Việt Nam News

Two men will be prosecuted for arranging illegal cock fights in what police describe as the biggest gambling case since the COVID-19 pandemic began.

With an index score of 77, Việt Nam is ranked second globally by its citizens for its COVID-19 response, and first among Southeast Asian countries, according to a newly released study of over 23 countries and territories by Singapore-based social research agency Blackbox. 

Trà Vinh Province plans to expand breeding clams on more than 15,000ha of alluvial grounds along coastal areas, with priority given to poor households, Phạm Minh Truyền, director of the province’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, said.

Trần Phước Hùng, 39, from Đà Nẵng City is a farmer and founder of a blood donation club with more than 1,400 members who have helped save thousands of critical patients in the city and the nearby province of Quảng Nam.

The People’s Committee of the southeastern province of Đồng Nai has petitioned Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc to approve the widening of the HCM City-Long Thành-Dầu Giây Expressway to 10- 12 lanes from four lanes.

The HCM City Division of Population and Family Planning has proposed several policies that would help reduce child-raising costs for married couples and encourage them to have more than one child. 

More than 2,000 beneficiaries of the Government’s social welfare bailout package in Thọ Xuân District in the central province of Thanh Hoá refused the support, claiming that the benefits should go to those in more desperate need.

People with disabilities were among the hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, said a rapid assessment announced by the United Nations Development Programme on Tuesday.

The health expert recommended Việt Nam to continue revising its restrictions and social distancing measures based on updated information.

Health experts called for further investment in education, jobs and leadership for nurses and midwives at a ceremony to celebrate International Nurses Day (May 12) in Hà Nội on Tuesday.

Three more patients with COVID-19 have recovered and were released from the Củ Chi Field Hospital in HCM City on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the country’s total recoveries to 252.

Water plants in Hà Nội were asked to implement measures to ensure supply for the city during summer when demand for water usually increases, said vice director of the city’s Construction Department Hoàng Cao Thắng.

A nature conservation NGO has planted nearly 2,000 trees belonging to a species of rosewood at Bến En National Park and Xuân Liên Nature Reserve in the northern province of Thanh Hóa in an effort to transform degraded watersheds into healthy forests.

A total of 274 Vietnamese citizens returning from Malaysia have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 for the first time as test results were released by the city’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC) on Monday.

The burden on transport enterprises will be reduced if a proposal for a three-month exemption of road maintenance fees is approved, the Ministry of Transport has said.

The doctors and medical staff work hard staying updated on the virus and have to be ready to carry out instructions from city authorities at a moment's notice.