Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi will continue social distancing until at least April 22 under the Prime Minister’s directions, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said on April 15, noting that the city is currently in the decisive week of the COVID-19 battle. Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (standing) speaks at the meeting...

Hoa Binh (VNA) – The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on April 14 admitted 84 Vietnamese citizens returning from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to its concentrated quarantine area for COVID-19. The northern mountainous province of Hoa Binh on April 14 admits 84 Vietnamese citizens returning from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to its concentrated quarantine area for...

Phnom Penh (VNA) – A board member of the Club of Cambodian Journalists (CCJ) has lauded Vietnam’s cooperation with the World Trade Organisation (WHO) in the fight against COVID-19 and its support for Cambodia and Laos in this regard. A medical worker is taking samples of a resident in Me Linh commune, Me Linh district, Vinh Phuc province, for...

(LSO) - Since April 1, the whole country has exercised physical distancing in accordance with the Prime Minister’s Directive which said the Health Ministry must direct hospitals to follow strict management procedures and prevent cross-infections there; as well as ask patients, their relatives and caregivers to fill out compulsory health declarations. In recent days, almost all local health establishments...

Hanoi (VNA) - The National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control emphasised on April 13 the need to keep regulations in place as there is a high risk that the disease may spread further. At the latest meeting of the committee (Photo: VNA) At its latest meeting, chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam who is also...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a programme on the protection and development of ethnic minorities in 2021-2030. Ethnic minority people in Trong Hoa commune, Minh Hoa district, central Quang Binh province (Photo: VNA) All population officers, health workers, and prestigious people in ethnic minority communities will be provided with knowledge about population - family...

Hanoi (VNA) – National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has flied 12 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Japan back home on a flight on April 12, according to an representative of the airline. Illustrative photo. (Source: VNA) The flight VN311 departed Tokyo at 8:00am (Vietnam time), heading to Hanoi, as a joint effort among Vietnam Airlines, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign...

Ottawa (VNA) - The Vietnam Ancestral Global Day was celebrated online in four major cities of Canada on April 11. CVS President Dang Trung Phuoc pays tribute to the legendary founders of the nation (Photo: VNA) The event, organised by the Canada-Vietnam Society (CVS), took place simultaneously in Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver amid the complicated developments of the...

Hanoi (VNA) – About 7 billion VND (300,000 USD) was donated to a programme during a recent signing ceremony in Hanoi to help the needy in the context of the raging COVID-19. A family in HCM City prepares food portions free of charge for poor people and hospital staff (Photo: www.sggp.org.vn) The programmed, launched by Vietnam Youth League,...

(LSO) - The Provincial Border Guard (BG) manages and protects over 231 km of the national border line with international border gates, national border gates, auxiliary border gates and crossings and shortcuts crossing the border. With the guideline of "four on the spot" disease prevention and control, now, all over the border line, the Provincial BG has established 149...