Public health

Viet Nam will begin nationwide social distancing within 15 days, starting 00:00 on April 1, with the principle of every household, village, commune, district and province going into self-isolation, according to the latest directive signed by PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc.Regarding the performance of self-isolation at home and ...

Used cloth masks and disposable medical masks can be reused if they are sprayed with disinfectant and microwaved at 800W for a minute, Dr. Doãn Ngọc Hải, director of the Institute for Occupational Safety and Environmental Health has said. The institute has tested the standard ...

The Vietnamese Government has decided to temporarily suspend entry of all foreigners since March 22 due to swift and complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.For those entering Viet Nam for diplomatic and official purposes, for participation in major diplomatic events, or being experts, business managers, ...

Vietnam and the World Health Organisation (WHO) are in common on treatment regimens for Covid-19 patients, however, the country has its own innovative features when applied in practice.For example, Vietnam is fighting against the epidemic based on the “four on-the-spot” viewpoint, which targets on-site prevention, ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc issued a directive on Wednesday, requesting stronger actions to prevent and control COVID-19 amid new developments of the outbreak. In Việt Nam, after 22 days without any new cases, 23 more infection cases have been recorded since March 6, including ...

The new coronavirus outbreak can now be described as a pandemic, the head of the World Health Organisation announced on Wednesday. He acknowledged that the world had “never before seen a pandemic sparked by a coronavirus,” but emphasized that “we have never before seen a ...

Deputy Prime Minister and head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control Vu Duc Dam on March 8 requested compulsory health declarations for all citizens in the country to start on March 10 at the latest.Compulsory electronic health declarations for all passengers entering ...

An early warning system for COVID-19 has been launched by the Institute of Prevention Medicine and Public Health (IPMPH) at the Hà Nội University of Medicine on March 1st.  The system provides analyses on the disease threats and countries’ response abilities at http://covid19global.net. Besides counting ...

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, as Chairman of ASEAN in 2020, issued a statement on ASEAN’s joint response to the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The statement welcomed the efforts under the framework of ASEAN medical co-operation with its partners (China, ...

The Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health and Department of Education and Training launched a pilot smart health operation centre and a pilot smart education operation centre in the city on February 11 in the presence of Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi ...