Covid-19 epidemic

The Prime Minister has directed the Ministry of Health to prepare a document for a declaration of an end to the Covid-19 epidemic in Vietnam.

Many motorcycle taxi drivers in the Central Province of Quang Nam want to participate in social insurance to have pensions.

According to the Ministry of Education and Training’s amended draft, tuition fee rates in non-autonomous public schools for the academic year 2023-2024 will not increase, ranging from VND12 million-VND24.5 million a year.

People still breach the prohibition of ads promoting or referencing alcohol; thus, it is necessary to have tougher measures to deter violations.

Currently, tuition fees in higher education facilities are extremely high impeding students from poor families to continue pursuing their studies. So it is time to balance education quality and students’ access.

The lending interest rates have returned to the interest rate before the Covid-19 epidemic, but the credit in the first 7 months of the year only grew by 4.03 percent, reaching one-third of the plan of the year.

Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen thanked agencies and hospitals for recruiting young doctors and offering them opportunities to choose a workplace of their choice.

Medical workers in Ho Chi Minh City-based hospitals fretted about the lack of drugs for severe hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) cases.

Today, the southern provinces of Ba Ria - Vung Tau and Binh Phuoc both reported cases of Covid-19 .

Amid a decrease in purchasing power, traders have resorted to increasing online sales.

Vietnam’s import and export turnover from the beginning of the year to now is more than US$230 billion, a decrease of 15.4 percent or $42.1 billion over the same period last year. Of which, export turnover reached $118.58 billion, down 12.8 percent.

Over the years, the development of private healthcare facilities in Ho Chi Minh City has provided patients in HCMC and neighboring localities with more choices of healthcare services, helping to reduce the burden placed on public hospitals.

A senior medical worker said that a Covid-19 wave outbreak is unlikely to occur after the Reunification Day and May Day holidays this year.

A fund-raising campaign was launched for collecting money to support poor and disabled children.

Because wild poliovirus from endemic-hit countries spread to countries that have eliminated polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended Vietnam to raise polio immunization coverage.

Vietnamese and foreign tourists will have a chance to visit the headquarters building of the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City - the national architectural and artistic monument on the upcoming national holidays.

Ho Chi Minh City and Australian localities still have a lot of potential for cooperation in developing high-quality human resources, said Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen.

Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen proposed that the city should be given the right to proactively issue policies to mobilize financial resources for investment and education development.

The Quan The Am (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva) festival returned to the central coastal city of Da Nang on March 8 after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 epidemic.