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HCM City aims to make English 2nd language in schools

Bình Dương proposes to reopen market and delivery services

The Bình Dương Province People’s Committee has called on its Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control to allow some essential services to resume.

Support for frontline workers urgently needed

Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn, head of the ministry’s special taskforce in HCM City for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, has sent a document to the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control outlining the dire conditions for medical staff and proposals to improve them.

PM asks localities to complete testing by September 15

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has requested localities under social distancing rules to complete testing of the entire population by September 15 to eliminate the source of COVID-19 infection from the community.

Mekong Delta authorities speed up erosion prevention projects

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) delta are speeding up works to prevent the damage caused by erosion along rivers, canals and coasts, especially in the ongoing rainy season.

HCM City installs 100 QR-code scanning cameras at COVID-19 checkpoints

The HCM City Department of Public Security has installed 100 QR-code scanning cameras at COVID-19 checkpoints to minimise the risk of disease transmission.

HCM City allows food and drink takeaway services, reopens IT stores

HCM City People’s Committee late Wednesday issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the restrictive Directive 16.

Critical COVID-19 patients recover in Đà Nẵng

Several critical COVID-19 patients have recovered and been released from Đà Nẵng’s Lung hospital after 17-day treatment. They now need a two-week home quarantine.

Việt Nam logs 12,420 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday, 272 more deaths

Việt Nam recorded 12,420 new COVID-19 infections on Thursday and 272 more deaths.

12,420 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Thursday

Nội Bài airport’s upgraded runway put into operation

Runway 1B at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội, which has been upgraded, is put into operation on September 9, according to the Ministry of Transport (MoT).

Localities told to brace for typhoon Conson

The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control asked authorities of northern and central provinces to ensure fishing vessels find shelter as typhoon Conson has entered the East Sea and is forecast to strengthen.

Doctors work to treat COVID-infected drug addicts

Phạm Phú Bình, a doctor at a quarantine and treatment area for drug addicts who have coronavirus in Nha Trang City, central Khánh Hoà Province, has become used to dispensing medicine to addicts in the area.

HCM City considers issuing 'vaccine green cards'

HCM City is looking into a “vaccine green card” system to allow eligible residents to travel and work under fewer COVID-19 restrictions, facilitating the economy’s recovery, according to Phan Văn Mãi, chairman of the city People’s Committee.

HCM City allows food and drink takeaway services, reopens IT stores

HCM City People’s Committee late Wednesday issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the restrictive Directive 16.

Millions of students start online learning

Millions of students nationwide have started their new school year via an online learning model due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Việt Nam logs 12,680 new COVID-19 infections, 335 deaths

Vietnamese health ministry's case management system records 12,680 new COVID-19 infections in the past 24 hours, 12,663 of which locally acquired and 7,851 among them community cases.

12,680 new cases of COVID-19 confirmed on Wednesday

The new cases included 17 imported and 12,663 local infections.

Japan, Germany lure manpower from central Việt Nam

Fukuoka City in Japan has become the eighth city, after Yokohama, Maebashi, Chiba, Shizuoka, Tokyo, Tottori and Nagasaki, to recruit students from central Việt Nam to work and study in healthcare from April 2022, marking progress in human resources training cooperation between Japan and Việt Nam.