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Eight more people in the central city of Da Nang have tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 that causes the acute respiratory disease (COVID-19).

The central city of Da Nang has proposed a plan of developing seven high-quality health care service projects with an estimated fund of 13.6 trillion VND (591 million USD) from the state budget, the city’s planning and investment department said.

Three medical facilities in Vietnam recently fulfilled seven criteria to be awarded Platinum Status by the World Stroke Organisation (WSO).

Four more COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear on June 3, the treatment section under the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said.

The People's Committee of northern Quang Ninh province has decided to establish the third hospital for treating COVID-19 patients to avoid overcrowding in existing health centres.

Vietnam recorded 17 more imported COVID-19 cases as of 6pm on May 7, raising the total to 288.

Two COVID-19 patients at medical facilities in the northern province of Ninh Binh were deemed to have recovered on May 4, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Vietnam’s 268th COVID-19 patient, who was quarantined and treated at the Dong Van General Hospital in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang, was declared to have fully recovered from the disease on April 30.

Three more COVID-19 patients in the northern provinces of Ninh Binh and Quang Ninh were discharged from hospital on April 16.

Me Linh field hospital was built within the campus of a general hospital, which had been left unused for years in Hanoi’s outlying district of Me Linh.

The Ministry of Health has permitted the An Giang Central General Hospital to conduct tests to diagnose COVID-19.

The steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control of northern Ha Nam province held an urgent meeting on late April 7 after a local man had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 but authorities haven’t found out exactly where he contracted the coronavirus from.

Two men found to have contracted the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 after a trip to Malaysia have recovered, the General Hospital of the southern central province of Ninh Thuan announced on April 1 morning.

A COVID-19 patient, the 18th case in detection order in Vietnam, was declared cured and allowed to go home on March 20.

The Ministry of Health on March 17 authorised the laboratory of the General Hospital of the northern province of Phu Tho to perform tests for the novel coronavirus (SAR-CoV-2) that has caused respiratory illness in 68 people in Vietnam so far.

The Ministry of Health on March 16 evening announced the latest case of COVID-19, the 61st, in the country.

Despite facing a number of difficulties, doctors in frontline areas are still determined to stay with their patients until the end of COVID-19 epidemic.

A Korean man, who died near Bac Ninh province’s General Hospital on February 25, tested negative for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), Deputy Director of the provincial Department of Information and Communication Vu Huy Phuong confirmed one day later.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh granted approval decisions and investment licences to four projects with accumulative registered capital exceeding 111 billion VND (4.7 million USD) in January.

Twenty hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City have been rated as ‘good’ based on a set of criteria issued by the Ministry of Health, according to the municipal Department of Health.