Ho Chi Minh City's Metro Line No.2 (Ben Thanh-Tham Luong) is scheduled to complete in 2030 instead of 2026 as previously planned, according to the city Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR). In its recent report to the city People’s Committee on the project, the authority explained that the slow ground clearance has led to the slow selection of...

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism adjust and supplement the contents of its draft plan to reopen tourism sector regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures. Tourists at the Golden Bridge in Da Nang (Photo: VNA) In its feedback to the draft plan, the MoH underlined the need to consider the...

A total 98,762 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm February 28 to 4pm March 1, including 19 imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health. Medical workers hand over medicine to a COVID-19 patient treated at home (Photo: VNA) Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with 13,323 cases, followed by...

Some 80 scholarships of the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund were presented to disadvantaged students with outstanding academic achievements in Con Dao district of the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau on February 28. Students receive the scholarships (Photo: VNA) The assistance includes 60 worth 1 million VND (44 USD) each and 20 others to children of officers and...

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a decision issuing an action framework on mechanism and policy reform to support the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas in the 2021-2030 period. Students at a boarding schools for ethnic minority people (Photo: VNA) Under the scheme, as part of the efforts to improve...

A total 94,385 cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm February 27 to 4pm February 28, according to the Ministry of Health. A health worker injects COVID-19 vaccine to an elderly person in Le Dai Hanh ward, Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi. (Source: VNA) Hanoi continued to record the highest number of infections with...

- On the occasion of the 67th anniversary of Vietnamese Doctors' Day (February 27, 1955 - February 27, 2022), this afternoon (February 25), at the Department of Health, the provincial delegation led by Mr. Ho Tien Thieu, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee visited and congratulated officials, staff and workers of...

Some 170 relief packages, worth 270 million VND (11,830 USD) in total, were given to children orphaned by COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City in the programme “Sharing love and hope” held by the municipal People’s Council chapter in Thu Duc city. Some 170 relief packages, worth 270 million VND (11,830 USD) in total, are given to children orphaned...

- On February 22, the delegation of the Provincial People's Committee led by Mr. Duong Xuan Huyen, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, worked with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on the implementation of key tasks in 2021 and the implementation plan of key...

- The province currently has 256 accommodation establishments (an increase of 36 establishments compared to 2020). In order to develop tourism in adaptive and safe conditions, along with measures to prevent and control the epidemic in general, ensuring safety against the epidemic at accommodation establishments is greatly paid attention by the culture, sports and tourism sector. Mr. Nguyen...