NDO – Vietnam medical sector has marked a new milestone as local doctors have successfully carried out the world’s first hand transplant with the donor hand coming from a living donor. 

NDO/VNA – Chairwoman of the National Assembly’s Committee for Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh lauded Vinh Phuc for its efforts to stem the spread of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak during a visit to the northern province on February 23. 

NDO/VNA – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has immediately adopted a number of measures to protect Vietnamese citizens living in the Republic of Korea (ROK), which reported a huge rise in the number of confirmed new coronavirus (COVID-19) infection cases over the last few days. 

NDO – Vietnam officially applied mandatory medical declarations for all passengers entering Vietnam from the Republic of Korea (RoK), starting from 3 pm on February 23 at all border gates, amidst the number of coronavirus infections having skyrocketed in the East Asian nation over the last few days. 

NDO/VNA – The US stands ready to cooperate with Vietnam and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the fight against the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), US officials said at a recent meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in the country. 

NDO – Allowing students nationwide to go back to school in early March is appropriate and feasible amidst Vietnam controlling the spread of the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19). 

NDO/VNA – The Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Vietnamese Embassy in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on February 21 recommended Vietnamese citizens to avoid travel to areas that are affected by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and vulnerable to the virus in the country as warned by local competent agencies. 

NDO/VNA – The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on February 21 presented the first package of biologicals worth JPY 1 million (over US$ 8,900) to the Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City in support of its response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam has reported no new confirmed cases of the new coronavirus (COVID-19) since February 13, heard at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control in Hanoi on February 21. 

NDO – Politburo member Vo Van Thuong, Secretary of Party Central Committee, and Head of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Communications and Education on February 29 paid a visit and congratulated Professor and Doctor of Science Le Dang Ha, former Director of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases from 1994 to 2004, on the occasion of Vietnamese Doctors’ Day, which is celebrated on February 27 each year.  

NDO – A 73-year-old patient infected with the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) was released from the hospital in Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of February 21, marking the 15th recovering case from the deadly virus out of 16 infections in total in Vietnam. 

NDO – Two more patients who were infected with the new coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the northern province of Vinh Phuc were released from a local general clinic on the afternoon of February 20, bringing the total number of Vinh Phuc patients overcoming the deadly virus to 10. 

NDO/VNA – A three-month-old baby from the northern province of Vinh Phuc, Vietnam’s youngest coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patient, has been successfully treated, according to the National Children’s Hospital. 

NDO – Vietnam has successfully treated 14 infection cases of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (Covid-19), the national steering committee on the fight has announced.