Society

  Waste from COVID-19 patients is placed into yellow bags. — Photo phapluatmoitruong.vn HÀ NỘI — Home quarantine and treatment for COVID-19 patients in Hà Nội with none or only mild symptoms is considered an effective measure to help relieve pressure for the medical sector but the treatment of waste …

  Part of Tịnh Kỳ beach, Quảng Ngãi being cleaned. — Photo nld.com.vn QUẢNG NGÃI — A volunteer group’s efforts to clean beaches have raised public awareness of protecting the environment. Despite the heavy January rain, hundreds of volunteers from all over Quảng Ngãi collected trash and cleaned the beach of Tịnh …

  Defendant Nguyễn Quốc Anh, former director of Bạch Mai Hospital (first row, left) at the trial on Thursday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Văn Điệp  HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s People’s Court on Thursday opened the first instance trial on the inflation of prices of medical equipment in Bạch Mai …

  The Ministry of Health organises a meeting to introduce tasks of health sector this year. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Thursday asked the health sector to concentrate on COVID-19 prevention and control, prepare for any possibilities and speed up COVID-19 vaccination, particularly for children and booster …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (second, right) award the Vinfuture Grand Prize to Professor Katalin Kariko (first, right), Professor Drew Weissman (third, right) and Professor Pieter Rutter Cullis. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Cao Ly Ly HÀ NỘI — The long-awaited winners of the first Vinfuture Prize has been officially announced …

A medical worker takes a COVID-19 testing sample from a resident in southern Ninh Thuận Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Công Thử HÀ NỘI – A total of 16,715 new COVID-19 infections were detected on Thursday, bringing the national caseload to 2,094,802. Among the new cases, 78 were imported and the rest were …

  Cases reported in Hà Nội (2,884), Đà Nẵng (983), Hải Phòng (722), Bến Tre (614), Khánh Hòa (579), Hưng Yên (565), Bình Định (521), Quảng Ngãi (513), Thanh Hóa (497), Bình Phước (462), Quảng Ninh (389), Bắc Giang (386), Bắc Ninh (373), Cà Mau (361), Trà Vinh (332), Quảng …

An X-ray shows nine nails in the baby’s skull. — Photo courtesy of the Thạch Thất General Hospital HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội Criminal Police on Thursday detained a man suspected of violently assaulting a three-year-old girl. The child was identified as the daughter of the suspect’s girlfriend. Nguyễn Trung Huyên, 30, …

  A COVID-19 patient in a serious condition receiving treatment in Hà Nội. — Photo tienphong.vn HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội should apply a model of medical mentorship in treating COVID-19, taking advantage of human resources and infrastructure of different treatment layers to reduce the number of serious cases and fatalities …

  Kenneth Divers, 77, in custody in Việt Nam. He is due to be extradited to  the UK in relation to historic child sex abuse allegations. Photo Hội An City Police A former football coach who once worked for a top team in Scotland has been arrested in Việt Nam in connection …