Three imported cases of COVID-19 detected on March 3 morning
Vietnam recorded three imported cases of COVID-19 over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on March 3, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam recorded threeimported cases of COVID-19 over the past 12 hours to 6:00 am on March 3, accordingto the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
One of the latest patients is a Chinese expert whoarrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on February28 and was quarantined right upon arrival. The patient is now under treatmentat the general hospital of the southern province of Binh Duong.
The two others are Vietnamese citizens who were sentto quarantine after entering Vietnam via the Ha Tien border gate in the MekongDelta province of Kien Giang on February 27. The patients are being treated ata medical centre in Ha Tien city.
The national count of COVID-19 cases reached 2,475,including 1,561 domestically-transmitted cases.
Ten cities and provinces, which were previously hitby the latest outbreak, namely Hoa Binh, Dien Bien, Ha Giang, Binh Duong, HungYen, Bac Giang, Gia Lai, Bac Ninh, Quang Ninh, and Ho Chi Minh City, have gonethrough 18 straight days without new infections.
The capital city of Hanoi has also recorded no newcases for 15 consecutive days.
The committee’s treatment sub-committee said a totalof 1,898 patients have recovered so far.
Among active patients, 66 have tested for thecoronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, 37 twice and 113 thrice.
Around 59,080 people who had close contact withCOVID-19 patients or came from pandemic-hit areas are under medical monitoringnationwide, with 540 in hospitals, 13,424 in State-designated quarantineestablishments, and 45,117 at home./.
While Vietnam as a whole is exerting every effort to contain the spread of COVID-19, scientists have been racing against time to develop vaccines - a weapon that will help humankind fight the deadly pandemic and considered the most effective course of action in the long run.
Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong has said COVID-19 vaccination will begin right after the Ministry of Health receives an accreditation certificate from the Republic of Korea (RoK), scheduled for late this week or early next week.
After more than three weeks of intensive treatment, the patient's pneumonia improved, breathing stabilised, sedation was reduced, and the breathing tube was removed. He is now conscious, able to eat orally, and in recovery.
Despite storm-related disruptions and flight delays, the organs were successfully transported via a combination of air and ground travel. All patients are currently stable and recovering well.
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.
To achieve its goal of becoming a developed nation by 2045, Vietnam is prioritising the integration of AI and digital tools into the training of future doctors, said Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Viet Nhung, Dean of Medicine at University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Vietnam National University (VNU) Hanoi.
Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
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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The project aimed to enable early detection and reduce the risk of dangerous complications, targeting patients with chronic diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and metabolic disorders.
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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.
Medical screenings and surgical interventions for children with disabilities are being carried out at health centers across Dien Bien. So far this year, 242 children have been identified for diagnosis, treatment, surgery, and the provision of assistive devices.
The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
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.
Illustrative image (Source: VNA) 
