Việt Nam News

Medical workers from the Chợ Rẫy and Thống Nhất hospitals in HCM City have left for Cà Mau and Ninh Thuận provinces to help with the COVID-19 fight there.

Thanks to a newly launched campaign across the country, at least 3,000 women will be provided with free breast cancer screening from October 16.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has approved a national science-technology programme for promoting studies and production of human vaccines by 2030.

Confederation President Nguyễn Đình Khang said that in the first nine months of this year, amid the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the trade union has been working with Government and firms in the fight against the pandemic and caring for workers affected.

A further 3,221 COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam on Saturday, including 3,211 domestic infections and 10 imported cases.

COVID-19 update

After nearly two weeks of reopening, many locals in HCM City say they are enjoying the “new normal” life.

Many schools in HCM City that were used as COVID-19 treatment and quarantine facilities are now being disinfected and cleaned in preparation for resumption of classes.

Thousands of workers in industrial parks and export processing zones in HCM City have received free COVID-19 rapid tests.

Cần Thơ City and six provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region will take part in an online meeting on October 19 to enhance cooperation in pandemic prevention and control and economic recovery.

A new national programme aims to improve the lives and livelihoods of ethnic minority groups in Viet Nam.

Nearly 700 teachers in Đắk Nông Province are very concerned, as they have been asked to pay back an allowance totalling VNĐ5.5 billion (US$241,788) by November 29.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday attended a ceremony to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Việt Nam Women’s Union and the award ceremony of the Women Startup Awards 2021.

Việt Nam must play its part in developing more “transparent, responsible, and sustainable” agri-food systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Quốc Doanh.

HCM City will “carefully” reopen its economy in the “new normal” situation with a focus on ensuring sufficient medical staff, vaccines and medicine, a city official has said.

Newly published research by ActionAid, Public Services International and Education International warns that the IMF’s advice to cut public sector wage budgets will have a negative impact on healthcare and education worldwide.

The capital city of Hà Nội reported one new case. The Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control has assessed the pandemic level in the city as Level 1.