VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the most populous locality in Vietnam, has seen a sharp increase in the number of cases caused by the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the Ministry of Health has said.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said on January 24 that it has detected the appearance of the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that is currently spreading rapidly around the globe.

The global tourism market is set to fully recover from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2024, and Vietnam will not stand out from this trend, insiders have said.

The Ministry of Health advises health inspection centres to stay updated on global infectious disease information, ensuring effective monitoring and prevention measures at border checkpoints.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 12 sentenced former Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long to 18 years in prison for taking bribes in the COVID-19 test kit case involving in the Viet A Technology JSC.

Teachers and students from ChungcheonBuk province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) have participated in educational activities and experienced daily life along with students in Hanoi under a week-long cultural and educational exchange programme in the 2023 – 2024 academic year between the two localities, which was disrupted for three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - As many as 38 defendants, including two former ministers of health and science-technology, were brought to court in Hanoi on January 3 in a trial related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging scandal at Viet A Technologies JSC.

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Viet A Technologies JSC Phan Quoc Viet has been sentenced a total of 25 years in prison on charges of "abusing position and power while on duty" and “violating bidding regulations, causing serious damages”, in the COVID-19 test kit case at the Viet A Technologies JSC and the Vietnam Military Medical University (VMMU).

VOV.VN - A court of appeal in Hanoi on December 27 upheld the verdict of the first instance court for three former State officials who had took bribes in the repatriation flight case during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has warned of the potential risk of a COVID-19 resurgence in the city amid a wave of cases emerging in many Western-Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Guam, and Brunei.