The South, including Ho Chi Minh City, from May 7 to 10 has heat with the highest common heat of 35-37 degrees Celsius, in some places over 37 degrees. Northern and Central regions have the highest temperature of 36-39 degrees, some places are 42 degrees.

The Ministry of Science and Technology has just held a meeting with research institutes, centers, vaccine and biological drug production companies in Vietnam to concretize the guidance of Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on urgently researching and producing vaccines against Covid-19 pandemic.

On 6/5, the UV index in Hanoi and Da Nang is between 9-10, while in Ho Chi Minh City is between 8-9, corresponding to the level of the impact of high to very high harm to human body when exposed to direct sunlight.

Representative of Vaccine and Biological One Member Limited Company (VABIOTECH), under the Ministry of Health has just said that the Company has been initially successful in the study of recruitment of vaccines against COVID-19 and test injections on the mouse.

On 4/5/2020, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) had a meeting with representatives of management, research and enterprise units to discuss solutions to quickly develop Covid-19 vaccine. Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Pham Cong Tac presided the meeting.

Four Vietnamese universities, three Myanmar universities and three European universities will participate in DESL to improve pedagogical capacity, teaching infrastructure and human resources to implement smart lighting projects.

Vaccine and Biological One Member Limited Company (VABIOTECH), Ministry of Health said that Vietnam has initially succeeded in researching vaccine selection and testing on mice.

The British Embassy in Vietnam said the University of Oxford Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) of the UK is working with the Ministry of Health of Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases to conduct research to assess safety and efficacy of chloroquine using in COVID-19 treatment.

The Hanoi Department of Science and Technology has recently planned to implement the National Quality Award 2020. Accordingly, the Department of Standards, Metrology and Quality is the agency in charge of implementing this Award.

The COVID-19 rapid test kit produced by Vietnam has just been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO).