High school graduation exam still on schedule despite COVID-19

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on July 27 instructed the Ministry of Education and Training to hold the high school graduation examination in all provinces and cities as previously scheduled, including in Đà Nẵng where new COVID-19 cases have appeared.Provincial and city authorities as well ...

Việt Nam confirms 416th COVID-19 patient, return of community transmission

A 57-year-old man in Đà Nẵng has been confirmed as positive for coronavirus, marking the first case of community transmission of COVID-19 in Việt Nam in 100 days. It is unclear how the man, who is now on a ventilator, contracted the virus.There are currently 11,815 ...

Report highlights effect of COVID-19 on vulnerable households, companies

COVID-19 has had a serious impact on vulnerable households, especially those of ethnic minority groups, those with members working in the non-official sector, or those with immigrants, according to a report released at a conference in Hanoi on July 23.Jointly prepared by the UNDP, UN Women, ...

COVID-19 vaccine to begin human testing in Vietnam later this year

Vietnam could be in a position to conduct novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine trials on humans by the end of the year, providing that procedures for research and production of the vaccine are deployed in time, said Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.At present, Vietnam ...

Extreme natural calamities cause big concerns for Vietnam

Natural disasters in the first six months of the year killed 47 people and caused damages worth VND3.4 trillion.Since the beginning of the year, Vietnam has incurred 16 types of natural disasters, 186 thunderstorms, tornadoes and heavy rains in 43 provinces and cities. The situation ...

Thanh Mai

General Statistics Office announces employment data

As many as 1.2 million people have been laid off in the first six months of this year due to Covid-19 pandemic. Statistics from the General Statistics Office of Vietnam showed that the number of employed people in the first six months of the year ...

Việt Nam effectively curbs impacts of drought, saline intrusion in Mekong Delta

Mekong Delta provinces have experienced the most severe drought and saline intrusion ever in the dry season 2019-2020 but the negative impacts on agriculture production and daily life were minimised significantly thanks to effective measures, a top official has said.About 96,000 households had their water supply ...

Made-in-Vietnam COVID-19 vaccine makes significant progress

A made-in-Vietnam vaccine against COVID-19 is making advanced progress, signalling the imminent completion of the whole project, meaning a possible vaccine may not be far away. Vabiotech has now passed two-months of progress in the first phase of the project, which is also the most important ...

Coronavirus pandemic accelerating with Americas worst, warns WHO

The coronavirus pandemic is accelerating, with Thursday’s 150,000 new cases the highest in a single day and nearly half of those in the Americas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said. As well as the Americas, a large number of new cases were coming from South ...

Reuters

Vietnam 13th in global Covid-19 recovery ranking

Vietnam has done better than many major economies in recovering from Covid-19, ranking 13th among 184 countries and territories.In Asia, Vietnam ranked fifth after Thailand, Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, according to the Global Covid-19 Index updated June 16 by Malaysia-based consulting firm Pemandu Associates ...

Nguyen Quy

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