Việt Nam News

Workers, especially in industrial zones, are encountering dual challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic: keeping their job in uncertain times while continuing to demand that their rights and entitlements remain protected, the deputy head of Cooperation at the EU Delegation to Việt Nam said.

 After two months of transportation and installation, the last component of a tunnel boring machine (TBM) was scheduled to be placed at the S9 underground station of Metro Line No 3, Nhổn - Hanoi Train Station, yesterday.

A man in HCM City’s District 9 was confirmed this afternoon to be positive for COVID-19, the fourth among the group of six Vietnamese nationals sneaking into the country via the border on December 24.

Việt Nam is now home to about 6.4 million people with disabilities.

A 32-year-old woman in Đồng Tháp Province has become the third confirmed COVID-19 case in a group of six Vietnamese nationals entering the country illegally via the border with Cambodia.

Statistics from the Ministry of Health showed that the number of HIV carriers aged 15-16 rose three-fold from 2011 to 2019.

Lý Tà Dèn is on a mission to carry out sustainable planting and collection of natural medicinal herbs for processing into products to serve visitors to Đồng Văn rocky plateau.

Việt Nam has achieved its twin goal of containing the Covid-19 pandemic and reviving the economy, Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc told an online meeting with province and city authorities across the country yesterday (Dec 28).

A hotpot restaurant and a karaoke bar in HCM City were locked down Monday after a 23-year-old man tested positive for coronavirus, linked to a previously reported patient that entered Việt Nam illegally on December 24, as more close contacts across the southern region are being identified.

Ten new cases, 15 recoveries

From the evening on December 29, cold weather is forecast to hit the region, bringing rain and lowering temperatures.

The barge capsized with five people on board in February, including a woman and two children.

The TikTok account Factcheckvn forms part of the VNA’s fake news project that also includes an anti-fake news song in 15 languages and a training campaign for students.

An action plan from December 30 to February 19 will ensure traffic safety and reduce congestion at traffic hotspots in HCM City before, during and after the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The implementation of a project on strengthening international cooperation to support socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited areas will be extended to 2025 under a decision signed recently by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

The Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union, in coordination with the Tobacco Harm Prevention Fund and the global health organisation Vital Strategies, launched a communication campaign on tobacco harm prevention on Saturday in Hà Nội.

The man said he left Myanmar on December 23, passing through Thailand and Cambodia, and illegally entered Việt Nam on to avoid 14-day quarantine, together with Patient 1,440 and six other people on the morning of December 24.