Concerted efforts are needed by HCM City and the 10 provinces in the Đồng Nai River basin to improve management of water resources and protect the environment, experts have said.
The Vietnamese health ministry has unveiled a detailed timeline for the delivery of various batches of COVID-19 vaccines to be used in the national vaccination drive, after the first 117,000 Oxford/AstraZeneca doses bought from the manufacturer arrived late February.
The northern city of Hải Phòng is tracing people who had close contact with two local residents who tested positive for the coronavirus when they arrived in Australia.
The Hà Nội-based Việt Nam Military Medical University and the Pasteur Institute in HCM City have completed administering the first doses of Nano Covax in the second-stage human trials of this homegrown COVID-19 candidate vaccine.
Việt Nam hopes to provide anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment to about 160,000 people living with HIV/AIDS this year, said Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam.
For Nguyễn Thị Thu Phương, returning to her hometown to start a business after graduating from university was the best decision she ever made.
