Việt Nam News

The HCM City People’s Committee has instructed departments and people’s committees in districts and Thủ Đức City to strengthen preventive measures against COVID-19 as the number of new cases has increased this month.

The capital city of Hà Nội reported 176 new cases on Friday.

A plan has been proposed to turn the 14km river into a public space that reflects Việt Nam’s culture and history.

Argentina’s Government will donate 500,000 doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to Việt Nam as part of a one million dose package for five countries.

The Ministry of Transport has released plans to overhaul waterway transport links across the country by 2030, to attract business and investment into transport infrastructure.

Three men jailed for their part in wrongdoings at Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel JSC (TISCO) have had their sentences reduced.

The Ministry of Transport has submitted plans to build 729 kilometres of extra road on the east sections of the North-South Expressway.

Many agricultural production chains in Hà Nội have maintained operations throughout the most recent outbreak of COVID-19, thanks in no small part to strong cooperation between producers and sellers in the city. 

Localities will quarantine only the new cases, which are detected on campus, without closing the entire school, said delegates in an online meeting between the Ministry of Education and Training and its departments.

Two final underground railway segments for Metro Line No 1 are being installed and will be completed in two months.

Secretary of HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Văn Nên has ordered the Sài Gòn Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) Management Board to place pandemic prevention and protection of workers’ heath as its top priority under the “new normal”.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam proposed the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs and localities to design more support packages to attract workers who had left for their hometowns to return to work during the Q&A session of the National Assembly on social affairs on Thursday.

More than a million people have now tested positive for COVID-19 in Việt Nam.

HCM City authorities are considering allowing 750 doctors and nurses who will graduate from Phạm Ngọc Thạch University of Medicine this year to work at health centres and stations in city districts, wards and communes.

Economic and transportation experts have agreed that it is high time for Việt Nam to reopen international flight routes and gave their suggestions on how they should be managed post-pandemic at a webinar on Wednesday.

HCM City authorities are calling for strict anti-pandemic measures to prevent the spread of the virus and ensure safety as of a large number of migrant workers have returned to the city from other localities.