A worker in Bắc Ninh has his body temperature checked before entering the factory. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Inspections conducted by the Ministry of Health at more than 200 factories and companies showed the limited capacity of some facilities in COVID-19 prevention and control work, said Deputy Minister of Health Đỗ Xuân Tuyên on Thursday. Tuyên, who is deputy head of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control, chaired a teleconference with authorities and leaders of local health departments in all 63 cities and provinces nationwide. Businesses, manufacturing facilities and industrial parks were instructed on COVID-19 prevention…
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Lê Văn Hiên uses camera to track the langurs in Kim Bảng Forest. — Photo courtesy of Uông Sĩ Hưng/FFI Nguyễn Chinh & Mai Hiên HÀ NAM — Lê Văn Hiên never thought that he would give up hunting. But meeting a wildlife expert changed his life. Once a hunter, he has laid down his rifle and become an active wildlife protector in Kim Bảng District in the northern province of Hà Nam. In 1994, he accompanied expert Lê Văn Dũng to investigate the Delacour’s langur population in Kim Bảng forest. During the journey, they saw a group of langurs cling to…
Vũ Quang Lân, head of the Northern Geological Mapping Division under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment HÀ NỘI — Vũ Quang Lân, head of the Northern Geological Mapping Division under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, has devoted 32 years of his life to geology. “The life of a geologist is always associated with many dangerous field trips but also unforgettable memories,” Lân said. He recalled when he and his colleagues had to take long field trips deeply into forests and high mountains to build geological maps and make mineral investigations in Cao…
Goalkeeper Hồ Văn Ý performs outstandingly to help Việt Nam advance to the finals of this year’s Futsal World Cup. Photo vtc.vn Futsal Thanh Hà HÀ NỘI — Goalkeeper Hồ Văn Ý has made national headlines for his outstanding performance after Việt Nam earned a slot at the 2021 Futsal World Cup finals. “I am not a hero. It was my humble contribution to team’s success,” Ý said after Việt Nam’s 1-1 draw against Lebanon at the World Cup playoff’s second leg in Dubai, the UAE on Tuesday. The scoring draw brought Việt Nam to the world’s biggest competition for…
Nguyễn Mạnh Quân speaks about his keys for success with other students. — Photo vtc.vn HÀ NỘI — Nguyễn Mạnh Quân is a physics whiz kid, as all his trophies from international competitions show. Recently, Quân – a student at the Hà Nội-Amsterdam High School for Gifted Students – was accepted to study astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton University. MIT agreed to support the 18-year-old with a financial level of more than US$64,000 per year. According to the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, MIT is the world’s fifth-best university while Princeton is the…
To reduce traffic congestion, the HCM City’s Department of Transport has proposed building an elevated road stretching from Cộng Hoà and Trường Chinh intersection in Tân Bình District to Nguyễn Văn Linh Street in District 7. HCM CITY — The HCM City Infrastructure Investment JSC (CII) has proposed building an elevated road stretching from the Cộng Hoà and Trường Chinh intersection in Tân Bình District to Nguyễn Văn Linh Street in District 7. The elevated route was not included in the previous planning of the five elevated routes in HCM City. The new elevated road will begin from the intersection…
Staff from the HCM City Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention take samples on May 26 from people living in Gò Vấp District where the Revival Ekklesia Mission Christian sect organises religious activities. — Source https://hcdc.vn/ HCM CITY — The HCM City People’s Committee has ordered the temporary closure of hair salons and suspension of all religious events and ceremonies after a new cluster of 25 COVID-19 cases related to a Christian church in Gò Vấp District was found. Religious establishments should not gather more than 10 people, the Chairman of the city People’s Committee, Nguyễn Thành Phong, said at the online…
A treatment ward for COVID-19 patients in the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ branch in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — An 81-year-old man suffering from COVID-19 in Thuận Thành District of the northern province of Bắc Ninh has died, making him Việt Nam’s 46th COVID-19 related death. He died on Wednesday evening at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases’ branch in Hà Nội’s Đông Anh District. The cause of death was noted as septic shock, pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 infection, complications of progressive respiratory failure and sepsis in an elderly patient. He was the 11th death during…
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. —Photo AFP/VNA HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has issued a resolution approving in principle the establishment of a COVID-19 vaccine fund. After that, Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái signed a decision on the fund’s establishment. The fund will receive, manage, and use voluntary financial and vaccine donations and assistance from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals, along with other legal sources, for COVID-19 vaccine procurement and import, research and production in Việt Nam, and the provision of vaccines for the people. Managed by the Ministry of Finance, the not-for-profit fund will use the mobilised capital…
Vũ Minh Giang Vũ Minh Giang, Chair of Scientific and Training Council of the Việt Nam National University, talks to the Government Portal about the recent article by Professor Dr Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Party General Secretary, titled ‘Some theoretical and practical issues on socialism and the path towards socialism in Việt Nam’ As an expert in the fields of social sciences and humanities, how do you evaluate the things mentioned in the General Secretary’s article, especially the points about the development of Vietnamese culture in the process of building socialism? The Party has always paid attention to the importance…