Việt Nam News

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the first COVID-19 case in Việt Nam. On January 23, 2020, a man visiting from China tested positive for coronavirus.

Seven men have been jailed for a total of more than 92 years in connection with the 39 Vietnamese citizens found dead at the back of a lorry in the United Kingdom in October 2019.

The animal protection organisation Humane Society International and national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines began a campaign against the consumption of rhino horn consumption by screening a short film, titled ‘When I Grow Up’, on all Vietnam Airlines flights as well as in premium airline lounges across Việt Nam. 

More than 1,500 poor people, of which 1,000 were children, in flood-affected Nam Trà My district of Quảng Nam Province received free examinations and medicine in a joint-health care charity programme by the Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital and VinaCapital Foundation.

More than 110 Americans have donated more than US$28,000 so far in a charity campaign organised by Ronald L. Haeberle, whose photographs of the My Lai Massacre turned American public opinion against the war. He was assisted by Chuck Searcy who co-founded Project RENEW with Hoàng Nam in 2001.

Over the past year, 1,134 cubic metres of dioxin-contaminated sediment were removed from a lake in a Biên Hoà City public park, according to officials speaking at an event held to celebrate initial dioxin-remediation results in the Biên Hòa Airbase area, highlighting the US and Việt Nam’s commitment toward resolving war legacies.

Việt Nam has started human trials of COVIVAC, the second homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, at the Hà Nội Medical University in Hà Nội on January 21.

With the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays fast approaching, households that produce miến dong (canna vermicelli) in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu are hustling to finish orders from their customers.

While many locals destroy the forest for timber and clear land for farming, a Vietnamese man has worked tirelessly to bring back green to the barren hill.

Việt Nam will tighten border controls to prevent illegal entry as the COVID-19 pandemic is still complex across the world and in Asia.

Many universities in Việt Nam are developing free massive open online courses (MOOCs) in an aim to contribute to a learning society available to everyone in the community.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc paid a visit to the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin (VAVA) on Wednesday, during which he praised the efforts, activeness and creativity of the association in protecting the rights of Agent Orange/dioxin (AO) victims as well as caring for and supporting them.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked the Ministry of Transport to work with localities to take old motor vehicles that do not meet circulation standards off the roads.

Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ BOT (build-operate-transfer) Joint Stock Company has sent a proposal to the National Assembly’s Economic Committee to broaden the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Expressway from the current six lanes to eight or 10 lanes.

HCM City will give priority to land in areas such as Thủ Đức City, Cần Giờ and Bình Chánh districts to develop physical facilities, according to the city’s People Committee

Two more imported cases. Two Vietnamese men returning from the US and transiting in Korea. Five more have recovered.

HCM City will continue to strengthen HIV preventive efforts with tests for early detection and treatment among high- risk groups to help achieve the national goal of eradicating the spread of the disease by 2030.