As of May 8 morning, 233 out of the 288 patients in Vietnam have recovered. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnam recorded no new cases of COVID-19 on May 8 morning, marking 22 consecutive days without asingle infection in the community.
Theannouncement from the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention andControl came the day after 17 passengers returning to Vietnam on a flightfrom overseas tested positive for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2.
Thetotal number of people in Vietnam who have been infected remains at 288with zero fatalities.
Allof the new patients reported on May 7 evening are Vietnamese nationalsreturning from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a Vietnam Airlines flight. Theyinclude a new born baby.
All17 are being treated and in stable conditions at the General Hospital insouthern Bac Lieu province.
Therewere 297 people on board the flight which landed at the Can Tho InternationalAirport on May 3.
Allthe passengers along with cabin crew were immediately taken in quarantine afterlanding.
🍌 Asof May 8 morning, 233 out of a total of 288 patients in Vietnam haverecovered.
The remainders have been treated at health establishments nationwide, of whom 14 tested negative for the virus once and seven tested negative twice or more./.
Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The has asked the Department of Transport and Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) to study and propose the restoration of a number of international flights with very limited frequency, giving priority to experts and officials, while ensuring strict control of anti-pandemic measures as well as social distancing.
International media have continued to speak highly of the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and measures taken by the Government to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Domestic passenger transportation services will resume from 0:00 on May 8 to meet people's traveling demand as the COVID-19 epidemic is under control in Vietnam, said the Ministry of Transport.
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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.
As of May 8 morning, 233 out of the 288 patients in Vietnam have recovered. (Photo: VNA) 
