The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it and diplomatic agencies of Vietnam in China have urgently worked with the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Yunnan province's authorities on the information that China is preparing to release floodwater from its Malutang hydropower dam, which is located in Yunnan province's Wenshan district, and the upstream of the Lo River in Vietnam.

China began discharging water from its upstream hydropower dams into the Lo River as of 2 p.m. on September 11, and Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Hoang Hiep reported the discharge rate as relatively low and not expected to significantly affect downstream areas in Vietnam.

Japan’s discharge of treated radioactive water into the sea will not impact Vietnam’s sea areas, said Deputy Director of the Vietnam Agency for Radiation and Nuclear Saftery under the Ministry of Science and Technology Pham Van Toan told the ministry's regular press conference for the second quarter in Hanoi on July 19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded 65,619 coronavirus cases on April 2, representing a fall of nearly 7,000 cases compared to the previous day, the lowest figure recorded in the past month.

VOV.VN - H.M. patient who was the first the Omicron case in Vietnam was discharged from Military Central Hospital 108 in Hanoi on January 2 after making full recovery from the disease.

VOV.VN - The country recorded an additional 4,363 COVID-19 infections across 42 localities nationwide, a drop of 1,022 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its October 5 update.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 5,490 new COVID-19 cases on October 2, thereby pushing the total during the latest wave’s to 798,626 infections.

VOV.VN - Field Hospital No. 3 in Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has discharged 6,209 COVID-19 patients since its operation on June 7.

VOV.VN - Up to 18 severely-ill COVID-19 patients were discharged on September 7 following their recovery after being treated at field hospital No. 14 located at No. 2 Truong Chinh street of Tay Thanh ward in Tan Phu district.

VOV.VN - As many as 107,216 recovered COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City have now been discharged from hospital after making a full recovery from the virus, according to the municipal Centre for Disease Control (CDC).