Society

The Vietnamese State has issued many policies to support families that have rendered contributions to the revolution, and Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin victims, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on July 21.

Vietnam has confirmed 2,967 more Covid-19 infections in the past 12 hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 71,144, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday morning.

Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyen will represent Vietnam at the upcoming Miss Universe 2021 pageant which is scheduled to take place in Israel this December.

A 500-bed field hospital has been put into operation in the southern province of Binh Duong for Covid-19 treatment.

Vietnam has recorded 5,357 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday, including 3,556 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 68,177, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Hundreds of people in Hanoi flocked to the National Institute for Control of Vaccines and Biologicals for Covid-19 tests without maintaining any distance from each other on July 21.

Vietnam has manufactured the first test batch of COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik V, according to an announcement by Russia’s sovereign wealth fund Russian Direct Investment Fund and Vietnamese pharmaceutical company VABIOTECH released on Wednesday.

The Ha Long Bay Management Board in the northern province of Quang Ninh is carrying various measures to protect coral reef ecosystems in the area.

HCM City will set up Covid-19 quarantine facilities at local districts for patient zeros without symptoms.

The 15th National Assembly elected the General Secretary, Chairpersons of the NA Council for Ethnic and NA committees and the State Auditor General in the morning of July 21, as part of the on-going first session of the 15th legislature.

An elderly man in Hanoi is calling for financial support to help cover medical treatment for his son who is in critical condition after a workplace accident.

Two men have been arrested for stealing around VND3 billion (USD130,434) from a safe in the central city of Danang.

The Ministry of Transport has proposed several options to reduce flights from southern provinces to Hanoi to prevent the spread of Covid-19.

The Ministry of Transport has basically agreeing to the Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism’s draft pilot plan on welcoming international tourists to Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang.

Vietnam has recorded 2,787 new Covid-19 patients in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Wednesday, including 12 from abroad, the Ministry of Health reported.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) on July 20 added a new rail freight link from Vietnam to Belgium, with the first train departing from Yen Vien station, Hanoi, and expected to arrive at Liege City in Belgium.

Vietnam Railways Corporation (VNR) will prepare special trains to transport people from Covid-19-affected southern localities, particularly HCM City.

Vietnam Airlines have transported vital medical equipment to Ho Chi Minh City amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnam has recorded 4,795 more Covid-19 infections on Tuesday, including 3,322 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 62,820, the Ministry of Health has reported.