The Department of Culture, Sport and Tourism requested the People’s Committee in the districts and city to instruct the competent agencies to coordinate with the the relic management board to enhance the communication on the disease prevention and control; restrict to organize crowded activities; ensure the conditions of disease prevention and control in line with the instruction of the Ministry of Health.

Tourists with face mask visit Vinh Nghiem pagoda to avoid the disease infection.

The people are requested to wear face mask when joining activities at the tourism sites.

Among the nCoV complicated situation, the number of tourists at the local destinations declined 40 – 80 percent comparing to the spring occasion last year.

Few people visit Bo Da pagoda (Viet Yen district).

Particularly, from January 15 onward, only 6,000 tourist arrivals visited Suoi Mo Ecological Tourism Site, down 40 percent while Bo Da pagoda attracts only 100 visitors and Vinh Nghiem pagoda draws dozens of guest on a daily basis.

Six nCoV patients cured, discharged from hospital

Three patients from the northern province of Vinh Phuc infected with the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) have recovered and were discharged from the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases (NHTD) in Hanoi on February 10.

Bac Giang prepares conditions to isolate suspected cases to control nCoV caused epidemic

(BGO) – The Vice Chairman of Bac Giang provincial People’s Committee (PPC) Le Anh Duong and Vice Head of the provincial Steering Committee's Standing Board for prevention and control of the acute respiratory epidemic (the Steering Committee) caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) on February 9 paid a field trip to inspect the preparation measures to isolate the cases who return from the nCoV affected area and closely contact with the infected patient.

Vietnam’s new nCoV test kit thrice as fast at one-third the cost

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Vietnamese Golden Ball award ceremony postponed amidst nCoV outbreak

The Vietnamese Golden Ball (VGB) awards ceremony will be held later as the nation grapples with the new pneumonia virus.

Ministry launches subweb, mobile app to support nCoV prevention, control

The Ministry of Health (MoH) on February 8 launched a subweb on its news portal and a mobile app on the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (nCoV) to support the prevention and control of the disease.

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