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HCM City aims to make English 2nd language in schools

HCM City hospitals manage to keep COVID deaths low

Doctors at HCM City hospitals continue to get severe COVID-19 patients, and try all they can to keep fatalities low, including performing caesarean sections on some to deliver babies.

More skills needed for Việt Nam's labour force

The quality of skilled labour in Việt Nam is still not meeting minimum standards, according to Lê Thị Xuân Quỳnh, an official from the Central Institute for Economic Management.

Farming cooperatives cultivate GAP-standard products, raise value in Kiên Giang

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang is taking measures to develop the collective economy in the 2021- 25 period in an aim to improve efficiency and produce high-value products.

Thousands return to central region by motorbike due to halt to public buses

More than 5,000 people have fled pandemic hotspots and locked-down zones to return to their hometowns in motorbike caravans that sometimes number upwards of 100 people.

Capital's response to a nationwide outbreak

As the situation has become worse in HCM City and other southern provinces, staff at the Hà Nội Centre for Diseases Centre (CDC) have been racing against time to complete a huge workload each day to prevent a similar situation in the capital.

4,060 new cases announced on Saturday morning

COVID-19 update

Food delivery buses deployed to secure supplies for residents of HCM City

A total of 10 food delivery buses have been deployed across HCM City in an attempt to secure food supplies for city residents as part of a joint initiative between HCM City authorities and Phenikaa MaaS Technology JSC (Phenikaa MaaS).

Việt Nam records second-highest daily COVID-19 increase on Friday, adds nearly 300 deaths

Việt Nam recorded 8,622 domestically transmitted COVID-19 infections along with 27 imported cases in the past 24 hours, making this the second-highest daily new cases since the beginning of the pandemic, pushing the total in the fourth wave to 133,257.

3,657 new COVID-19 cases, 139 more deaths announced on Friday evening

HCM City to shorten medical procedures to speed up vaccination programs

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long is allowing HCM City to pilot shortening the COVID-19 vaccination procedure as a way to save time and speed up the vaccination rollout in the city.

President visits pandemic epicentres HCM City, Bình Dương

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has asked HCM City to continue to strictly implement the current high level of social distancing measures.

COVID-19 patients with no symptoms will quarantine at home for 14 days

Patients with locally acquired COVID-19 showing no symptoms, and with no underlying disease or obesity, will now be under a 14-day home quarantine, according to new guidelines released by the HCM City Department of Health on Thursday.

New approach, new solutions necessary for long fight: PM

The fight against COVID-19 will be long even when vaccines are available, therefore, there must be new approaches and new solutions, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday.

Vietnamese man jailed in UK for producing cannabis

Cao Văn Vũ, 31, was sent to prison for 40 months for his part in the illegal operation. He will be deported back to Việt Nam after serving his sentence.

Stay home, stay strong, keep coronavirus at bay

The country’s fourth wave of the coronavirus has not even lasted three months, yet Việt Nam was struggling to keep the level of cases under control.

Hundreds of Covid-19 cases detected in Bình Dương companies

Hundreds of COVID-19 cases have been detected in a company that set up temporary tents for workers to avoid the spread of the coronavirus and maintain production in Bình Dương Province.

MoH to assists businesses access global COVID-19 vaccine fund

The Ministry of Health has confirmed it will do its best to help facilitate the import, licensing and testing of COVID-19 vaccines.

HCM City, Tây Ninh Province closer to beginning work on expressway

HCM City and neighbouring Tây Ninh Province plan to start building the HCM City-Mộc Bài Expressway at an estimated cost of VNĐ13.61 trillion (US$587 million).

Fifth distribution of vaccines in HCM City to include elderly, poor

HCM City is deploying the fifth period of COVID-19 vaccination for local people, in which priority is given to people over 65 years old, people with great contribution to the nation and the poor.

Blood donors needed as supplies dwindle due to COVID-19

Blood transfusion hospitals and centres nation-wide now have faced the most difficult and stressful situation since 2020 so far due to blood shortages because the COVID-19 pandemic is showing very complex developments.