Accordingly, the PPC Chairman requested the Directors of the Departments of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Information and Communication, Health as well as the PPC Chairman of the districts and city to instruct:

Few tourists visit Bo Da pagoda (Viet Yen district) on February 2, 2020.

1. To postpone Tay Yen Tu Spring Festival and activities in the framework of 2020 Culture – Tourism Week as well as the spring traditional festivals at localities.

2. To reduce the scale, duration and activities for those which already began so as to ensure the condition to prevent the epidemic correctly as the instruction from the Ministry of Health.

3. To request the visitors to use the face mask when joining the activities at the festivals and relic sites.

4. Basing on the functions and tasks, the departments, sectors and localities should actively accelerate the communication to discourage the residents participating in the spring travel and festive activities.

5. To take active measures to prevent and control the acute respiratory epidemic caused by nCoV at the relic sites and festival activities.

National steering committee for coronavirus prevention set up

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to establish a national steering committee for prevention and control of the acute respiratory disease caused by a new coronavirus (nCoV).

PM directs preventive measures against corona virus

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued Notice No.121/CD-TTg on intensifying prevention measures against the acute respiratory illness caused by a new strain of corona virus.

Vietnam, France partner in producing vaccines against livestock diseases

Vietnamese agencies have joined hands with a French partner on the research and production of vaccines against the African swine fever (ASF) and foot and mouth disease (FMD).

Over 4.5 billion VND raised to support children with heart diseases

More than 4.5 billion VND (193,826 USD) was raised for poor children with heart diseases through a text message campaign carried out by the Vietnam Television (VTV) and the National Humanitarian Portal 1400 from November 1 to December 30, 2019.

Nearly 5,200 children with congenital heart diseases receive free surgery

Over the past eleven years, free surgeries have been provided to nearly 5,200 children under the age of 16 who are suffering from congenital heart diseases and are living in difficult circumstances under the ‘Hearts for you’ programme.

Minh Thu