Vietnam records no new COVID-19 infections in community for 27 days
Vietnam reported no new COVID-19 cases on May 13 evening, marking it 27 days in a row without new infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
252 patients have been given the all-clear from COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals, according the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam reported no newCOVID-19 cases on May 13 evening, marking it 27 days in a row without new infections in the community, accordingto the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
The committee added that 148 importedcases have been quarantined upon their arrival.
So far, 13,719 people having close contact with patients or entering from thepandemic-hit regions have been quarantined, including 324 at hospitals, 7,254 at concentrated quarantineareas and 6,141 at home.
The committee’s treatmentsubcommittee reported that 252 patients have given the all-clear from COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals, while 36others are being treated at centrally-run and provincial health facilities. Most ofthem are in stable condition.
As of May 13 afternoon, six patients tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, and11 tested negative twice or more./.
A British pilot, who is the 91st COVID-19 patient in Vietnam, is suffering 90 percent damage to his lungs, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases where he is being treated.
The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) has partnered with foreign non-government organisations and businesses to donate medical supplies to certain schools across the city to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to HUFO Vice President Tran Hoang Khanh Van.
With an index score of 77, Vietnam is ranked second globally and first among Southeast Asian countries in terms of its people’s satisfaction with the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a newly released study of over 23 countries and territories by Singapore-based social research agency Blackbox Research and Toluna Company.
Representatives from the Embassy of Vietnam and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Cambodia on May 13 presented 4,000 antimicrobial face masks for the country’s detention centres.
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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.
252 patients have been given the all-clear from COVID-19 and discharged from hospitals, according the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control. (Photo: VNA) 
