Việt Nam News

The HCM City Department of Transport has told local authorities to repair damaged sidewalks in their home districts as soon as possible.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang, the country's largest fruit producer, is expanding its dragon fruit growing area as part of its agricultural restructuring and climate-change adaptation plans.

Lieutenant Ngô Văn Bình, was honoured to be one of 13 Party young members commended by the Nghệ An Provincial Youth Union in early 2021 for his contribution to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked the National Assembly to allow HCM City to retain 23 per cent of its budget revenues, up from the previous 18 per cent, to create conditions for sustainable development.

Smoking is the leading cause of lung cancer in Việt Nam. Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 chemicals, of which 69 cause cancer, participants heard at an online talk show on Friday to respond to World No Tobacco Day on May 31.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính encouraged the health sector to overcome difficulties and shortcomings and consider protecting public health the first and foremost task.

COVID-19 update

Politburo member and secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Đinh Tiến Dũng requested to focus all resources to firmly protect the COVID-19 control achievements, and absolutely not let the pandemic spread widely in the community.

Leading medical experts of the health ministry have been dispatched to lend a hand to Bắc Giang on Saturday night after the northern province reported rapid transmission of COVID-19 over the weekend.

COVID-19

The management board of the State-run Hà Nội Housing Development and Investment JSC (Handico) on Saturday announced a decision to remove Nguyễn Văn Thanh from the position of company’s director for violation of COVID-19 prevention and control regulations.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has rejected proposals from five localities to build their own airports.

A total of 127 new local cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Việt Nam in the last 12 hours. 

COVID-19 update

Between noon and 6pm, a total of 131 new cases were detected. All but two are local transmissions.

Việt Nam has recorded its 36th COVID-19-related death.  The deceased patient is an 89-year-old woman with a history of diabetes and hypertension. She died on May 15.