Việt Nam News

Việt Nam has decided to urgently support the Lao Party, State and people with US$2.15 million and some medical supplies in aid of the nation’s efforts to combat the latest wave of COVID-19, informed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng at a ceremony held on Monday.

A senior medical expert has warned that even though social distancing regulations have been greatly eased in Hà Nội, the capital city is still at risk of further COVID-19 outbreaks.

By the end of the year HCM City aims to complete 11 construction packages of key traffic infrastructure projects which have been allowed to resume after the city relaxed its stringent COVID-19 prevention measures at the beginning of October.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long urged localities to raise their vigilance as the risk of further COVID-19 outbreaks is very high in the near future.

HCM City has been assessed as being at level 2, or medium risk of pandemic, in the four levels of risk under the Government’s Resolution 128.

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The Ministry of Health reported 3,639 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, along with 65 more deaths.

The Việt Nam Post and Telecommunication Corporation and Thủ Đức city on Saturday (October 23) officially opened the intelligent operation centre, an important cog in helping the latter build a smart city and e-governance, after a five-month trial run.

Thirteen students from Hoành Bồ High School, Hạ Long City, the northern province of Quảng Ninh, were taken to hospital for emergency medical attention yesterday after consuming what is suspected to be cannabis-laced candies.

The National Hydro-Meteorological Forecast Centre said a tropical depression in the East Sea area might gain strength and become a storm on Monday or Tuesday.

Passengers using airlines or trains to travel within Việt Nam don’t have to submit paper-based COVID-19 prevention and control commitments from Monday (October 25), according to the Ministry of Transport.

The HCM City Department of Architecture and Planning has sought feedback from other city agencies and experts on creating an underground plaza in the downtown area.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a cabinet meeting on the drafting of a socio-economic recovery and development programme on October 24.

Việt Nam has spent VNĐ45.6 trillion (nearly US$2 billion) from its budget on pandemic prevention and control as well as supporting people who face difficulties due to COVID-19, as of October 15.

3.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the US and Japan have reached Việt Nam over the weekend.

Nội Bài International Airport is preparing the best conditions to ensure COVID-19 safety when it welcomes back a large number of passengers as things gradually ease back to normal, according to the airport authority.