By Tuesday morning (February 16), 21 provinces and cities across Việt Nam have decided to halt resumption of in-person learning due on Wednesday after Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday over community COVID-19 outbreaks.
The ultraviolet (UV) radiation index reached the high-risk level in the south on Tuesday and will remain so in the next three days, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorological Forecasting.
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered the health sector to conduct all necessary measures to make COVID-19 vaccines available in Việt Nam this month, while Hà Nội will close all streetside stalls, religious and relic sites from midnight.
Forty new community COVID-19 cases were detected on Monday, including two in Hà Nội.
Social distancing measures will be implemented in the northern province of Hải Dương from Tuesday (February 16) as the locality has reported more than 460 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases.
The marine economy has become key to Việt Nam's economic structure and exploitation of the country's seas and islands has created a new driving force for development amid deep international integration, experts have said.
A Japanese man who died in Hà Nội on Saturday evening had tested positive for COVID-19.
Thirty-three new locally-transmitted COVID-19 patients were reported on Sunday evening, including an eight-year-old girl in Hà Nội's Mê Linh District.
33 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday
The People's Committee of HCM City has directed all educational establishments in the city to remain closed and resume online study until February 28.
As a vivacious young person, Cao Thị Ngọc Thanh – Party Secretary of Khánh Trung Commune in south central Khánh Hòa Province’s Khánh Vĩnh District, has spared no efforts to promote local youth union’s movements and contribute to local socio-economic development.
Fire prevention and rescue forces from Da Nang City’s public security and border guard were sent to stamp out the fire.
Farmer Lê Văn Chín from the southern province of Long An recently livestreamed an advert about his cooperative’s red-flesh dragon fruit on his Facebook page.
The new cases include 49 domestic infections and four imported cases.