Hanoi (VNA) – The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Vietnamese citizens against travelling to areas with COVID-19 outbreaks or vulnerable to the epidemic as warned by foreign countries. Passengers at Cam Ranh Airport receive leaflets guiding COVID-19 prevention. (Photo: VNA) As for overseas Vietnamese, the department asked them to follow recommendations and guidelines on...

Da Nang (VNA) – Twenty passengers from the Republic of Korea were flown back to their home country on February 25 night, one day after their arrival in the central city of Da Nang. The bus carrying the Korean passengers to Da Nang International Airport (Photo: VNA) They are among 80 passengers who arrived on a flight from Daegu...

(LSO) - The Lang Son provincial People’s Committee on February 24 held a press conference to provide information on socio-economic development in the first two months of 2020. The press conference also updated information related to the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19), cross-border farm produce export-import, road toll collection on Bac Giang -...

Hanoi (VNA) – An online seminar on promoting cooperation in the “Million Green Homes” programme in Vietnam was jointly held by the Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID) and the Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA) in Hanoi on February 24. The “Million Green Homes” programme aims to develop 1 million green houses and buildings in Vietnam by 2030...

Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is taking various measures to ensure interests of Vietnamese labourers working abroad, especially in such large markets as the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan and Taiwan (China), in the face of COVID-19 outbreaks there. Workers returning from Libya fill in health declaration forms at Noi Bai International...

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 24 ordered authorities to exert efforts so as to keep the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) from impacting Vietnam. Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (standing) chairs the meeting in Hanoi on February 24 (Photo: VNA) Speaking at a cabinet meeting in Hanoi, the...

(LSO) - Amid the complicated development of the acute respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Lang Son provincial Traffic Safety Committee has issued a notice directing traffic safety boards of districts and city to coordinate with agencies in raising public awareness of prevention and control measures. The province now has one public transport company...

(LSO) - The Lang Son border guard high command on February 22 received medical supplies donated by organisations and businesses to prevent and control the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Leader of the Lang Son border guard high command receive medical supplies from Factory 197 representative. Factory 197 under the Defence Economic Technical Industry Corporation presented 10,000 face masks. The...

Hanoi (VNA) – The 2019-2020 school year will be extended to the end of June, a month later than previous years after delays children faced going back to class at the beginning of the year due to fears of the acute respiratory disease COVID-19. A classroom in Hanoi is sterilised. (Photo: VNA) The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET)...

Vinh Phuc (VNA) – Chairwoman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh lauded Vinh Phuc for its efforts to stem the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak during a visit to the northern province on February 23. Chairwoman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy An (standing). (Photo: VNA) Vinh Phuc,...