Việt Nam News

The Government has issued a decree on new multidimensional poverty standards for 2021-2025, which raises the income-based poverty threshold in both rural and urban areas.

Two major bus stations in HCM City have started attracting crowds with less than two weeks to go for Tết.

Representatives of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control yesterday said people can enjoy a peaceful Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday in the 'new normal' state if the health sector and pandemic prevention and control teams stay alert.

Generali Vietnam handed over warm clothes, financial support and New Year gifts to 300 disadvantaged children and families in Bắc Hà District, Lào Cai Province in northwest Việt Nam - a province badly hit by cold weather.

The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday evening announced 20 new cases of COVID-19 including 19 community cases and one imported case.

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The HCM City Communist Youth Union and its partners have launched a programme to offer free bus and flight tickets for poor students in HCM City to travel home for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, from January 31 to February 10.

The Hà Nội Department of Health is seeking 406 passengers from two flights on January 29 related to the city's 21st COVID-19 patient of the recent outbreak. 

More than 15 per cent of total families in Kon Tum have reported giving birth to more than three children, making the province lead the Central Highland in third child birthrate, the provincial Health Department has announced.

For the last five years, authorities in the central province of Phú Yên have been effectively mobilising public resources and residents’ contributions to improve rural roads.

The tumour measures 12x14 centimetres, covering half of her face, affected her skull, destroyed her right eye, and caused her trouble breathing.

While most people nationwide are busy preparing for Tết (Lunar New Year), the soldiers of the HCM City Border Guard are still working hard to ensure the safety of the city’s ports and prevent COVID-19 from spreading.

The HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases on February 1 has confirmed that a COVID-19 patient from Hải Dương Province, who is being treated at Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City, has the variant of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the UK in the fall of 2020.

Nine new community COVID-19 cases on Wednesday morning

The community cases include 18 in northern Hải Dương Province, eight in northern Quảng Ninh Province, one in Hà Nội and three in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai.

The installation and use of the Bluezone tracing application increased sharply, averaging 32,000 to 40,000 downloads per hour right after the discovery of new COVID-19 cases.