Việt Nam News

More than 12,000 new COVID-19 cases were detected Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 422,469.

Experts will consider licensing the emergency use of the locally-made Nano Covax vaccine at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow.

HCM City has rolled out its home-based care programmes for COVID-19 patients as one of its solutions for epidemic prevention and control.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has issued a list of drugs that can be used for treatment for COVID-19 patients at home.

The HCM City Centre for Disease Control has promised to amend information entered wrongly in the Electronic Health Book app for people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính ordered competent authorities to seek vaccine sources and make students a priority group for vaccinations so they can return to school.

The World Health Organization (WHO) in Việt Nam has handed over medical supplies and consumables to the Ministry of Health as part of its continuing support to the Vietnamese Government for COVID-19 response.

Dương Văn Hào, head of the Management Board for collection of health insurance cards and social insurance books, Việt Nam Social Insurance, talked to VnEconomy about some issues related to reducing insurance premiums to help employees and businesses overcome difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ministry of National Defence’s Air Defence - Air Force is using two container trucks as mobile oxygen-production stations to meet oxygen demand of hospitals treating COVID-19 patients in HCM City.    

Lê Anh Tuấn, a lecturer of Vietnam Maritime University, was honoured to receive the title of professor last year when he was 40.

"Zero-đồng supermarkets on buses" and "zero-đồng mini-supermarkets" launched by the Hà Nội armed forces are supporting people affected by the pandemic in the capital.

Việt Nam was elected member of the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for the 2022-2025 term at the 27th UPU Congress which was held in both in-person and online formats in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast, from August 9-27.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has instructed businesses in HCM City’s industrial parks and export processing zones to strictly comply with COVID-19 preventive measures to ensure the safety of workers.

HCM City has begun vaccinating children and giving the antiviral drug molnupiravir to COVID-19 patients staying at home who have mild symptoms.

A total of 12,920 new patients were reported across the country during the day, and 4,508 cases previously detected in Bình Dương but only added to the system on Friday.

The research ethics committee has accepted the results from Nano Covax's phase 3a clinical trials involving about 1000 volunteers, opening up the pathway for the homegrown COVID-19 vaccine to obtain an emergency use licence, according to local media on Friday.