HCM City contains outbreak, ready to enter “new normal” phase HCM City authorities have announced that the country’s pandemic hotspot has contained its largest-ever COVID outbreak and is ready to reopen the economy, Nguyễn Thị Lệ, chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council, said at a meeting on Monday.

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.

Local administrations should avoid measures contrary to Government’s COVID-19 adaptation plan: Health ministry Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên urged local administrations to not set policies that go counter to the spirit and letters of the Government’s Resolution 128, released last week on the national plan to live with COVID-19, inconveniencing people and enterprises.

Đắk Nông Province welcomes investors, says local Party chief Đắk Nông strives to improve its investment climate and welcome businesses and investors to the province, Ngô Thanh Danh, its Party Committee Secretary has said.

Vietnamese films ready for screening

Vietnamese films are ready to go back to the cinema after being suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

COVID-19 basically under control nationwide: PM The COVID-19 pandemic has been basically brought under control nationwide five months since the outbreak of the fourth wave ravaged the country, said Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính at an online meeting on Sunday.

Conference highlights ways to protect children in cyberspace

Children need to learn how to protect their personal and social well-being in cyberspace, Phan Thị Cẩm Giang, a lecturer at the Vietnam Women’s Academy's branch in HCM City, said at an online conference held on October 16.

HCM City sends health workers to aid other localities fight COVID

Medical workers from the Chợ Rẫy and Thống Nhất hospitals in HCM City have left for Cà Mau and Ninh Thuận provinces to help with the COVID-19 fight there.

Incense village struggles to reignite post-pandemic

Traditional handicraft villages have started to resume operation after more than two months of suspension due to the fourth coronavirus outbreak in late April that forced the capital city to follow strict social distancing measures.

Making the right decisions for the nation's good

The Government of Việt Nam late Tuesday issued its highly-anticipated Resolution No.128 on the adoption of provisional guidelines on safe and flexible living with COVID-19, after a few weeks of what presumed to be much haggling between invited stakeholders.