Businesses make additional donations to COVID-19 vaccine fund 21:39 | 25/05/2021
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long (front, right) receives donations from businesses on May 25 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 25 received 125 billion VND (5.4 million USD), 1 million USD, and 1 million vaccine doses donated by enterprises for the COVID-19 vaccine purchase and inoculation fund.
Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said that since secured financial sources are of critical importance for carrying out strategies to achieve the fastest and most widespread access to COVID-19 vaccines, financial support from enterprises is very much necessary.
Describing the precious aid from businesses as an effective contribution to the fight against COVID-19, he called for continued assistance for the healthcare sector and the country as a whole in this regard.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 12:28 GMT+7
A signboard warning of a checkpoint for COVID-19 prevention and control is erected on a road leading to Bac Ninh City in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam, May 25, 2021. Photo: Chi Tue / Tuoi Tre
Authorities in Bac Ninh City, the capital of the namesake northern Vietnamese province, on Tuesday morning implemented a nighttime curfew and other travel restrictions by establishing 115 checkpoints to curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus.
People in Bac Ninh City are banned from going outside after 8:00 pm.
Only workers performing official duties, sending people to emergency wards, going to night shifts, or returning home from work, with relevant papers such as cards and certifications proving their purposes are allowed to travel in the evenings.
Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 23:19 GMT+7
A military medic disinfects a school in Bac Giang Province, Vietnam. Photo: Trung Anh / Tuoi Tre
The Ministry of Health confirmed an all-time high of 444 domestic coronavirus infections in Vietnam on Tuesday, the vast majority recorded in a northern province home to industrial parks.
This number broke the daily record set on May 16, when 187 domestic cases were reported, according to the health ministry’s data.
Bac Giang Province, situated in northern Vietnam, registered 375 of the latest cases, most found at or linked to industrial parks.
Twenty-eight infections were registered in Bac Ninh Province, which borders Bac Giang. Both provinces are industrial park hubs.
21/05/2021 06:00 GMT+7 Vietnamnet
Along with the 5K message, Vietnam is strictly implementing three counterattacks: large-scale testing; implementation of a vaccine strategy; and application of technology for Covid-19 tracing.
On May 5, 2021, the new Government, headed by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, had a regular but special meeting after one month of operation.
Cabinet members spent most of the time discussing a huge challenge that Vietnam was facing: the new Covid-19 outbreak. At that time the pandemic was wreaking havoc in the neighboring countries. Thanks to effective solutions that were proven in the previous three waves of Covid, Vietnam was like an ‘oasis’ among surrounding countries that were being fiercely attacked by the epidemic.