Việt Nam News

A group of teenage scientists have developed a futuristic facemask they hope can be Personal Protective Equipment game changer. The mask is specifically for those working on the frontline to prevent COVID-19 and is designed with both safety and comfort features.

South-East Asia has long endured severe droughts, which occur on average every five years. The prolonged 2015 and 2018 droughts were the worst on record for two decades. They simultaneously affected more than 70 per cent of the land area, with over 325 million people exposed.

A blood donation campaign will be organised in HCM City November 29 by the Indian Business Chamber in Việt Nam and the HCM City Red Cross Society.

The Government Inspectorate (GI) has announced violations found at the ongoing Nhổn-Hà Nội Railway Station urban elevated rail project in Ha Noi.

Abandoned waste piles still exist on many roads, according to the municipal Department of Construction, and authorities at all levels have failed to effectively prevent this.

Ten imported COVID-19 cases were confirmed on Thursday, taking the total number in Việt Nam to 1,331, said the Ministry of Health.

Ethnic minority small traders were provided with knowledge and skills on disease prevention, especially COVID-19, at a contest in the mountainous province of Hà Giang on Wednesday.

A healthcare partnership to fight against antimicrobial resistance in Việt Nam in period 2021 – 23 was signed in Hà Nội on Thursday on the occasion of the World Antibiotic Awareness Week.

Việt Nam will study policies to attract more female soldiers to join United Nations’ peacekeeping missions and ensure their participation in peacekeeping, Lieutenant General Hoàng Xuân Chiến, Vice Minister of National Defence, said on Thursday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has announced an additional VNĐ670 billion (US$29 million) funding package from the central budget reserves for nine central and Central Highlands provinces recently devastated by floods and storms.

The precautionary move comes as Việt Nam has gone more than 80 days without community transmission but risks of virus resurgence remain significant.

Every day, pre-school teacher Lê Thị Loan, gets up early, cleans her classroom and arranges the tables and chairs. She then tends to the flowers in the garden and welcomes the students

After felling 300 papaya trees in his farm, Nguyễn Năm, a 60-year-old farmer in Đại Lộc District, central Quảng Nam Province, does not want to think about the historic floods that lashed the region last month.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday asked ministries and agencies to speed up the installation of electronic toll collection (ETC) systems at toll stations so that by the end of this year, all toll stations included in the national ETC project apply for cashless payment as planned previously.

Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyễn Xuân Cường and Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andrew Jeffries on Tuesday signed an agreement on the bank’s emergency grant of US$2.5 million to help Việt Nam address the consequences of natural disasters in the central region.

The revenue from forest environmental service fees has become a sustainable financial source, contributing to increasing the value of the forestry industry as well as the country’s GDP growth, an official has said.