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At the meeting The Ministry released the information at today's third session on digital transformation at the government headquarters chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, Chairman of the National Committee on Digital Transformation. According to the work plan, the National Committee on Number Transformation meets quarterly. The third meeting aimed to evaluate digital transformation results in the first six months of 2022 and identify solutions and tasks for digital transformation in the coming time. The meeting was connected to the headquarters of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, governmental agencies, and people's committees of provinces and cities virtually. Addressing the opening session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stated: The document of the 13th Party Congress has identified the national digital transformation as a very important task, associated with three main pillars including the digital government, the digital economy and the digital society in … [Read more...] about Cashless transaction volumes increase by 76 percent in first 5 months: Ministry

Vietnam had 14,745,201ha of forest area, of which 10,171,757 ha are natural forests and 4,573,444 ha are planted ones, including open canopy forests, as of December 1, 2021, according to a decision announced by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Vietnam has 14,745,201ha of forest area, of which 10,171,757 ha are natural forests and 4,573,444 ha are planted ones. (Photo: V NA) The total area of forest meeting standards for calculating forest cover was 13,923,108ha, resulting in a percentage of forest cover of 42.02%. In the decision, the ministry assigned the Administration of Forestry to establish a national forest resources database. The Ministry required localities that recorded a reduction in natural forest area in 2021 to investigate the causes of the reduction and undertake measures to restore the forests, as well as to identify and punish those who are responsible for the reduction in forest area. In 2020, the country had … [Read more...] about Forest covers 42.02% of Vietnam’s total area by end of 2021

Two Vietnamese artists, who were accused of raping a British girl on Majorca island in Spain at the end of June, have returned to Vietnam after a local court returned their passports, Spanish media reported on Sunday. Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports, and Tourism Ta Quang Dong confirmed their return on Monday morning. Spain’s Ultima Hora and Majorca Daily Bulletin newspapers reported on Sunday that the Provincial Court of Palma in Majorca decided to return the passports of two Vietnamese citizens accused of “sexually abusing a 17-year-old” on August 3. No additional information was reported about the conclusions drawn by investigators or the court. The two, a musician and an actor, were arrested on June 25 after a 17-year-old British girl reported an alleged rape at a hotel in Sant Elm, Majorca, according to Majorca Daily Bulletin. She had met the men at a restaurant on June 24. They went to the beach, where she said they began to get intimate, and then came to … [Read more...] about Vietnamese artists accused of raping British girl in Spain return home: culture ministry

Ministry orders to strengthen epidemic prevention to curb Covid resurgence Accordingly, the Ministry of Health stated that although the Covid-19 epidemic is basically under control nationwide, there has been an increase in cases of the disease, hospitalizations and severe cases in recent times along with the appearance of new sub-variants of Omicron such as BA.4, BA.5 which spread faster than previous variants. Therefore, the Ministry of Health requested departments of health to advise municipal and provincial people's committees to continue directing the effective implementation of the Government's Resolution 38/NQ-CP promulgating the Covid-19 epidemic prevention and control program to strengthen epidemic prevention and control measures, to achieve the goal of disease control, to prevent the outbreaks. Moreover, administrations are proactive and ready for possible outbreaks of Covid-19. In particular, the Ministry of Health requested related agencies and localities to … [Read more...] about Ministry orders to strengthen epidemic prevention to curb Covid resurgence

A medical worker performs COVID-19 testing. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health (MoH) has warned of a spike in the number of new COVID-19 infections as well as critical cases. Over the past week, Vietnam has recorded an average of 2,000 new COVID-19 cases each day. More than 100 seriously ill COVID-19 patients are being treated at hospitals. The increase will cause overload for the health system, particularly in the context of the outbreak of other diseases such as dengue fever, influenza A and hand-foot-mouth, according to the ministry. Also, there is a high risk for newly emerging infectious diseases such as monkeypox and chronic liver problems to enter Vietnam. As the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron have appeared in many southern localities while the new academic year will start soon, the ministry is urging localities to continue to speed up vaccination, particularly booster doses for the adult population and the second dose for children … [Read more...] about Health Ministry demands prudence as COVID-19 cases rise

The Ministry of Health urges to speed up Covid-19 vaccination for children for safe school opening (Photo: SGGP) The appearance of sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5 of Omicron has increased the number of Covid-19 cases. Meanwhile, although vaccination is an effective and sustainable measure to prevent epidemics, Covid-19 vaccination coverage with third and fourth doses and for children is low. Professor Dang Duc Anh, Director of the Central Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology, said that under the direction of the Government, the Ministry of Health and related agencies, the Covid-19 vaccine vaccination is being widely deployed throughout the country. Currently, the vaccination coverage rates with third and fourth doses for people aged 18 years and older and for children are higher than months before. However, local administrations should speed up the inoculation coverage rate for booster shots, especially for children, which need to be completed in August and the third quarter of … [Read more...] about Ministry urges to speed up vaccination for children for safe school opening

Ministry proposes keeping Covid-19 in Group A of infectious diseases Regarding the reason why Covid- 19 has not been considered an endemic disease in Vietnam yet, the Ministry of Health said that most countries in the world are in a state of unstable cases and deaths, with an erratic increase and decrease trend when new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear. At the same time, acquired immunity (due to vaccines and infection) has not been stable for a long time and decreases over time. In Vietnam, more than 9 million new cases were reported in the first seven months of this year, with over 33,000 cases in July alone, up 22.4 percent from June. Cases of sub variants BA.4, BA.5 have been recorded and began to account for a large proportion in southern provinces. Meanwhile, the rates of booster shot vaccination and vaccination among children were low in some localities. The rise in new cases could cause overload of the health system, particularly in the context of other diseases … [Read more...] about Ministry proposes keeping Covid-19 in Group A of infectious diseases

The Ministry of Health states that Protamine sulfate is a drug on the list of rare drugs that should be given priority in consideration for the issuance of a circulation registration certificate Accordingly, the Ministry of Health stated that Protamine sulfate is a drug on the list of rare drugs that should be given priority in consideration for the issuance of a circulation registration certificate; however, no facility has so far submitted an application for the circulation registration of medicines with the active ingredient Protamine sulfate in Vietnam. Recently, the Drug Administration of Vietnam has licensed many establishments to import injectable drugs containing the active ingredient Protamine sulfate (which has not yet been granted a circulation registration certificate) to meet the special treatment needs of medical examination and treatment establishments. according to the provisions of Article 68 of the Government’s Decree No. 54/2017/ND-CP detailing several … [Read more...] about Health Ministry informs lack of hemostatic, anticoagulant drugs in heart surgery

Testing COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health has proposed continuing to keep COVID-19 in Group A of infectious disease , not an endemic disease in its latest draft on COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the new situation. Regarding the reason why COVID-19 has not been considered an endemic disease in Vietnam yet, the Ministry of Health said that most countries in the world are in a state of unstable cases and deaths, with an erratic increase and decrease trend when new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear. At the same time, acquired immunity (due to vaccines and infection) has not been stable for a long time and decreases over time. In Vietnam, more than 9 million new cases were reported in the first seven months of this year, with over 33,000 cases in July alone, up 22.4% from June. Cases of sub variants BA.4, BA.5 have been recorded and began to account for a large proportion in southern provinces. Meanwhile, the rates of booster … [Read more...] about Ministry proposes keeping COVID-19 in Group A of infectious diseases

The site of a car crash into a gas station in Thinh Quang Ward of Dong Da District in Hanoi on August 13 On August 13, a drunk driver lost the control of his car and crashed directly into a gas station in Thinh Quang Ward of Dong Da District in Hanoi, causing injury to several victims. Three days before that, a serious traffic accident had happened in A Luoi District of Thua Thien – Hue Province, killing four people and injuring another two. The truck in the accident, due to being overloaded, became too hard to control when moving downwards a hill and bumped into two motorbikes. In July, traffic accidents nationwide killed four people due to the sleepiness or carelessness of vehicle drivers. Statistics from the National Traffic Safety Committee reveal that in the first 7 months this year, the number of traffic fatalities rose by 7 percent compared to last year. The most common reasons for these accidents are drunk drivers, lack of observation, speeding and recklessness, … [Read more...] about Transport Ministry requests strict traffic law observation from passenger driver