A steering committee for COVID-19 vaccination safety debuted at a video conference in Hanoi on April 28 that was connected to 63 cities and provinces nationwide.

The Indian strain of Covid-19 is more contagious and more fatal. Vietnam is rushing to sequence the gene in Covid-19 infections in four Indian experts who are currently in Vietnam. 

Many provinces and cities in Vietnam such as Hanoi, Thanh Hoa, Ha Tinh, Quang Ninh and Nghe An have decided to suspend festivals and large gatherings to prevent a possible resurgence of Covid-19, 

HCM City is tightening surveillance to detect illegal entrants from other countries, its People’s Committee chairman, Nguyen Thanh Phong, said at a meeting of the city Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on April 26.   

Hanoi’s authorities decided on Tuesday to halt festivals, close walking street areas, and limit unnecessary large gatherings in the capital city over coronavirus fears.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health said that COVAX Facility has committed to provide Vietnam with nearly 40 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, enough for over 19 million people categorized as priority. 

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on April 27 stressed the need to continue with measures for COVID-19 prevention, detection, quarantine, sealing off, stamping out and effective treatment.

Vietnam is taking tough measures to prevent another Covid-19 outbreak after months without locally transmitted cases.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked ministries, agencies, localities, units and individuals to remain vigilant against COVID-19 and raise the sense of responsibility for public health.

Vietnam has kept a close watch on COVID-19 situation in India and is willing to support the Government and people of India in this hard time, Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said on April 26.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia on April 24 called on Vietnamese people in the country not to return home via illegal channels.

The Vietnam National Quality Awards 2019-2020 were presented at a ceremony in Hanoi on April 25, honouring 116 companies with remarkable achievements

COVID-19 patients recently returning from Cambodia have been infected with more transmissible variants of B1.1.7 of the UK and B.1.352 of South Africa, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on April 25.

Ten Vietnamese citizens returning from Russia, Japan, and Germany have been diagnosed with the SRAS-CoV-2 virus that causes the COVID-19 disease, the Ministry of Health said in its 18.00hrs update on April 25.

Vietnam has joined many multilateral and bilateral trade agreements in recent years. The question is what the country receives from these trade relations.

The level of awareness of Vietnamese small enterprises on responsible business practice is lower than that of large ones, according to a latest survey.

The domestic industry has been affected due to the dumping of Chinese aluminum imports in recent years.

The Chairman’s Statement on the ASEAN Leaders’ Meeting was issued at the end of the gathering in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 24.

Vietnam recorded no new COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6am on April 25, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said.

The US’s newswire vox.com on April 23 published an article highlighting Vietnam’s effective measures against the COVID-19 pandemic,