06/02/2020 09:05 AM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has ordered all travellers who come from or transit through coronavirus (nCoV)-hit areas of China to be quarantined in an effort to stamp out the viral outbreak.

05/02/2020 05:25 PM

A free-of-charge hotline set up by the Ministry of Health has received more than 18,600 calls relating to coronavirus outbreak issues since it was set up two days ago.

05/02/2020 10:05 AM

At the invitation from the General Director of Vietnam Social Security, Dr. Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano, Secretary General of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) in the term of 2019 - 2025 will have a visit to Vietnam from February 20th to February 22nd, 2020.

05/02/2020 09:05 AM

The World Health Organization (WHO) today spells out the need to step up cancer services in low and middle-income countries. WHO warns that, if current trends continue, the world will see a 60% increase in cancer cases over the next two decades. The greatest increase (an estimated 81%) in new cases will occur in low- and middle-income countries, where survival rates are currently lowest.

04/02/2020 06:10 PM

On February 4, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a phone conversation with Indonesian President Joko Widodo about cooperation between ASEAN countries to deal with acute respiratory infections caused by new strains of Corona virus (2019-nCoV).

03/02/2020 11:10 AM

Demand for facemasks and hand sanitiser has soared after three Vietnamese people tested positive for coronavirus.

03/02/2020 08:10 AM

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has signed the second directive urging ministries, agencies and localities to intensify measures for prevention and control of the pneumonia caused by novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV).

02/02/2020 09:10 AM

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc just signed a decision declaring the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV) an epidemic in Việt Nam, following the sixth confirmed case of infection in the country earlier today.