Việt Nam News

Soldiers from the Vietnamese army’s chemical division on Thursday disinfected the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ha Noi after it became a COVID-19 hotspot.

The HCM City chief has said authorities must tighten measures to prevent a new COVID-19 outbreak.

Seventeen people in Hà Nội City and the northern provinces of Thái Bình and Bắc Ninh, all related to the cluster of infections in National Hospital of Tropical Diseases' Kim Chung campus in Đông Anh District, tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Thursday, according to local health departments.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has received their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning at Bạch Mai Hospital in Hà Nội.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday presided over the Government’s April meeting, which was the first meeting of the Cabinet after it completed the personnel work last month.

A woman and her son have been jailed for eight years each for sharing anti-State propaganda.

Exhausted after pulling three students safely from the water, a 23-year-old man drowned at a beach in Phú Vang District, Thừa Thiên - Huế Province last Friday.

The Ministry of Transport will prioritise funding for the maintenance and repair of Long Biên Bridge, an iconic structure in the Vietnamese capital.

The COVID-19 quarantine period in Việt Nam has been extended to 21 days.

The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday opened a first-instance trial in a case related to smuggling and violations of accounting regulations which occurred at Nhật Cường Technic Co. Ltd.

All schools in Quảng Nam Province (except for those in Hội An) will reopen from Thursday (May 6) as 46 out of 47 close contact cases (F1) of two COVID-19 patients (No 2899 and No 2982) were isolated and tested negative for SARS-COV-2 as of Wednesday.

The National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội, the northern region’s leading COVID-19 treatment facility, will be locked down for two weeks starting today until May 19 after a doctor tested positive for coronavirus.

Eight people in the northern province of Vĩnh Phúc tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 once early on Wednesday, according to the province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has said the implementation of amnesty measures should follow a strict and transparent process.

Tourist destinations nationwide witnessed a sharp decrease in tourist numbers over the recent four-day holiday due to the latest COVID-19 outbreak.