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Central Vietnam province considered novel coronavirus free

Central Vietnam province considered novel coronavirus free

Khanh Hoa Province, home to tourism hotspot Nha Trang, can be declared free of Covid-19 after recording no new patient for 30 days, the Health Ministry stated Monday.
55,000 poultry culled as avian flu advances across Vietnam

55,000 poultry culled as avian flu advances across Vietnam

Hanoi and four provinces in Vietnam now observe avian flu outbreaks as of Sunday, forcing over 55,000 poultry to be culled.
February 17, 2020 | 04:34 pm GMT+7
Vietnam must maintain high vigilance against novel coronavirus epidemic: officials

Vietnam must maintain high vigilance against novel coronavirus epidemic: officials

Deputy PM Vu Duc Dam says Vietnam has tackled the Covid-19 epidemic well, but has to step up vigilance given its “complicated development.”
February 15, 2020 | 10:18 am GMT+7
Vietnam province isolates commune with seven coronavirus patients

Vietnam province isolates commune with seven coronavirus patients

Vinh Phuc Province has locked down Son Loi Commune in Binh Xuyen District, where seven people have contracted the new coronavirus.
February 13, 2020 | 10:56 am GMT+7
Vietnam to trial HIV drugs in nCoV treatment

Vietnam to trial HIV drugs in nCoV treatment

Vietnam has decided to trial the use of antiretroviral drugs to treat people infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).
February 11, 2020 | 09:24 pm GMT+7
30 Vietnamese return from epicenter of deadly virus outbreak

30 Vietnamese return from epicenter of deadly virus outbreak

As China's nCoV death toll climbs to 910, 30 Vietnamese returned home from Wuhan, the outbreak's epicenter, Monday morning.
February 10, 2020 | 06:00 am GMT+7
International cruiser with 70 nCoV infected persons visited Vietnam ports

International cruiser with 70 nCoV infected persons visited Vietnam ports

A cruise ship with 70 nCoV infections now quarantined at a Japanese port visited two Vietnamese ports last month, an official says.
February 09, 2020 | 08:08 pm GMT+7
HCMC to invest $8.4 million on equipment to tackle nCoV epidemic

HCMC to invest $8.4 million on equipment to tackle nCoV epidemic

The HCMC health department has proposed that the city spends VND194 billion ($8.4 million) on equipment needed to fight the novel coronavirus epidemic.
February 09, 2020 | 07:35 pm GMT+7
Clean and quiet inside a quarantine zone in Saigon

Clean and quiet inside a quarantine zone in Saigon

A quarantine zone in Saigon’s District 3 stands ready to take in people suspected of being infected with the novel coronavirus.
February 09, 2020 | 06:48 pm GMT+7
Vietnam confirms 14th nCoV infection in Vinh Phuc

Vietnam confirms 14th nCoV infection in Vinh Phuc

A 55-year-old woman in Vinh Phuc Province is Vietnam's latest case of novel coronavirus infection, the Ministry of Health said Sunday.
February 09, 2020 | 12:49 pm GMT+7
Japan donates testing tools for novel coronavirus

Japan donates testing tools for novel coronavirus

Hanoi's National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has received the first part of a $127,000 Japanese aid package to carry out nCoV tests.
February 08, 2020 | 05:40 pm GMT+7
Vietnam scraps import tariffs on face masks, liquid hand soaps

Vietnam scraps import tariffs on face masks, liquid hand soaps

Facemasks, liquid hand soaps and materials needed to produce them will be exempt from import tariffs to help fight the novel coronavirus epidemic.
February 08, 2020 | 01:53 pm GMT+7
Vinh Phuc worker confirmed as Vietnam's 13th nCoV patient

Vinh Phuc worker confirmed as Vietnam's 13th nCoV patient

A 29-year old woman in nothern Vinh Phuc Province has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, becoming the nation’s 13th confirmed 2019-nCoV infection.
February 07, 2020 | 09:47 pm GMT+7
Tourists shrug off coronavirus epidemic concerns while traveling in Vietnam

Tourists shrug off coronavirus epidemic concerns while traveling in Vietnam

​Some foreigners visiting Vietnam say they don’t worry much about the nCoV outbreak because the infection rate is very low.
February 07, 2020 | 07:00 pm GMT+7
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