An exchange with international scientists, who are members of the VinFuture Prize Council and Pre-Screening Committee, was held in Hanoi on January 18, as part of the VinFuture Award Week.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has significantly contributed to reducing mistakes in diagnostic imaging, helping to detect diseases early and increasing the treatment result for patients, Doctor Bui Huy Huong, Deputy Director of the Thai Binh Lung Hospital, has said.
The draft revised Law on Cinematography that the Government submitted to the National Assembly Standing Committee recently has triggered a debate among filmmakers and distributors, particularly the bill’s content on the management of online film screening.
Hanoi is collecting 1 million samples for COVID-19 screening tests from residents in the areas and 13 groups of people at high risk from August 18 to 20, the city's Centre for Disease Control (CDC) said.
Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine Covivac began the second stage of clinical trials in the northern province of Thai Binh’s Vu Thu district on August 11 with the screening testing to choose qualified volunteers.
Ho Chi Minh City’s health sector is implementing a strategy of shifting from focusing on screening testing to treatment, with a hope to reduce the rate of COVID-19 patients in critical conditions and the number of fatalities.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang to step up COVID-19 screening and testing in the community, especially in high-risk places such as markets, bus stations, and airports.
The 22nd edition of the Vietnam Film Festival will be postponed until November instead of taking place in September as planned, due to the ravages of COVID-19, Director of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism’s Cinematography Department Vi Kien Thanh said on August 3.
A number of movies will be screened nationwide from August 19 to September 5 to mark the 76th year of the August Revolution (August 19) and the National Day (September 2), according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.
The Hanoi Lung Hospital suspended admitting patients on late night July 25 after nine people in the hospital, seven patients and two medical workers, were confirmed to be positive for coronavirus, according to Director Pham Huu Thuong.
The Hanoi Department of Health urges its preventive medicine units to step up screening COVID-19 testing targeting people considered at-risk as the city has seen a spike in locally-infected cases over the last several days.
Ho Chi Minh City has geared up plans to ensure that people’s life will not be affected once citywide social distancing is imposed, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong told a videoconference on July 7.
Hanoi will strictly monitor people returning from pandemic-hit areas who are requested to be tested for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 three times and quarantined at home within seven days.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has requested all medical facilities nationwide to conduct health screening and classify those aged from 18 and above who plan to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as part of the 2021 – 2022 vaccination drive, the biggest of its kind in the nation.
Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to work harder to impose restriction measures on the smallest possible scale so as not to prolong large-scale social distancing.
The Thai Government is keeping an eye on a recent influx of people from Cambodia into its eastern border province of Sa Kaeo amid concern that many of them may be infected with COVID-19, while Laos plans to step up the screening of all people entering the country.
The Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City is adding more staff, opening early check-in counters, and using all available security scanners to reduce increasing congestion at the site.
Gai Gia Lam Chieu V – Nhung Cuoc Doi Vuong Gia (Camellia Sisters - Living Like Royalty), a film about love and women, will be postponed due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the producer MAR6 Pictures has announced in HCM City.
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