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The District 2 Hospital in HCM City has set up a dialysis room in its coronavirus quarantine area, the first of its kind in the city.

A British lorry driver on Wednesday pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of 39 people found dead in a refrigerated truck in southeast England.

The patient was confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 on Monday and the source of his infection is still unclear.

The deal to send to the personal protective equipment (PPE) vital in the treatment of COVID-19 patients was reached between the Vietnamese Government and the US embassy in Việt Nam.

Businesses involved in labour exports are at a standstill due to the complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite early, drastic measures to prevent COVID-19 from spreading, community transmission has occurred, Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam said on Wednesday.

As many as 9,000 poor and near-poor households in HCM City that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic will receive monthly relief payments of VNĐ1 million (US$42) per household for three months, starting in April, according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control made the announcement on Wednesday evening.

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Many disadvantaged people in HCM City are flocking to 204B Vườn Lài Street in Tân Phú District to get free rice from an automatic vending machine installed by a company.

The National Assembly Standing Committee held an extraordinary meeting on Wednesday to discuss the Government’s support measures for the people and businesses hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese universities have devised flexible plans to ensure final-year students can graduate despite the extended school closure due to COVID-19.

As many as 61 companies have registered to invest in high-tech agriculture projects on an area of nearly 3,200ha in Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu Province, according to the provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. 

More than 72 tonnes of animal organs and tonnes of food additive and whitening substances have been discovered at a store in the northern province of Hải Dương.

Mê Linh District’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control imposed a lockdown on Hạ Lôi Village in Hà Nội’s Mê Linh Commune on Tuesday afternoon.

Illegal sand mining on the Đà River in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La has become more and more serious in recent years.

Four more patients with COVID-19 have recovered and been discharged from two treatment facilities in the south, lifting the country’s total number of recoveries to 126.

Hà Nam Province’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has decided to quarantine 30 doctors and medical workers in Hà Nam General Hospital for contacting the 251st COVID-19 patient.