Politics - Society

Drastic actions must be taken to fight the acute respiratory disease caused by the 2019 novel coronavirus (nCoV), but they must not affect the country's socio-economic development, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc said on February 5.

According to a report from Ninh Binh Department of Health, on February 3, five suspected patients of Coronavirus have tested negative and have been released (with negative test results and stable health). All of them are quarantined at home.

Vietnam has added 11 more cultural icons to the list of national intangible cultural heritage, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism has recommended postponing or cancelling traditional festivals which are yet to start, and for those which already began, their scale, duration and activities should be reduced, in the face of the threat of coronavirus.

The 'Tap Chi Cong San' (Communist Review), in coordination with the Party Committee of Central Business Block and the Party Committee of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, co-organised an art programme in Hanoi on January 18 to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2020).

The Bai Dinh Pagoda Festival kicked off in Gia Vien district of the northern mountainous province of Ninh Binh on January 30, the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.

A tree-planting festival was launched in eight districts, cities in the northern province of Ninh Binh, on January 30 (the sixth day of the first lunar month).

Southeast Asian nations have taken precautionary measures to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus as the outbreak is worsening in China and elsewhere.

Party General Secretary, State President Nguyen Phu Trong, on behalf of the Party and State, has extended his best wishes to all Vietnamese people at home and abroad at the start of the Year of the Rat.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc inspected combat readiness of the mobile police force under the Ministry of Public Security in Hanoi on January 21, ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Deputy Minister of Public Security Senior Lieutenant General Bui Van Nam extended his best wishes to officials and people of Ninh Binh while visiting the northern province on January 21, a head of the Lunar New Year.

The fireworks will take place at low altitudes in four locations, including Ninh Binh, Tam Diep cities, Yen Khanh and Kim Son districts.

Minister of Finance Dinh Tien Dung visited and presented Tet gifts to poor workers of some companies in Gia Vien district as well as wounded and sick soldiers in Nho Quan war invalid nursing center on the occasion of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The 'Tap Chi Cong San' (Communist Review), in coordination with the Party Committee of Central Business Block and the Party Committee of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, co-organised an art programme in Hanoi on January 18 to mark the 90th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930-2020).

The fourth "Bua Liem Vang" (Golden Hammer & Sickle) Press Awards 2019 honoured journalists and their works about the Party building in Hanoi on January 15.

Policy beneficiaries have been given gifts from the Party, State and the whole of society ahead of the 2020 Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

Tran Cam Tu, Chairman of the PCC Inspection Commission on January 13 joined a programme to present gifts to workers in the northern province of Ninh Binh ahead of the traditional 2020 Lunar New Year (Tet).

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by its Vice Chairwoman Tong Thi Phong has been attending activities within the framework of the 28th Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum Annual Meeting (APPF-28) in Canberra, Australia, from January 13-16.

Police of the central province of Thanh Hoa on January 11 detected and detained two people illegally trafficking 16 live pangolins totally weighing 71 kg.