Vietnamese communities in Australia, France support COVID-19 fight at home
Vietnamese expatriates and businesses in Australia and France’s New Caledonia have donated more than AUD41,035 (US$30,288) to aid their home country in …
Category: Health
Nearly 660,000 AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses arrive in HCM City
A batch of 659,900 AstraZenaca COVID-19 vaccine doses arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 29, reported the Health Ministry. It was the sixth batch and the …
Ho Chi Minh City welcomes volunteers to relieve overwhelmed health care system
More than 1,300 people in Ho Chi Minh City have signed up to volunteer for the fight against the outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant following an …
Intensive care centre for COVID-19 patients to be set up at Hanoi Medical University Hospital
The Medical University Hospital has been asked by the Ministry of Health to set up a 500-bed intensive care centre to improve readiness and capacity to deal …
Vietnam sets to significantly cut use of single-use plastics by 2025
Vietnam aims to use 100 percent of environmentally-friendly plastic bags and packaging at shopping malls and supermarkets by 2025, according to a project on …
Additional 2,967 new COVID-19 cases reported on July 22 morning
Additional 2,967 new COVID-19 infections, including two imported cases, were recorded, from 7:30pm on July 21 to 6am on July 22, raising the national count …
City to start inoculation of additional 930,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses
Ho Chi Minh City will begin the fifth phase of its COVID-19 vaccination drive on July 22, with 930,000 doses to be administered, according to the municipal …
Vietnam to ensure adequate oxygen supply for COVID-19 patients
Vietnam has 993 healthcare facilities capable of treating 66,000 COVID-19 patients who need oxygen, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has stated. The total …
Residents in border areas get vaccinated against COVID-19
The northern province of Lai Chau on July 19 started to give Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine shots to residents in border communes in Phong Tho district. Seven …
One million AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan arrive in Ho Chi Minh City
The latest batch of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Japanese Government landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on July 16 …