Undertake preventive measures

In the past five years, Vietnamese living abroad sent more than US$71 billion in remittances to the country with an average annual growth rate of 6%, largely contributing to improving the balance of payments and increasing the state foreign exchange reserves. As of October 2020, overseas Vietnamese from 27 countries and territories have invested US$1.6 billion in 362 projects in Vietnam. … [Read more...] about Overseas Vietnamese: Inseparable part of Vietnam

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s Ministry of Health has ordered the testing of samples of food packaging imported from countries with large COVID-19 outbreaks to head off potential exposure to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The precautionary move comes as Vietnam has largely controlled the domestic situation – it has gone more than 80 days without community transmission – but health authorities warn risks of virus resurgence remain real and significant. To strengthen prevention measures and prevent the spread of the virus into Vietnam, the Ministry of Health, a standing member of the Central Inter-agency Steering Committee on Food Safety, asked the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Ministry of Finance (the General Department of Customs), and the People's Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to instruct authorities to take strict control measures, especially against frozen food imported products from … [Read more...] about Health Ministry: Food packaging from COVID-19-hit countries to be tested

Hanoi (VNA) – Eight new cases of COVID-19 were detected among those who entered Vietnam from other countries on November 27, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.   The new imported cases brought the national count to 1,339 as of 6pm on November 27. They include two Russians coming to Vietnam on flight QH9195 which landed in Cam Ranh airport (Khanh Hoa province) on November 24, and one Japanese expert who arrived in Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City on November 25. The remaining five are Vietnamese citizens returning home from Russia, the UK, and France. The same day, four COVID-19 patients were given the all-clear, raising the total number of recovered to 1,170. The number of fatalities remains at 35. Among patients still under treatment, eight have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 12 twice and 11 thrice. Meanwhile, 15,994 people are under health monitoring, with 184 at hospitals, 14,935 at concentrated … [Read more...] about Vietnam records eight imported cases of COVID-19 on November 27

Army General Ngo Xuan Lich - Politburo member, member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, and Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People’s – and Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Thanh Son, a member of the Party Central Committee, are among the nominees for the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly attending the conference. … [Read more...] about Conference held to survey public opinion

To Meet this end, the minister stressed, military reporters of all kinds must always stay loyal to the Party, State, CMC and MND; closely follow instructions from higher-levels and relevant agencies; and resolutely struggle against any signs of commercializing military press products. The military press agencies must serve as a mirror in the revolutionary press sector of Vietnam by effectively carrying out the information service while proactively and actively finding approaches to modern forms of communications and making innovations in doing their jobs. … [Read more...] about Defense minister congratulates military press sector on press day