Policies needed to encourage investment in waste-to-energy

Việt Nam needed to develop policies to encourage investments in waste-to-energy, also called bioenergy, which would signicantly contribute to protecting the environment, experts have said.

Global virus deaths top 60,000, Trump warns of 'tough week' ahead US President Donald Trump warned Americans on Saturday to brace for a "very horrendous" number of coronavirus deaths in the coming days as the total number of global fatalities from the pandemic soared past 60,000.

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City to set up 62 booths for COVID-19 prevention and control

HCM City will set up 62 booths for COVID-19 prevention and control throughout the city, the chairman of the People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, said at a meeting of the Steering Board for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on April 3.

Four more COVID-19 patients recover, total at 90

Four more COVID-19 patients have recovered and been discharged from the Củ Chi field hospital in HCM City on Saturday, bringing the total number of patients given the all-clear in Việt Nam to 90.

No one left behind: Hà Nội's dialysis patients get help amid COVID-19

Dialysis patients at Hà Nội-based Bạch Mai Hospital have seen their difficulties increase in recent days, because not only do they have to self-quarantine but also follow medical treatment and take measures to avoid the SARS-CoV2 virus.

Business firms donate food for frontline medical force

Firms in HCM City have prepared nutritious meals for front-line doctors and nurses participating in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic.

VN protests, demands compensation for fishing ship China sank in Hoàng Sa waters

Việt Nam has lodged an official complaint with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing vessel near the Paracel archipelago, the spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lê Thị Thu Hằng, said late Friday.

Two new cases reported bringing nationwide total to 239

Two new COVID-19 cases, including one relating to Hà Nội’s Bạch Mai Hospital, were reported by the Ministry of Health Saturday morning.

American COVID-19 patient released from Đà Nẵng Hospital

The American patient said thanks to the doctors and that he was impressed with Việt Nam’s medical system in its efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic.