Việt Nam News

Two new born babies who contracted COVID-19 from their mothers have made a full recovering after just a week in hospital.

Việt Nam COVID caseload reached 645,640 on Wednesday with 10,585 new infections.

Đồng Nai Province plans to resume socio-economic activities step by step after September 20.

Hà Nội on Wednesday allowed restaurants and food and drink establishments to reopen for delivery, starting 12:00 noon Thursday, but only in districts that have recorded no community COVID-19 cases since September 3.

Winners of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) Press Awards 2020 were announced at the agency’s information page at https://dhtn.ttxvn.org.vn/ on September 15, on the occasion of its 76th anniversary.

The Hà Nội People’s Committee has chosen a design plan to build the Trần Hưng Đạo Bridge, which will come across the Hồng (Red) River.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has asked the southern province of Đồng Nai to focus on completing ground clearance work to speed up the first phase of the Long Thành International Airport project.

Regional linkage and planning was important to the development of every single locality and the whole northern region, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng said on Tuesday.

Củ Chi District and District 7 in HCM City have kept the COVID-19 outbreak under control  thanks to strict and early management of infected cases, timely emergency care and an increase in the number of treatment beds.

The number of fatalities due to COVID-19 was down by 30 per cent in HCM City last week thanks to the improvement in treatment of patients especially at home.

Việt Nam has surpassed the milestone of injecting more than 30 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine nationwide after five consecutive administering a million jabs a day.

Việt Nam saw 10,508 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 635,055, said the Ministry of Health.

Although Typhoon Conson eased to a tropical low pressure when making landfall on Sunday, it still caused damage in the central region. Many houses lost roofs, and roads were blocked after landslides. Have a look at the consequences of the storm in one locality in central Quảng Ngãi Province.

HCM City plans a third Covid-19 relief package worth around VNĐ10 trillion (US$438.5 million) after September 15 for workers who have lost their jobs, had incomes reduced, have no stable incomes, or face other difficulties.

The COVID-19 outbreak will remain complex and so HCM City will take various measures to adapt to it, Phan Văn Mãi, chairman of the city People’s Committee, has said.

HCM City is planning to pilot COVID-19 green cards in districts 7, Cần Giờ and Củ Chi, places where the pandemic has basically been controlled.