Disasters and emergency response
Not worth it: laid-off workers shun free vocational education
Workers losing jobs amid the Covid-19 pandemic say the free vocational education on offer does not help them find new jobs. According to data from the national social insurance agency, of more than one million people receiving unemployment benefits nationwide, only 16,000 people have said ...
Le Tuyet
E-medical records’ data to be connected among hospitals from July 1
Electronic medical record data will be connected among hospitals and health facilities across the country from July 1.When the electronic medical records are connected among health facilities in the country from July 1, patients would not have to bring printed medical records with them for ...
Directory of agencies supporting survivors of gender-based violence, abuse debuts
A directory listing organisations and agencies offering support for women and child survivors of gender-based violence and abuse in Vietnam, the first of its kind, has been launched.The release of the directory is an effort by the MoLISA and UN Women within a joint project ...
Vietnam to have national water resource monitoring system by 2030
Vietnam has set a goal of building and maintaining a national water resource monitoring system and another system to forecast flooding, drought, saltwater intrusion and rising sea water level by 2030. It was set in the master plan on basic investigation on water resources till ...
Land subsidence endangers Mekong Delta
The overexploitation of groundwater in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has contributed to severe land subsidence, which could lead to devastating consequences if the practice continues, experts have said.The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafood producer, is facing a land subsidence rate of ...
Vietnam faces ‘low level’ Covid-19 impact risks: report
Vietnam’s handling of the pandemic has meant that its business operations and other domestic activities are exposed to low risk levels from Covid-19 impacts. This is a conclusion reached by the 2021 annual Travel Risk Map released by International SOS, a travel security services company ...
Nguyen Quy
Covid-19 and digital transformation
The Covid-19 pandemic offers the opportunity to accelerate digital transformation across the entire nation: the economy, the society; the state, the enterprises; the whole community, the entire people.The two-handed model, a free market and a strong state, have been confirmed in the Covid-19 prevention. Vietnam ...
Vietnam to receive 5 mln Covid-19 vaccine doses in February
Vietnam would receive around five million Covid-19 vaccine doses by the end of February, Deputy Health Minister Truong Quoc Cuong said at a meeting Monday. They include about 4.9 million vaccine doses provided via Covax, a global mechanism for developing, manufacturing and procuring Covid-19 vaccine ...
Vo Hai
SARS-CoV-2 variant found at Tan Son Nhat airport appears for first time in Southeast Asia: Scientists
The SARS-CoV-2 variant found in patients at the Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City is A.23.1, which was first found in the African country of Rwanda in late October 2020, according to a report by the Hospital of Tropical Diseases on ...
Hà Nội to roll out COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents
Hà Nội authorities plan to provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to all residents, said a senior official.Secretary of the Hà Nội Party Committee Vương Đình Huệ asked concerned agencies to prioritise the purchase of vaccines for all residents using the local budget and mobilising other legal resources at a meeting of ...
