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Mekong Delta launches first robotics, AI research institute

Flight carrying repatriated citizens and medical supplies from US lands safely

A flight bringing 277 Vietnamese citizens home from the US landed safely at the Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội in the early hours of Wednesday.

Hà Nội students to have online academic year kick-off ceremonies

Students in Hà Nội will begin their academic year on September 5 with virtual opening ceremonies. And to halt the spread of COVID-19, all classes will take place online, according to the Hà Nội Education and Training Department.

Charity feeds medical workers and patients in Kiên Giang

Charity Tâm Lành (Good Heart) in Rạch Giá City, the southern province of Kiên Giang, is supporting medical staff, patients in difficult circumstances at hospitals, and soldiers on duty at COVID checkpoints in the city.

Sanitation workers volunteer to stay in lockdown areas to keep environment clean

Twenty sanitation workers from Hà Nội Urban Environment Company (URENCO) have volunteered to stay in two lockdown wards in Hà Nội to keep the areas clean.

Students make device to help combat COVID-19

A group of students and their teacher from Huỳnh Thúc Kháng Secondary School in Quảng Ngãi Province have successfully made an automatic body temperature measurement and hand-washing machine to help fight COVID-19.

Food supply ensured for HCM City, southern region during stay-at-home period

Food supply has been ensured for HCM City and the southern region during the social distancing period, according to a working group supporting the COVID-19 fight in the southern region.

Deputy Prime Minister hails HCM City for ensuring food distribution to public

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành hopes HCM City can ensure smooth distribution of food to the public as it begins two weeks of strict COVID-19 restrictions.

Help and sharing in Bình Dương's COVID hotspots

Bình Dương Province, a hotspot for COVID-19 in the southern region, is struggling to fight the pandemic as the number of infections has rapidly risen in the province.

HCM City sets up special forces to support residents in high-risk zones

The HCM City Department of Home Affair has directed People's Committees of wards, communes and districts to set up special forces to support people in orange zones (high risk) and red zones (extremely high risk).

10,811 new COVID-19 cases recorded on Tuesday

Việt Nam saw 10,811 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, increasing the caseload since the beginning of the pandemic to 369,267. Fourteen of the new infections were imported and the remaining 10,797 were all domestic transmissions.

10,811 new COVID-19 cases, 348 more deaths reported on Tuesday

Fees for COVID-19 vaccinations banned

Health departments, hospitals and universities nationwide that have been assigned to offer COVID-19 vaccinations to people in Việt Nam must not collect any charges for the vaccination, the Ministry of Health confirmed on Tuesday.

PM asks authorities to make sure ‘no one is short on food and clothes’

In an official dispatch addressed to leaders of cities and provinces issued on Tuesday, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said social security must be ensured as the country accelerates its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tiền Giang poverty mitigation efforts prove highly effective

Many poor households in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang have benefited from soft loans through poverty alleviation programmes and escaped poverty.

Community-based COVID-19 prevention teams contribute to pandemic prevention

Community-based COVID-19 prevention teams have made an important contribution to curb the outbreak in Hà Nội.

16,000 doses of Molnupiravir ready for self-use of COVID patients at home

Domestic drug manufacturers have been ready to sponsor the first batch of 16,000 doses of Molnupiravir for a pilot programme of controlled treatment of COVID-19 patients at home, which is scheduled to be started on Wednesday in HCM City.

HCM City must gather all homeless people into shelters during tightened social distancing campaign

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam asked HCM City to gather all homeless people still wandering on the streets into either quarantine facilities or social welfare shelters after testing for COVID-19.

HCM City to test people at home for COVID

HCM City health authorities will carry out widespread COVID-19 testing during the two-week stay-at-home order period starting on Monday (August 23).

HCM City approves $112m COVID support package for needy, quick disbursement expected

The HCM City People’s Committee has approved an additional Covid-19 support package worth nearly VNĐ2.6 trillion (US$112.3 million) targeted at more than one million poor workers and 600,000 self-employed workers’ families.