From today, the Ministry of Health will no longer provide a regional breakdown of new COVID transmissions.
Read More »Ministry of Health explains reasons for not announcing end of COVID-19 pandemic
Administering the fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to medical staff in the northern province of Ninh Bình. — VNA/VNS Photo Hải Yến HÀ NỘI — If Việt Nam declares the end of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, it will meet many difficulties in pandemic prevention and control and be …
Read More »Vietnamese doctors gain Cambodian people’s trust
Tôn Thanh Trà, General Director of Chợ Rẫy-Phnom Penh Hospital, gives a health check-up to a patient at the hospital in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — One evening, doctors at Chợ Rẫy-Phnom Penh Hospital received a red alarm from the Emergency Department. A female patient …
Read More »High-speed boats to link HCM City with Mekong Delta provinces
High-speed boat services between HCM City and the provinces of Tiền Giang and Bến Tre are expected to start operating later this year. Photo courtesy of dulich.tuoitre.vn HCM CITY – High-speed boat services from HCM City to the provinces of Tiền Giang and Bến Tre and back are expected to …
Read More »HCM City to promote AI in education sector
Students do research in a lab at the Việt Nam National University in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of the university HCM CITY — HCM City will need to promote the application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the education sector as part of its effort to become a smart city …
Read More »769 new COVID cases reported on Tuesday
All agencies are asked to continue administering booster doses for those 18 and above, and to complete second doses for those aged 5-11 in August. VNA/VNS Photo. HÀ NỘI — There were 769 new COVID-19 infections recorded across Việt Nam on Tuesday, an increase of 132 new cases from Monday. The figure brings …
Read More »769 new COVID-19 cases, three more deaths reported on Tuesday
The 769 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections, including 665 in the community, detected in Hà Nội (158), Phú Thọ (62), Nghệ An (54), Bắc Ninh (40), Sơn La (40), Đà Nẵng (38), Hồ Chí Minh City (32), Yên Bái (32), Lào Cai (27), Quảng Ninh (26), Hòa Bình …
Read More »HCM City’s Nguyễn Tri Phương Hospital offers screening for kids’ growth
A child receives height screening in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM City — Nguyễn Tri Phương Hospital’s Endocrinology department is offering free screening for delayed growth in children from June 25 to July 17. To participate in the screening, parents need to provide their children’s birth history, medical history, family history and …
Read More »Việt Nam jumps 39 notches in CEOWORLD quality of life rankings
A family at Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm pedestrian zone during a holiday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam jumped 39 steps to become the 62nd best country worldwide for quality of life in 2021, according to a report released by CEOWORLD – the world’s leading …
Read More »Omicron sub-variant BA.5 detected in Việt Nam
COVID-19 testing. VNA Photo HÀ NỘI – The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.5 has been detected in Việt Nam and may overwhelm the variant BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof. Dr. Phan Trọng Lân, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine. Prof. Lân said that gene sequencing results …
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