Travellers from Korea's outbreak zones quarantined after entering VN: ministry Travellers from South Korea’s Daegu and North Gyeongsang will be put in quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in Việt Nam, the Ministry of Health announced on Monday.

Education ministry recommended reopening schools on March 3, school year to end one month later

This school year will be extended to the end of June, a month later than previous years after delays children faced going back to class at the beginning of the year because of COVID-19.

Super committee faces difficulties in checking SOE property

The increasing amount of property and land under State-owned enterprises (SOEs) was mentioned as a factor in their slow equitisation.

Coronavirus patients responding to treatment: health ministry

No new cases of the coronavirus outbreak in Việt Nam had been reported in recent days, and infected patients were responding well to treatment, a national steering committee set up to deal with the outbreak announced on Monday.

Transport minister find reasons for toll booth delays

The Ministry of Transport (MoT) has been asked to look at collective and individual responsibilities for delays to a highway electronic toll collection (ETC) project.

Officials quizzed on hot topics Government officials yesterday provided further details to the media at the Government meeting for August, regarding matters of concern among the public recently.

Mercury levels after Rạng Đông fire deemed safe The level of mercury found in various samples collected in the vicinity of a destroyed light bulb factory in a densely-populated area of Hà Nội has been deemed safe to human health, Việt Nam Environment Administration under the environment ministry said late on Wednesday.

More needs to be done to improve business environment The Prime Minister's working group on Wednesday said that ministries had drastically cut business conditions and administrative procedures in order to facilitate businesses’ activities, but more still needs to be done.

PM chairs Gov’t meeting on law building

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Monday chaired a Government meeting on law building with the participation of representatives from the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs as well as National Assembly committees, the Vietnam Fatherland Committee and ministries.

PM urges ministries to avoid power cuts Many key electricity projects, especially large-scale projects that are expected to be completed in 2023, have been delayed, leading to a risk of electricity shortages from 2021.