Living Healthy
Vu Quang national park offers home for rare gibbon
Living positive - 21/08/2021
The Vu Quang National Park in the central province of Ha Tinh announced on August 10 it received a rare white-cheeked gibbon from local forest rangers.
Vietnamese representative wins prize at Locarno Film Festival’s Open Doors Awards
Living positive - 16/08/2021
A Vietnamese producer has won a prize in the Open Doors category at the Locarno Film Festival, which recently wrapped up in Locarno, Switzerland.
Nearly 1.6 million young people volunteer to fight the epidemic
Living positive - 11/08/2021
During the fourth wave of the COVID-19 epidemic, youth union organisations across the country have coordinated with local authorities and the health sector to deploy support activities in the fight against COVID-19 with the participation of nearly 1.6 million young members, according to the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee.
Writing contest on slow living amid COVID-19 invites entries
Living positive - 11/08/2021
Vietnamese publisher Skybooks is inviting until August 28 entries for its writing contest about life at the time of COVID-19, aiming to explore beautiful stories and send positive messages to readers as many parts of the country is battling the virus resurgence.
Blood donation campaign launched in Ho Chi Minh City amidst shortages due to COVID-19
Living positive - 04/08/2021
A blood donation campaign was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on August 4 to supplement for the blood banks of nearly 150 hospitals in the city.
Storm No. 4 at shock level 10 in East Sea
Living positive - 04/08/2021
A tropical depression, which formed in the northern territorial waters of the Northern East Sea/South China Sea region has strengthened to become storm No.4, internationally known as Lupit, on the morning of August 4, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).
Assistance given to needy people during social distancing days
Living positive - 03/08/2021
Essential items such as rice, cooking oil and fish sauce, along with vegetables and canned food, have been given free of charge to workers who have reduced income or lost their jobs, students who have been stuck in dormitories, people with disabilities and policy beneficiaries, through the model of “zero dong mini supermarket” in Hanoi.
PM sends encouragement letter to frontline workers in COVID-19 fight
Living positive - 02/08/2021
The Party, State and people appreciate and highly value the contributions, sacrifices and efforts made by those working on the front line against COVID-19, especially the medical staff, emphasised Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a letter of encouragement to the frontline workers.
Hanoi asks public employees to go to office only when necessary
Living positive - 02/08/2021
The Hanoi government has requested its employees whose work involves information technology to work from home during the social distancing period.
Vietnam cuts water and telecommunications bills to support virus-hit residents
Living positive - 02/08/2021
The central government has ordered for reductions in the pricing of clean water and telecommunications services so as to ease the burden on residents affected by COVID-19.
Delivery workers risk life daily in HCMC, Covid epicenter
Living positive - 16/07/2021
Delivery workers are playing a key role in keeping Saigonese fed amid the social distancing, but they are wary of infection in what is now the country’s Covid-19 hub.
HCMC to open 1,000 mobile food stalls, reopen traditional markets
Living positive - 15/07/2021
HCMC plans to set up more mobile food stalls and let traditional markets reopen to sell vegetables.
