HCM City has implemented policies to safeguard children, including Resolution 35/2023/NQ-HDND, which provides monthly financial aid, health insurance, and educational support for orphans and disadvantaged children.
The Hanoi Department of Health has asked the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) to coordinate with Noi Bai International Airport and relevant units to increase monitoring to promptly detect suspected monkeypox cases at the airport and border gates, especially those returning from countries where the disease is currently spreading.
The National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control, in coordination with the Australian Embassy in Vietnam and related partners, held a ceremony in response to the International Day for Disaster Reduction and ASEAN Day for Disaster Management at Bai Chay Primary and Secondary School in the northern province of Quang Ninh’s Ha Long city on October 13.
Developing new tools for novel tuberculosis (TB) diagnostics and samples can enhance a patient’s ability to access TB screening, allowing the health system to optimise efforts in the prevention of the disease.
The People's Committee of Hanoi on August 15 issued a document requesting all relevant units to remain vigilant and continue strictly adhering to directives of the Government and the Prime Minister in controlling dengue fever in the context of the increasing number of cases in the locality.
The Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU), the Ministry of Public Security, and Quang Ninh provincial People’s Committee on July 28 held a ceremony to launch a campaign observing Vietnam's Day Against Human Trafficking and World Day Against Trafficking in Person on July 30 with the theme “Reach every victim of trafficking, leave no one behind".
Challenges remain in the prevention and control of tobacco harms as violations of the law on tobacco harm prevention and control still remains high, especially in the advertisement and promotion of tobacco products, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 30 chaired a meeting with People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities and Vietnamese embassies and representative agencies abroad on vaccine diplomacy.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has coordinated with relevant ministries, sectors and localities to build a national plan for natural disaster prevention and control to 2025.
The Institute of State and Law (ISL) under the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and the American Bar Association held an international seminar on money laundering prevention and control in Hanoi on December 21.
Philippine authorities announced that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik Light COVID-19 vaccine, making it the first country in Southeast Asia to approve this single-dose vaccine.
Representative of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to Vietnam Kidong Park praised Vietnam’s achievements in COVID-19 prevention and control in an interview given to the Vietnam News Agency on January 22.
Hanoi’s tuberculosis (TB) prevention programme was effectively implemented in all communes and wards in 2020, benefiting all the population of the capital city.
Those who go out to public venues in Hanoi capital and Ho Chi Minh City without donning a face mask will be fined between VND1-3 million. This is part of a new Government decree drafted by the Ministry of Health that targets those who flout regulations on COVID-19 prevention and control.
