Việt Nam News

The Minister of Education and Training has sent a dispatch to leaders of provinces and cities on preparations for the new school year amid the complicated pandemic situation.

The PM has sent a dispatch to a number of agencies within government, warning that now is the time people should not let their guards down, as we approach the peak time of year for floods and storms. 

In the past six weeks there have been seven separate COVID-19 clusters in Hà Nội, with a total of 627 new infections recorded. 

Scientists from Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) have designed and built a mobile oxygen and medical compressed air generator station to help the country fight COVID-19.

The QR code identification certificates needed for vehicles in HCM City transporting goods, experts and workers will be granted by the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam from Wednesday (September 1).

Charity organisation Good Samaritan Medical Dental Ministry in the US and Việt Nam wants to collaborate with Đồng Nai and Tiền Giang provinces to provide remote consultation to COVID-19 patients treated at home, Dr Đoàn Đào Viên, its medical director told an online forum on Monday.

Pregnant health workers will not be assigned to work at coronavirus treatment facilities.

Việt Nam on Tuesday recorded 12,607 new COVID-19 cases.

The Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee has said the COVID-19 rate of 3.8 per cent in high-risk areas identified following mass testing over the past week is within the city’s capacity to handle.

Bình Dương and Đồng Nai, the two southern provinces neighbouring HCM City, are set to roll out 1.5 million doses of Sinopharm Vero Cell vaccines they received from the southern city

The supplies were transported to the Nhà Rồng-Khánh Hội port in HCM City by Indian Navy ship INS Airavat on Monday.

HCM City plans to fully vaccinate all residents aged 18 and above with two vaccine doses by year-end.

The Hà Nội municipal Special Amnesty Advisory Council has proposed authorities grant amnesty to 59 prisoners on the occasion of the National Day (September 2).

Two elderly people have died after receiving Moderna vaccines, the Health Department in the central highlands province of Lâm Đồng has confirmed.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to continue reducing the frequency of flights from and to cities and provinces under social distancing.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh is assisting farmers with growing other crops on a total of 1,550ha of unproductive rice and sugarcane fields or switch to aquaculture or livestock farming.

After one year implementing a new general education curriculum, the Ministry of Education and Training assesses that first graders were more fluent in reading and writing after the first semester, but teachers and parents disagree.