Students in Hanoi will begin their Lunar New Year holiday (Tet) – the biggest traditional festival of Vietnamese people – on February 1, one week earlier than previous schedule, to meet the requirements of COVID-19 prevention and control in the city.

VOV.VN - The northern province of Quang Ninh has traced over 23,600 F1 and F4 contacts on January 30, and tested 4,670 cases, with over 2,400 samples coming back negative for the SARS-CoV-2-virus.

VOV.VN - Hanoi is set to conduct mass testing for approximately 5,00000 citizens who recently returned from COVID-19) hotspots in Hai Duong and Quang Ninh provinces, according to information released by the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (Hanoi CDC).

Vietjet has announced a plan to support customers with their flight to and from Van Don, the northern province of Quang Ninh, from January 29 to February 13 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on January 30 morning reported the detection of a further 34 new COVID-19 community cases, taking the national infection tally to 1,739.

VOV.VN - Thousands of residents living in T6 apartment block of Times City urban area in Hanoi were swiftly placed into lockdown on January 29 after one person who resides in the complex tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

VOV.VN - As the nation’s latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) hotspot, the northern province of Quang Ninh set up five check-points at midnight on January 28 following the detection of a positive COVID-19 case in the locality.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son has called on localities nationwide to keep vigilance high as the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) strain first detected in the UK can spread at a rate of over 70% faster than other variants.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has sent an urgent dispatch to airports, directing them to strictly follow COVID-19 prevention and control measures after community transmissions of the coronavirus were reported in the northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh.

VOV.VN - Six local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested negative for the SARS-CoV-2 virus after having close contact with a COVID-19 patient announced by the Ministry of Health on January 28.