Đà Nẵng has enough food and essentials for three months: city authorities

Supermarkets and convenience stores in Đà Nẵng have enough supplies to meet consumers’ needs for at least the next three months after the city came under its fourth social distancing order on Thursday, city authorities have said.

MoH guides the cost and payment for COVID-19 tests since this month

The Ministry of Health has issued guidelines for payment rates for the cost of conducting COVID-19 tests, which has been applied since this month.

Hà Nội to test 6,000 returnees from COVID-19 epicentre HCM City Hà Nội’s health department on Friday evening asked local authorities to step up monitoring people returning from outbreak-hit regions.

Đà Nẵng City ramps up COVID-19 testing following new community outbreak The People's Committee of Đà Nẵng plans to ramp up coronavirus testing to stamp out the outbreak in the city after 33 cases were detected over the weekend after several weeks of no community infections.

WHO reviewing Việt Nam’s proposal to become mRNA COVID-19 vaccine producer: Official Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Việt Nam, has granted an exclusive interview to the Vietnam News Agency on the Vietnamese government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and WHO’s support for Việt Nam in the effort to become mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine producer.

Central city to launch mass testing before elections All taxi, motorbike delivery services, and ride-hailing services were banned in the city from Monday, while all drivers must be tested for SARS-COV-2 as a Grab motorbike driver tested positive last week.

One more lab in Đà Nẵng allowed to test for SARS-COV-2 A laboratory of Thiện Nhân Hi-tech Medicine Centre has been certified by the Nha Trang Pasteur Institute to test for SARS-COV-2, making it the fifth health centre in Da Nang with approval for coronavirus testing.

HCM City uses university dormitories as quarantine facilities

HCM City is resuming the use of university dormitories as quarantine facilities along with 52 other quarantine areas, with a total of 4,500 beds in hospitals and districts, according to the city Department of Health.

Viet Nam remains at high risk of COVID-19 infections: health minister Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long has warned that Việt Nam remains at high risk of COVID-19 infections from abroad as the number of cases in many countries keeps rising.

World News Day: Bullying of healthcare workers among effects of rumours amid Covid-19 pandemic Infodemics, often including rumours, stigma and conspiracy theories, have been common since the early days of COVID-19 and occurred in waves, according to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.