Việt Nam News

Many universities in HCM City plan to provide scholarships to students whose families’ livelihoods have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic or who live in the Mekong Delta and are affected by drought and saltwater intrusion.

Vice head of Việt Nam Environment Administration Nguyễn Thượng Hiền told Lao động (Labour) newspaper about medical waste treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The cultivation of Hòa Lộc mango to Vietnamese good agricultural practices (VietGAP) standards provides steady outlets and incomes for farmers in Thổ Sơn Commune in Kiên Giang Province.

A number of Vietnamese citizens living in the UK came back home on the return flight which landed in at Vân Đồn Airport in northern Quảng Ninh Province on Wednesday morning.

The Ministry of Transport has approved a VNĐ1.7 trillion (US$72 million) upgrade of a 20km section of National Highway 1A passing through Hậu Giang and Sóc Trăng provinces.

The 46-year-old man is the 13th person to contract coronavirus in Hạ Lôi Village, Hà Nội’s Mê Linh District.

Nearly 90 per cent of Vietnamese have agreed that the Government should continue its social distancing policy beyond April 15 to avoid the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey conducted by Infocus Mekong Research, a market research service provider.

The Ministry of Health confirmed a 36 year-old woman in Thường Tín District, Hà Nội as the 266th COVID-19 patient in Việt Nam on Tuesday evening

The programme began on Monday with 1,200 food packages given to haemodialysis patients in Hà Nội and poor elderly people in HCM City.

A man whose lung was pierced by a steel bar in an accident at work has undergone surgery at Huế central hospital on Tuesday.

Four people in Đinh Anh Hoà’s family have jammed in a bedsit of 16sq.m for two weeks.

Authorities in Hà Nội have asked pharmacies to report individuals purchasing medicines for symptoms of the common cold symptoms, such as a cough and fever.

25 people in close contact with the 262nd patient, who was residing in Hạ Lôi Hamlet in Hà Nội’s Mê Linh District – the country’s newest coronavirus infection cluster – have tested negative for the virus, northern Bắc Giang Province’s Department of Health has announced.

Police in Huế City have fined 145 people for not wearing face masks and dealt with four cases of people gathering in public places.

Despite social distancing, one market in Đà Nẵng is as busy as ever. Those shopping say they are doing their best to stay safe, but with so many people in one place at one time, is it worth the risk?

The Ministry of Health has ordered 48 producers nationwide to report their capacity to manufacture and provide medical masks for the nation's health sector no later than Thursday (April 16).