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Mekong Delta launches first robotics, AI research institute

Vaccine diplomacy set to be active, cooperative, innovative, effective

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn chaired the first meeting of the Government’s freshly established working group on COVID-19 vaccine diplomacy in Hà Nội on Monday.

People rush for cinnamon bark in protected Quảng Trị forest

Unemployed because of the pandemic, people in the central province of Quảng Trị are heading to the forest to illegally harvest cinnamon bark .

Technology to support fight against COVID-19

Technology is a supportive tool of the health sector in COVID-19 prevention and control, and a means for people to cooperate with the health sector.

HCM City provides support for needy amid lockdown

The Standing Board of the HCM City Party Committee on Sunday asked authorities of Thủ Đức city and all districts to quickly provide support, including cash and free food, to needy people affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

HCM City says vaccinations for people aged 12-18 may be available from September

HCM City plans to begin vaccinating people aged 12-18 from September if there is a suitable vaccine source, according to city authorities.

Trà Vinh Province to rapidly improve irrigation to foster agriculture

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh is speeding up dredging of 14 main irrigation canals with a total length of 125.3 km and expects to complete the work early next month.

Intensive care unit for COVID patients opens in Mekong Delta

An intensive care unit (ICU) in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ began admitting severe COVID-19 cases on Monday amid a spike in new infections in the region.

Việt Nam's COVID-19 caseload tops 280,000, death toll surpasses 6,000

HCM City and Bình Dương, two biggest hot spots in the country, continued to top the new infections with four-digit daily increase, recording 3,341 and 2,522 patients each over the past 24 hours, which brought the case count in the fourth wave (since late April) to 152,827 and 46,501.

Việt Nam reports 8,652 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday

Hà Nội to provide medical oxygen for 40,000 COVID-19 patients

The Hà Nội People's Committee has issued a plan to provide enough medical oxygen for a scenario in which the number of COVID-19 patients in the city reaches 40,000.

UV radiation at high risk levels across the nation

The ultraviolet (UV) radiation indexes in northern, southern and central regions on Monday were predicted to reach strong and very strong levels, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Roche launches SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test in Việt Nam

Roche Vietnam announced that it has launched SARS-CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test for Việt Nam’s market in early August.

HCM City wants to use one smart card for all public transport

The HCM City People’s Committee plans to establish technical standards to develop a single smart card that could be used for all types of public transport.

HCM City cranks up assistance programmes to reassure asymptomatic COVID patients in home quarantine

With an increasing number of asymptomatic COVID-19 patients isolating themselves at home in HCM City, healthcare agencies are providing free medical consultancy through hotlines and Zalo groups, and oxygen cylinders and concentrators in case of emergencies.