Health minister, Hanoi chairman answerable for Covid test kit scam
The health minister, Hanoi chairman and other senior officials bear responsibility for a Covid-19 test kit scam scandal involving the Viet A Technology Corporation, the Party’s top watchdog said Thursday.
Lieutenant general faces disciplinary actions over Covid test kit scam
Lieutenant-General Do Quyet, director of Vietnam Military Medical University in Hanoi, is facing disciplinary actions for his involvement in a Covid-19 test kit scam at a HCMC technology firm.
French woman seeks out runaway birth mother in Vietnam
After learning she had a serious illness, Solène Martel was determined to find her Vietnamese birth mother, believing « if not now, then never. »
Vietnam prepares Covid-19 vaccination for kids from three
PM Pham Minh Chinh has ordered the Health Ministry to make preparations for immunizing children from three years old against Covid-19.
Vietnam records 454,197 new Covid cases
Health authorities on Saturday confirmed 454,197 new Covid cases, including nearly 300,000 cases that had been detected on previous days but yet to be added to the national database.
Ex-deputy health minister arrested for negligence
Former deputy health minister Cao Minh Quang was arrested Friday to be investigated for neglecting to check drug orders at a pharmaceutical company, causing loss to state property.
Vietnam arrests two military officials in Covid test kit scam
Two officials at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi were arrested Tuesday for their involvement in the test kit fraud of Viet A Technology Corporation.
Stop daily updates of Covid cases: health ministry
The health ministry has proposed that the announcement of daily Covid-19 updates be stopped because « they don’t reflect the true nature of the pandemic situation. »
Vietnam mulls shift to covid endemic path as virus surges
Vietnam’s Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed the health ministry to begin the process of moving the country to the course of living with Covid-19 and treating it as endemic even as cases surge.
Ahead of Vietnam tourism opening, daily omicron toll nears 100,000
On March 15, the government plans to reopen the country fully to international tourists.
Hanoi Covid patients unable to access health services, officials plead personnel shortage
Unable to reach local health officials via phone, Ngoc Lan had to physically visit her ward medical center despite being seven months pregnant to declare she had contracted Covid.
Vietnam capable of large scale mRNA vaccine production
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long affirmed Wednesday that Vietnam had the competency to produce Covid mRNA vaccines for both domestic and international needs.
Omicron dominates new HCMC Covid-19 cases
Random screening last week (Feb. 10-17) found the Omicron variant responsible for 70 of 92 samples that tested positive for the novel coronavirus in HCMC.
China suspends trade at Vietnam border gate
China has suspended trade through the Kim Thanh Border Gate in Vietnam’s Lao Cai Province after discovering Covid-19 cases on its side, leaving 350 container trucks stranded.
Indian firm to build $12-bln pharmaceutical hub in northern province
An Indian company plans to invest US$10-12 billion in building a pharmaceutical industrial park in the northern province of Hai Duong.
Militia members arrested for beating man to death for flouting Covid rules
Five militia personnel were arrested Monday in the central Binh Thuan Province for beating a man to death for violating social distancing restrictions in August 2021.
Vietnam warns of hospitals strain as COVID-19 cases spike after holiday
Vietnam warned on Thursday that its healthcare system could become overloaded, after seeing a surge in new daily coronavirus infections following its week-long Lunar New Year holiday.
Vietnam has no high Covid risk areas
Under the Health Ministry’s new Covid assessment criteria, 48 cities and provinces in Vietnam are safe zones and the remaining 15 are medium-risk areas.
Vietnam : Big data firm launches nation’s biggest gene database
The genomes of over 1,000 people have been analyzed to form a gene database that will serve medical research and practices for the first time in Vietnam.
Vietnam scraps rapid Covid test requirements for int’l passengers
International passengers entering Vietnam will not need to receive rapid tests for Covid-19 upon boarding or embarking planes, the Government Office announced.
Vietnam’s path forward on COVID-19 and corruption
COVID-19 broke loose in Vietnam in June 2021, a year after most of East Asia. Until June, countermeasures and aggressive contact tracing had held the pandemic at bay and allowed the economy to keep growing. Perhaps those successes produced a…
Vietnam lacks 24,000 preventive healthcare workers
Vietnam needs 23,866 medical workers to carry out preventive healthcare programs, including 8,000 doctors and 4,000 public health graduates, authorities say.
Vietnam’s COVID-19 testing scandal goes viral
Since early 2020, the Vietnamese Communist Party has been portraying their efforts to fight COVID-19 as a war against an ‘invisible enemy’, mobilising healthcare workers, police and the military on an unprecedented level. But in late December, the Ministry of…
Vietnam gives all adults 1st Covid shot, 93 percent get 2nd
The entire adult population has received at least one Covid-19 vaccine 10 months after the immunization campaign began.
Trouble remains a week after int’l flights resume
Current Covid pandemic prevention protocols including medical declaration on different apps and rapid testing rules have left domestic carriers navigating troubled skies.
Vietnam city recommends people not to return for Tet
Thanh Hoa Town in the eponymous central province has called for people not to return for Tet if not necessary out of Covid-19 fears.