Vietnam records four imported cases of COVID-19 on April 15 morning
Vietnam confirmed four more imported COVID-19 infections during the past 12 hours to 6am April 15, raising the national tally to 2,737, according to the Ministry of Health.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam confirmed four more importedCOVID-19 infections during the past 12 hours to 6am April 15, raising the national tally to 2,737, according to theMinistry of Health.
All of the new cases are Vietnamese who were sent to quarantine in the MekongDelta province of Kien Giang and the central province of Khanh Hoa right upontheir arrival.
The ministry said 2,445 COVID-19 patients have been given the all-clear, and the deathtoll remains at 35.
Among patients still under treatment, 16 havetested negative for the novel coronavirus once, 18 twice and 18 thrice.
A total 38,743 people who had closecontact with COVID-19 patients or arrived from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantinedacross the country.
The ministry reported that an additional 1,767 peoplewere vaccinated against the coronavirus on April 14, raising the total numberof vaccinated people in the country to 62,028, mainly frontline medicalworkers, and members of community-based anti-COVID-19 groups and the steering committeesfor COVID-19 prevention and control in 19 cities and provinces.
The Health Ministry continues tourge all people to follow the 5K motto – Khau trang (wearing facemask) –Khu khuan (disinfecting) – Khoang cach (keeping distance) – Khong tu tap (nogathering) – Khai bao y te (making medical declaration), in order to livesafely amid the pandemic./.
Three imported cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 12 hours to 6am April 14, raising the national count to 2,717, according to the Ministry of Health.
As of 5pm on April 13, there were only nine COVID-19 patients still under treatment in the northern province of Hai Duong, which was the country’s biggest pandemic hotspot in the latest resurgence that began on January 27.
For the Hung Kings Temple Festival to take place safely and efficiently this year, authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho has directed relevant units to build detailed plans ensuring conditions to thoroughly implement COVID-19 prevention and control measures.
Vietnam is working to soon develop its own home-made COVID-19 vaccines, a representative from the Health Ministry told a meeting of the standing board of the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on April 14.
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The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
All drugs entering hospitals must have a clear origin, so counterfeit drugs are only in the market, not in hospital, affirmed Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan.
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The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
Preparing for COVID-19 testing (Photo: VNA) 
