Việt Nam News

HCM City has deployed 1,200 vaccination teams that will provide 200 shots per team each day, according to the city People's Committee.  

Since the beginning of the pandemic earlier last year, several large-scale disinfectant spraying campaigns have been carried out – especially in severe outbreak-hit urban centres such as Hà Nội, HCM City or Hải Phòng – mostly done by the chemical units of the defence ministry.

The Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control said if any citizens in the city suffer from ailments associated with the virus, they should immediately contact local health centres who will provide tests free of charge.

The Bình Thuận Province People’s Committee has announced plans to promote consumption of dragon fruit and certain other agricultural products this year.

Hà Nội City's Centre for Disease Control has issued a notice to urgently find people who already visited Thanh Nga Food Supply Co. Ltd between July 14 and August 1.

Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hà Nội Chu Ngọc Anh has signed a document to ask districts’ administration to not allow people to move out of the city during the time of social distancing, except for those got the permit of the administration.

The Government has assigned VNĐ5.1 trillion (US$221.6 million) from the State budget reserve for 2021 for the Ministry of Health's spending estimate to purchase medical equipment and supplies, biological products, chemicals and drugs for COVID-19 prevention and control.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has sent a letter to those working on the frontline forces recognising and complementing their contributions and efforts fighting COVID-19.

The HCM City People’s Committee has cancelled the second round of the high school graduation exam scheduled to take place from August 5-7 because of a spike in new COVID-19 infection cases. 

The flooding season in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta is expected to have lower levels of floods this year, bringing in less aquatic resources and sediment to fields, according to the Southern Institute of Water Resources Research.

Hà Nội is to put as many as 5,000 old vehicles through emission tests by the end of next year as part of a campaign to improve air quality in the capital city. 

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular promulgating the general education programmes of Russian, Japanese, French and Chinese as the first foreign languages to be taught in Vietnamese schools.

Khổng Minh Tuấn, deputy director of the Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control (CDC), talks to  Hà Nội Times (Hà Nội Mới) Newspaper about the current COVID-19 pandemic situation in Hà Nội.

The HCM City Department of Industry and Trade has asked the city Health Department to prioritise 62,000 shippers for vaccinations.

Trade unions at different levels have strived their best to implement lots of activities to help workers to overcome challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hà Nội authority has paid more attention to the work of collection, transportation and treatment of household waste in the city, especially in residential areas where COVID-19 patients or people suspected of being infected with SARS-CoV-2 reside.

The HCM City Department of Transport has adjusted operations at ferry terminals to ensure compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures.