Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng and key country leaders had a meeting on Thursday on major issues. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Trí Dũng HÀ NỘI — Party General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng has chaired a meeting of key national leaders to discuss the domestic and international situation in …
Read More »Quarantine free entries for entrants with negative COVID-19 tests: Health ministry
Vietnamese citizens evacuated from Ukraine entering Việt Nam in the first repatriation flight on March 8, 2022, was exempted from the COVID-19 testing and vaccination requirement that are in effect. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — People seeking to gain entry into Việt Nam might not …
Read More »MoH proposes that seven additional papers be recognised to claim social insurance
A medical worker examines the recovery certificate of a COVID-19 patient who was treated at home. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has proposed that seven more papers be recognised as applicable to social insurance claims, to help COVID patients who are recovering at …
Read More »Omicron ‘stealth’ subvariant BA.2 spreads in Hà Nội, HCM City,
Daily waste collected from households with COVID-19 cases in Hoàn Kiếm District in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The BA.2 sub-variant of Omicron, or the stealth variant, is accounting for many coronavirus infections in HCM City and Hà Nội, the department of health have …
Read More »Foreign Minister calls for Romania’s continued support for Vietnamese evacuating from Ukraine
Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and Romanian counterpart had telephone conversation late Monday on bilateral cooperation. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn talked over the phone with his Romanian counterpart Bogdan Aurescu late Monday (local time), asking for …
Read More »Health ministry proposes easing access to Molnupiravir for COVID-19 patients
A physician at a drug store gives instructions on how to administer Molnupiravir to a customer. — Photo nhandan.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has proposed that pharmacies and drugstores be allowed to prescribe the antiretroviral COVID treatment drug Molnupiravir, under certain situations. According to the proposal sent to …
Read More »Việt Nam hits 5 million COVID-19 cases
A COVID-19 vaccine is administered in the southern province of Bến Tre. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Chương Đài HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has surpassed 5 million COVID infections, as the country registered a record 164,596 new daily cases on Wednesday. After the country entered its fourth wave of the virus in late April …
Read More »Indonesia issues visa on arrival for tourists from Việt Nam and 22 other countries
Bali Island, one of Indonesia’s top destinations. — AFP/VNA Photo JAKARTA — The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry Directorate General of Immigration has reintroduced the visa on arrival option for tourists from 23 countries, including Việt Nam, arriving in Bali as of March 7. This policy can only be …
Read More »Asymptomatic COVID-19 patients, close contacts can go to work during quarantine: Health ministry’s proposal
Medicines supplied at home for COVID-19 patients in Hà Nội’s Cửa Đông Ward. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that asymptomatic COVID-19 cases (F0) and close contacts (F1) of COVID-19 cases can still go to work during the quarantine period. According to …
Read More »Vietnamese health ministry, UNICEF, WHO launch campaign on COVID prevention
A student receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Hà Nội. — Photo qdnd.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH), UNICEF and WHO have launched the ‘Safe Journeys’ campaign, aiming at redoubling and reinforcing the importance of complying with COVID-19 preventive practices, including vaccination. The campaign calls on all people across the …
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