During its 66-year history, Vietnamese health sector has not only strived for fulfilling its major task of taking care of people’s health, but also actively contributed to world health development.
The Health Department of the southern province of Vinh Long has quickly put in quarantine a person who returned from abroad from a pandemic hit country without declaration, conducted COVID-19 tests and traced people who had close contact with this person.
A delegation of two doctors and two nurses of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases headed to Equatorial Guinea to bring home 219 Vietnamese citizens, who are working for three Vietnamese companies in the host country, of whom 120 have tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-nCOV-2.
Together with rapid responses and tracking work, communication campaigns have provided quick, relevant information in the community, contributing to Vietnam’s significant achievements in the fight against COVID-19.
The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has issued an urgent dispatch requesting cities and provinces step up preventive measures at health facilities.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has added 13.5 billion USD to a package that is meant to assist its member countries to address health and macroeconomic impacts caused by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
Facing the boom of fake news amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) has worked with the Da LAB band to reintroduce “rap news”, a creative type of news bulletin, via the video clip “Khong Fake News” (No Fake News).
After more than a month of living in fears due to the spread of the deadly coronavirus, Hanoi residents calmly return to their normal life thanks to the Government’s urgent and drastic measures to prevent and control the disease.
Tourist arrivals in the northern province of Quang Ninh is forecast to decline significantly in the first quarter this year due to outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
Several non-profit organisations on nature and wildlife conservation sent a letter to Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 16, proposing actions against the COVID-19 outbreak.
With a view to join the community in fighting COVID-19 pandemic, beauty queen 1st runner-up Kim Duyen and her friends give out free face masks at Children’s hospital and Maternity hospital in Can Tho city.
Tests for the novel coronavirus (nCoV) could be run at provincial hospitals in the near future, said Professor Dang Duc Anh, director of the National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE).
The financial market in 2020 will become much more unpredictable and less active than the predictions made at the end of 2019 due to impact caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) epidemic, according to a financial analyst.
Under the Law on Labour, in what cases will employees have the right to take leave or work from home for disease prevention? How will they be paid during their absence in such cases?
The crew members on the flight to take home 30 Vietnamese citizens from the epicentre of the nCoV outbreak in Wuhan were proud to have completed their assigned tasks and mission.
Directly contacting with nCoV patients, physicians and nurses at Emergency Department of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases are under pressure from not only the disease but also their surrounding people.
By 7:30 Feb. 11, 2020, 43,099 confirmed cases of 2019-nCoV infection have been reported globally, including 1,018 deaths (1016 in China and 2 outside mainland China). Vietnam has so far reported 15 cases of 2019-nCoV infection.
The People’s Committee of the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on February 11 said there is no infection with the novel coronavirus (NCoV) in the province during 14 days after the arrival of Diamond Princess cruise ship at Chan May port on January 27.
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