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  A COVID-19 patient being treated at home in Long Hồ Town, Long Hồ District in southern Vĩnh Long province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photos VĨNH LONG — Home treatment for mild and asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, with medical support from local health workers, has proved to be a solution to safely adapt to the pandemic …

  The landscape above the Bến Thành underground station on metro line No 1 being restored as the station approaches completion. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — Bến Thành Station on HCM City’s first metro route is 95 per cent complete. Engineers and workers are scrambling to complete the electrical and …

A migrant worker going home for Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday on the free ‘Train of Spring’. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Vũ HCM CITY — Workers and students in HCM City have been offered free rides home this Tết (Lunar New Year), a gesture of support with the hope that …

Marie Curie Secondary School, a private education institution in Hà Nội. — Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — A new circular issued by the Ministry of Education and Training confirms that private schools will benefit from tax, credits and other preferential policies.  The circular applies to private schools that are leasing or operating on …

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired the Government’s regular meeting on Friday morning.— Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has instructed ministries and localities not to be negligent and to remain ready to fight against the pandemic.  Chính gave the order as he chaired a meeting …

  A medical worker vaccinates an old woman against COVID-19 at her house in central Phú Yên Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will organise a nationwide rapid vaccination campaign, running from January 29 to February 28, according to Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long. Targeting all children and …

  Cases reported in Hà Nội (2,885), Bắc Ninh (1,013), Đà Nẵng (886), Hải Phòng (635), Quảng Nam (617), Thanh Hóa (582), Nam Định (518), Phú Thọ (454), Hòa Bình (427), Bình Định (424), Hưng Yên (374), Vĩnh Phúc (369), Bắc Giang (357), Quảng Ninh (343), Quảng Ngãi (341), Hải …

  People travelling back home at Hanoi Station with protective clothing. — Photo VNA/VnExpress News Hoàng Hiếu  HÀ NỘI — The capital city of Hà Nội recorded 2,885 COVID-19 infections on Friday, as Việt Nam posted a daily rise of 14,929 cases. The capital city again recorded the highest number of …

  A sign placed in front of a house where a COVID patient is quarantined at home in HCM City’s District 3. VnExpress News Photo Bồ Xuân Hiệp HCM CITY — HCM City has basically contained the local spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant of COVID-19. Speaking at a press …

  Health workers in the northern province of Quảng Ninh vaccinating a disabled person. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s total administered COVID-19 vaccinations surpassed 180 million doses on Friday, according to the National Portal for COVID-19 Vaccines, ten days after hitting 170 million mark. In the past …