Việt Nam News

The HCM City People’s Committee has ordered the temporary closure of hair salons and suspension of all religious events and ceremonies after a new cluster of 25 Covid-19 cases related to the Revival Ekklesia Mission Christian sect in Gò Vấp District was found.

He died on Wednesday evening at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ branch in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District.

The director of a hospital that was found to be the headquarters of a drug trafficking ring run by a patient has been sacked.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has issued a resolution approving in principle the establishment of a COVID-19 vaccine fund.

ASEAN member countries are working towards accessing COVID-19 vaccine sources for large-scale immunisation campaigns in a bid to reach herd immunity in 2022, a workshop held online in Hà Nội on Wednesday was told.

HCM City health authorities on Thursday morning said they had detected 25 COVID-19 infections connected to the cluster involving a Christian sect in Ward 3, Gò Vấp District.

The Indian Business Chamber in Việt Nam has sent some 520 liquid medical oxygen cylinders donated by Indians living in HCM City and Vietnamese individuals and organisations to help mitigate an oxygen shortage in India.

A national no-tobacco week is being held from May 25 to 31 in response to World No Tobacco Day 2021 (May 31), to raise public awareness about the harmful effects of smoking.

Two Vietnamese students have won a prize for their project at the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (Regeneron ISEF) 2021, the world's largest global high school competition.

HCM City will spend VNĐ8 trillion for construction of 12 anti-flooding and environmental sanitation projects between 2021 and 2025.

The HCM City Tourism Department has ordered travel firms to suspend “vaccine tours” to the US due to possible hidden costs and the risk of no return flights.

With 235 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases recorded in the last 24 hours, Việt Nam's total infections in the ongoing fourth wave since April 27 has reached 3,027, with two northern provinces Bắc Giang and Bắc Ninh continuing to be hot spots.

COVID-19 update

Factory workers at industrial parks in the northern provinces of Bắc Giang and Bắc Ninh must get priority for vaccination, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday.

A 67-year-old woman with a history of hypertension and diabetes in the northern province Bắc Ninh is Viet Nam's 45th COVID-19 related death, health authorities announced Wednesday.