Việt Nam News

The Ministry of Health on Sunday confirmed 129 new locally transmitted COVID-19 cases, bringing the national count to 2,164 since April 27.  

The Ministry of Health has received grants of VNĐ160 billion and 4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine sponsored by the banking industry, Vingroup, Sovico Group and HD Bank.

The health sector of the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ must focus on implementing drastic and urgent solutions to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính.

Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Phùng Đức Tiến and Norway’s State Secretary Trine Danielsen on Friday signed a Letter of Intent on promoting trade, co-operation and investment in the marine aquaculture sector.

The deceased patient was a 72-year-old woman who was admitted to the Central Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ Đông Anh branch in Hà Nội on April 30, with a six-year history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with a diagnosis of severe pneumonia and hypertension.

Each day, he gets up at 4.30am, has a quick breakfast and jumps on his old motorbike to start a new working day.

It brings the total number of cases in Việt Nam throughout the pandemic to 5,086.

People coming to HCM City from four pandemic areas in Điện Biên and one each in Bắc Ninh and Hà Nam provinces will be quarantined for 21 days.

Thủ Đức City and all 21 districts in HCM City have completed preparations for elections to the National Assembly and people's councils for the 2021-26 term, according to HCM City Election Commission.

The cultivation of thanh thất (Ailanthus triphysa), an evergreen tree, on rocky mountains in Ninh Thuận’s coastal areas has helped increase the province’s forest cover and improve the incomes of farmers tending forests.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 infections, starting from April 27, is considered the most severe in Việt Nam since the pandemic began.

A number of key hospital projects slated for completion in the next five years have been postponed because of delays in land acquisition and capital shortages, according to city authorities.