A 21-year-old woman in HCM City was detained on Tuesday for criminal investigation into the fatal abuse of a one-year-old girl in HCM City.

In 2020, Dương Minh Tuấn, a doctor at Hà Nội’s Bạch Mai Hospital, made a bold decision. He registered to volunteer at a hospital in a border area in central Quảng Bình Province.

Police in Yên Châu District, Sơn La Province, have arrested and launched legal proceedings against a 29-year-old man named Nguyễn Văn H. for raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter.

Three-tier COVID-19 treatment model the right and effective strategy for HCM City: Expert

Nguyễn Trọng Khoa, deputy head of the Department of Medical Examination and Treatment under the Ministry of Health and a member of the ministry’s task force to support HCM City in COVID-19 prevention and control, spoke to Sức khỏe& Đời sống (Health & Life) newspaper about the three-tier COVID-19 treatment model and other efforts to bring HCM City to a new normal stage.

Dr. Đoàn Thị Hoàng Anh will never forget the days in her career when she carried oxygen cylinders on her shoulders at the dead of night to the homes of COVID-19 patients in HCM City.

Củ Chi District and District 7 in HCM City have kept the COVID-19 outbreak under control  thanks to strict and early management of infected cases, timely emergency care and an increase in the number of treatment beds.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Friday called on health workers, people and business in the southern province of Bình Dương – the second biggest COVID-19 hotspot in Việt Nam – to overcome difficulties, ensuring healthcare and production during the pandemic.

HCM City on Saturday issued rules for the heightened period of COVID-19 prevention and control starting Monday, as the authorities insisted the next two weeks are not a hard lockdown or an “state of emergency”.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Tuesday asked authorities in the southern province of Bình Dương to investigate a case in which a man died at home after five medical facilities in the province reportedly refused to provide him with emergency care last Friday night.