Disasters

This year’s flood season in the Mekong Delta is likely to arrive late and if there is insufficient rain in the months to come, drought and saltwater intrusion may plague the region again during the next dry season, experts have said.Nguyen Huu Thien, an expert ...

With only two and a half weeks to go before the new school year begins on September 5, the COVID-19 situation remains complex, said Nguyen Xuan Thanh, Director of the Secondary Education Department at the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET), adding that the ministry has prepared ...

The Ministry of Education and Training has announced a draft circular providing three e-learning methods for the new academic year this August due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns.Under the new circular, three online studying forms will be implemented. In the first form, online learning will be ...

In the face of complicated developments relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, an array of convenience stores and supermarkets have devised plans aimed at ensuring the sufficient supply of goods to meet the general needs of consumers.Vu Thi Hau, chairwoman of the Vietnam Retailers ...

The fast-test kit, also known as the Elisa test, is a blood test checking antibody levels, which determine whether you have been infected with the coronavirus and your body developed antibodies to fight it. So the Elisa test is best for those who returned home ...

The number of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam will continue to rise and the second wave will reach its peak in the next 10 days, according to Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son. Son said they would not try to find the patient zero in Danang, ...

HCM City has basically completed the provision of financial assistance for those hit by COVID-19, according to Director of the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Le Minh Tan. The move was in line with Resolution No 02 from the municipal People’s Council, the Government’s Resolution No ...

Those with smartphones would do well to download Bluezone, a Bluetooth-based app that helps determine if a person has come in contact with a COVID-19 patient, the Authority of Information Technology Application at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has suggested.If a user is ...

If the educational environment changes, training quality improves, and teaching methods are more reasonable, students will choose to stay in Vietnam to follow tertiary education instead of going abroad, educators believe.Universities in Vietnam all state that they are ready to admit students who have returned ...

Viet Nam announced its first novel coronavirus death on July 31 who is a 70-year-old man residing in Hoi An City, Quang Nam Province, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH). The patient had a history of hypertension,  cardiac ischemia, heart failure, and pneumonia. He ...