Việt Nam News

The city authorities of HCM City have allowed the reopening of restaurants and other services starting from March 1.

A total 74 volunteers were given Vietnamese COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, in the phase II of human trials on Friday at two administration sites in Hà Nội and Long An Province.

Hà Nội police announced Friday they have arrested three people in a “major ring” charged with trafficking Vietnamese infants to China and rescued four babies last night.

The ministry has worked with agencies to provide scientific information relating to the pandemic developments.

The Advisory Council for the Registration of Circulation of Drugs and Medicinal Ingredients under the Ministry of Health has proposed that the ministry approve the use of two COVID-19 vaccines, US' Moderna and Russia's Sputnik V, for urgent use in Việt Nam.

Cần Thơ City has called on competent agencies and contractors to speed up work on major construction projects.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang has invested in 70 in-field irrigation projects on 27,000ha of farming land in the coastal districts of Gò Công Đông and Gò Công Tây during the 2020 - 21 dry season.

The national database systems on population and citizen identification card issuance and management made its debut on Thursday with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in attendance.

HCM City plans to clean up more of its canals in 2021-25 and relocate people living in utter poverty along them. 

The Việt Nam Administration of Forestry (VNFOREST) aims to collect VNĐ2.8 trillion (US$121.7 million) from forest environmental services this year.

A year on since the Covid-19 pandemic first began Vietnamese are taking more control of their health and finance, driving greater interest in fitness and well-being along with insurance and retirement planning, as Asia looks to the longer-term impact of the disease, according to new research from Manulife.

New Zealand and Việt Nam on Wednesday added a new link to their flourishing agriculture relationship by signing an Agriculture Cooperation Arrangement at the first New Zealand – Việt Nam Agricultural Dialogue.

Việt Nam’s COVID-19 vaccination programme will be conducted in line with the Government’s resolution, ensuring equal access to the vaccines, heard a recent meeting between the Ministry of Health and WHO and UNICEF representatives.

Three times a day, members of COVID-19 prevention teams in Cẩm Giàng District visit every house in every hamlet to check people’s temperature and record those who have symptoms of fevers or coughs to timely detect suspected COVID-19 cases.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called for the COVID-19 vaccination programme to be organised quickly when he chaired the Government’s meeting with the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday.