Wear masks in public, says WHO in new coronavirus advice The World Health Organization on Friday changed its advice on face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, saying they should be worn in places where the virus is widespread and physical distancing is difficult.

Nature-based development is a sustainable pathway for Việt Nam As we see with the current COVID-19 pandemic and other communicable diseases, the imbalance of the natural environment due to human actions is creating more opportunities for such global health problems to emerge. 

Internal migrant workers in Hà Nội face poverty, danger

Thousands of internal migrant workers from nearby provinces’ rural areas have come to Hà Nội to earn livings by working tough jobs full of hardships.

For the love of a language

Mẫu Thị Bích Phanh is an expert in the Raglai language. She is from that group of people in the southern province of Ninh Thuận. Over the years she has done a lot to develop the language. Among the things she has done is teaching government workers the language.

Vietnamese COVID-19 test kit eligible to be sold in Europe

A new COVID-19 test kit developed by researchers of Hà Nội University of Science and Technology has been granted a certification that allows the biological product to be sold in the European market.

No plans to reopen borders yet: expert

The country has gone 50 days straight without a single case of COVID-19 community transmission. Việt Nam News speaks to Trần Đắc Phu, a senior advisor at the Public Health Emergency Operations Centre on the secrets behind the country’s success and what to expect in the foreseeable future.

ASEAN discusses occurrence of domestic violence during COVID-19 pandemic

In Việt Nam, the number of calls to the Việt Nam Women’s Union hotline from women experiencing domestic violence during the period of social distancing surged by 50 per cent, and that of victims rescued or taken to the union’s Peace House was up 80 per cent year-on-year.

Five more COVID-19 patients recover, total at 307

Three more patients recovered and were released from treatment facilities of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Friday morning, bringing the country’ total recoveries to 305.

South American football to restart with 'maximum guarantees' South American football will restart with the "maximum guarantees" for the health of players and those involved, CONMEBOL president Alejandro Dominguez told the medical teams of the region's 10 member associations by video call on Thursday.

Global vaccines programme gets $8.8bn shot in the arm Governments around the world on Thursday pledged US$8.8 billion for global vaccines alliance Gavi to help immunization programmes disrupted by coronavirus, prompting calls for global cooperation to ensure a potential COVID-19 vaccine is available to all.