Công secures Paralympic silver in powerlifting

Lê Văn Công of Việt Nam has won silver medal at the Tokyo Paralympics in the men's 49kg powerlifting event this morning.

Deputy PM inspects COVID-19 prevention, control at Military Hospital 175 Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành and Defence Minister Phan Văn Giang visited and inspected COVID-19 prevention and control at Military Hospital 175 in HCM City on Tuesday.

Fighting the pandemic as army's top political task in the current situation: Deputy Minister

Head of the Government's Special Working Group and Deputy Minister of National Defence, Senior Lieutenant General Võ Minh Lương spoke to the press about the COVID-19 prevention and control work of the army in southern provinces and cities 

Health department proposes reduced hospitalisation time for mild COVID-19 cases

The HCM City health sector has proposed reducing the time of hospitalisation for  COVID-19 patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms to ten days to reduce hospital overcrowding amid the surging number of cases in the city.

Seven working groups to support COVID-19 fight in southern region Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked seven ministries to establish special working groups to support HCM City and southern provinces in their fight against the COVID-19 outbreak.

Provinces, cities working on bringing back people stuck in COVID-hit south Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has instructed ministries and local administrations around the country to create favourable conditions for local people who went to HCM City, Cần Thơ and southern provinces for work and other reasons to return home since the COVID-19 outbreak remains unpredictable.

Self-expandable metal stents help treat colorectal cancer patient at city hospital Doctors at the gastroenterology department at HCM City’s Military Hospital 175 have successfully placed self-expandable metal stents in a 83-year-old patient with recurrent colorectal cancer to treat malignant colorectal obstruction.

Doctors bring Việt Nam's COVID-19 prevention role model to UN peacekeeping mission

The first mission abroad of Captain Nguyễn Trọng Chiến, an infectious disease doctor, was in the war-ravaged Republic of South Sudan. He left Việt Nam for the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in April and has been busy with the treatment and COVID-19 prevention and control work.

HCM City to set up COVID checkpoints at gateways With the increasing incidence of COVID-19 across the country, the HCM City People’s Committee has instructed the police and Department of Transport to set up 12 checkpoints at the city’s gateways by May 15 to head off any possible spread by infected visitors.  

30,000 rapid diagnostic tests to quickly identify sources of COVID-19 transmission in HCM City The Ministry of Health will provide HCM City with 30,000 rapid diagnostic tests to help the city quickly trace contacts and identify transmission sources of COVID-19.