Coronavirus cases reported in HCM City

Two Chinese visitors are in hospital in HCM City infected with coronavirus.

Everywhere is Tết for workers on holiday duty As millions of migrant workers hustle to return home for Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year) holiday, trains help deliver the happiness of reunions.

Ministry asks hospitals to ensure medical services during Tết

Health facilities are not allowed to refuse medical services to patients needing emergency care during Tết, according to the ministry.

China quarantines city at centre of virus outbreak

China placed the city at the centre of a virus outbreak under effective quarantine on Thursday, suspending outward flights and trains in a drastic step to contain a contagious disease that has killed 17, stricken hundreds and reached other countries.

MoH issues urgent instructions over Chinese disease outbreak The Ministry of Health (MoH) yesterday issued an urgent dispatch on prevention and control of the acute pneumonia disease outbreak from China.

WHO emergency group to meet on spreading China virus1 A World Health Organisation emergency panel will meet this week to discuss a SARS-like virus that has spread beyond China and that a Beijing government expert said on Monday is contagious between humans.

No cases of acute pneumonia caused by nCoV in Việt Nam No cases of acute pneumonia, caused by a novel coronavirus (nCoV), have been reported in Việt Nam by Sunday, according to the Preventive Medicine Department under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Trà Vinh farmers harvest mud crab for Tết, earn high profit Farmers in Trà Vinh Province are entering the mud crab harvest for Tết (Lunar New Year) and earning a high profit of VNĐ30 – 35 million (US$1,300 – 1,500) per hectare as demand is high for the coming holiday, which falls on January 25.

Deputy PM orders ministries to prevent acute pneumonia spread into Việt Nam Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam ordered ministries and relevant agencies to take drastic measures to prevent acute pneumonia, caused by a novel coronavirus (nCoV), from spreading into Việt Nam on Thursday.

Second person dies from SARS-linked virus in China: official A second person has died in China from a mysterious SARS-linked virus that has stricken dozens and appeared in two other Asian countries, officials said.