and residents’ contributions to improve rural roads.

The tumour measures 12x14 centimetres, covering half of her face, affected her skull, destroyed her right eye, and caused her trouble breathing.

While most people nationwide are busy preparing for Tết (Lunar New Year), the soldiers of the HCM City Border Guard are still working hard to ensure the safety of the city’s ports and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.

The HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on February 1 has confirmed that a COVID-19 patient from Hải Dương Province, who is being treated at Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City, has the variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the UK in the fall of 2020.

Nine new community COVID-19 cases on Wednesday morning

The community cases include 18 in northern Hải Dương Province, eight in northern Quảng Ninh Province, one in Hà Nội and three in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

The installation and use of the Bluezone tracing application increased sharply, averaging 32,000 to 40,000 downloads per hour right after the discovery of new COVID-19 cases.

Fourteen people have been fined and ordered into quarantine after they were caught in a karaoke bar that should have been closed.

Health Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long has requested Hà Nội authorities to consider establishing a special hospital to treat COVID-19 patients, given the rapid spread of coronavirus in the community.

Property developer SonKim Land has collaborated with Quảng Nam newspaper to award 20 scholarships worth a total of VNĐ1 billion (US$43,574) to students whose families were badly affected by the recent floods in four districts in Quảng Nam Province: Đông Giang, Phước Sơn, Nam Trà My, and Bắc Trà My.

Public hospitals in HCM City saw revenues fall by 9.6 per cent last year to VNĐ28.7 trillion (US$1.2 billion) due to the impacts of COVID-19, according to the Department of Health.

Many residents here are frustrated with the lack important infrastructure features, such as roads, schools and meeting halls and local authorities are facing greater pressure to improve facilities.

Since Saturday night, 57 students, 12 teachers and 11 parents were identified as direct contacts and had to go into quarantine.

Việt Nam reported 31 COVID-19 new cases on Monday evening, including 30 community cases and one imported case.