Manulife launches holistic ‘Medical Professional Support Service’ to help customers through cancer treatment Manulife launches holistic ‘Medical Professional Support Service’ to help customers through cancer treatment

Phú Thọ province deploys wide-scale testing after recording 92 cases in 5 days According to the Phú Thọ Department of Health, from 6 p.m. of October 17th to 6 p.m. of October 18th, the province recorded 38 new cases of COVID-19, in which Việt Trì City 30 cases, Phù Ninh district 7 cases and one case for Lâm Thao district.

Chinese national jailed after fooling colleagues into thinking he was Vietnamese The Hà Nội People’s Court on Friday sentenced Chinese national to two years in prison for forgery, after he worked illegally in Việt Nam and even fooled his work colleagues into thinking he was Vietnamese.

Hong Kong Auction House pulls suspected fake Vietnamese painting from sale

Sotheby's Hong Kong auction house has announced it will withdraw a lacquered wooden screen which is suspected of being a copy of an artwork by Vietnamese painter, Nguyễn Văn Tỵ (1917-1992), from the upcoming sale on Sunday over concerns of its authenticity.

Business associations unhappy with weekly tests for vaccinated, recovered workers

Several business associations in HCM City have called for scrapping a requirement that workers commuting to the city from elsewhere need to undergo a weekly test for COVID-19 regardless of their vaccination or recovery status.

Government resolved to create new momentum for economic growth: PM Government is committed to step up measures to create new momentum, and speed up the disbursement of public investments to spur economic growth in the last quarter of this year, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính said while chairing a regular Cabinet meeting on Saturday.

HCM City allocates 113 buses to transport people back to hometowns A total of 113 buses at HCM City’s gateway checkpoints will be allocated to help people return to their hometowns in other provinces.

Health ministry recommends not testing fully vaccinated workers for COVID-19

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recommended not conducting periodic SARS-CoV-2 testing for fully vaccinated workers who received the last shot at least 14 days but not more than 12 months ago, or former patients who have recovered from the disease in the last six months.

Ministry of Transport issues guidance on passenger transport activities as lockdown eases The Ministry of Transport has just issued temporary guidance on passenger transport activities to ensure safety, flexibility and effective control of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vaccinated passengers travelling by air, train exempted from COVID-19 testing The Ministry of Health has proposed allowing passengers to travel by air, train and waterways without negative COVID-19 tests, if they are travelling after three weeks being injected with the first vaccine or have recovered from the disease within six months.