Việt Nam News

Among 12 accused of crimes in the case, eight face prosecution for abusing their positions and power in performing official duties.

The Vĩnh Phúc Police Investigation Police Agency has decided to initiate a legal proceedings against Nguyễn Thị Kim Liên, a member of the Ministry of Construction Inspection Team.

“The patient remains in a coma and still relies on ECMO (Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) for survival, so we need to wait until the patient is awake and recovers, then we can make an appropriate plan,” the health official remarked. 

The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) has committed an initial $3.9 million for US CDC’s COVID-19 activities in Việt Nam to support prevention, preparedness, and response, including some regional activities, the US Embassy in Hà Nội announced on Wednesday.

The People’s Court of Hòa Bình Province on Thursday sentenced 15 defendants involved in 2017-2018 national high school exam cheating scandal in which dozens of candidates had their exam scores raised so they could graduate high school and enroll universities or colleges.

Repairs to the Asia-America Gateway (AAG) undersea cable linking Southeast Asia with the US will begin on May 28 and are scheduled to wrap up on June 2, a Vietnamese telecoms provider has said.

Two Vietnamese patients are the country’s latest COVID-19 cases to recover at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hà Nội on May 21.

The director of the construction company responsible for building a wall which collapsed killing 10 people has been arrested.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh has encouraged farmers to expand environmentally friendly organic rice fields that have improved the quality of rice and soil fertility.

The Cà Mau People’s Committee has ordered local authorities across the province to strengthen measures to check erosion and subsidence along rivers and canals, coasts and elsewhere to safeguard people and their properties.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has assigned State-owned Airports Corporation of Việt Nam (ACV) to be the investor of the third passenger terminal at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất international airport.

No new COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam on May 21 morning

So far, a total of 184 COVID-19 patients were quarantined right after entering the country.

The People’s Court in HCM City yesterday (May 20) upheld the verdict handed down at the first-instance trial in a case involving the “manufacturing and trading of counterfeit medicine”.

HCM City and other localities in the south have recorded temperatures of 38-39 degrees Celsius in recent days, leading to more heat-related illnesses, especially among children and the elderly.

The number of people joining volunteer social insurance decreased sharply due to the COVID-19 pandemic, said the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).