NDO - Localities nationwide have promptly taken measures to overcome the consequences of Storm Sinlaku, which caused two deaths, according to reports from the provinces at a meeting in Hanoi on August 3. (16 hours ago)
NDO/VNA - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired an online meeting of permanent Government members and ministries, sectors and local administrations on COVID-19 prevention and control on August 2.
NDO/VNA – Vietnam recorded 30 new COVID-19 cases on August 2, raising the national tally to 620 as of August 2, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Health have sent a dispatch to authorities of Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and the central province of Quang Nam, asking them to accelerate the tracing of locals who returned from Da Nang during the period from July 1 to 28 and other locations with a high risk of infection.
NDO/VNA – Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control, on August 2 stressed that those who fail to make health declarations and follow quarantine regulations must be handled strictly.
NDO/VNA – Nearly 280 Vietnamese citizens from 24 European and African countries were brought home on August 2, with their flight landing at Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh.
NDO – Tropical Storm Sinlaku is moving west-northwest at a speed of 15km per hour and is expected to make landfall in northern and north-central Vietnam in the next 12 hours, bringing strong winds and heavy rains, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
NDO – Localities across the nation are urgently investigating and tracing people coming back from the epidemic-hit areas, especially from Da Nang, as the central coastal city has emerged as a new COVID-19 hotbed in Vietnam.
NDO/VNA – Four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed on Sunday morning (Aug 2), including two linked to the outbreak in the central city of Da Nang, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
NDO/VNA – The Health Ministry on August 1 evening announced 28 more COVID-19 cases, 19 of them are related to Da Nang Hospital, seven in Da Nang and two imported ones.
NDO – The relevant ministries, agencies and localities at risk of being affected by the tropical depression which is likely to become a storm should continue to closely monitor its development to implement timely response measures.
NDO – Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that the COVID-19 outbreak in recent days is more complicated than the previous one, requiring a faster response to deal with the pandemic.
NDO/VNA – The field hospital at Hoa Vang district’s medical centre is ready to serve COVID-19 infected patients from August 1 morning to share difficulties with the Da Nang Hospital which is being overloaded in the disease check-ups and treatment.
NDO – The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) on July 31 sent Official Letter No.5520/NHNN-VP to mobilise five banks to support the central city of Da Nang with biological products for COVID-19 testing.
