Việt Nam News

Three Vietnamese films with unexpected twists are predicted to become big hits in Vietnamese cinemas for Valentine's Day

The HCM City Department of Health has called on local health and other officials to strictly follow COVID-19 safety regulations and promptly place identified infection clusters under control, warning that the Lunar New Year celebrations and increase in travel during the holidays are likely to cause a spike in infections.

The genomes of over 1,000 people have been analysed to form a gene database that will serve medical research and practices for the first time in Việt Nam

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important grassroots health units are to the whole system. However, the grassroots health systems in many provinces and cities in Việt Nam are underdeveloped due to a lack of investment.

The HCM City healthcare sector has assured it is well prepared to respond to the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19 after the city recorded three domestic cases, and called on the public to stay calm and not panic.

The researchers behind the mRNA COVID-19 vaccine won the inaugural Vinfuture Grand Prize worth US$3 million.

An exchange with international scientists, who are members of the VinFuture Prize Council and Pre-Screening Committee, was held in Hà Nội on Tuesday, as part of the VinFuture Award Week.