9,849 new cases confirmed on Wednesday

Cases reported in HCM City (1,337), Đồng Nai (664), Bình Dương (601), An Giang (527), Tiền Giang (526), Bình Thuận (489), Đồng Tháp (489), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (428), Kiên Giang (396), Tây Ninh (376), Sóc Trăng (364), Bạc Liêu (323), Vĩnh Long (290), Cà Mau (233), Hà Nội (218), Bình Phước (217), Đắk Lắk (188), Bến Tre (180), Long An (153), Trà Vinh (152), Cần Thơ (145), Khánh Hòa (144), Hà Giang (134), Bắc Ninh (107), Thừa Thiên Huế (96), Hậu Giang (94), Bình Định (87), Hải Dương (81), Bắc Giang (79), Quảng Ninh (79), Nghệ An (77), Quảng Nam (70), Thái Bình (60), Nam Định (51), Đà Nẵng (37), Quảng Ngãi (36), Ninh Thuận (34), Đắk Nông (32), Quảng Bình (29), Thanh Hóa (29), Tuyên Quang (25), Ninh Bình (19), Hà Nam (18), Phú Thọ (17), Cao Bằng (16), Quảng Trị (15), Hà Tĩnh (14), Phú Yên (13), Hưng Yên (12), Vĩnh Phúc (11), Hải Phòng (7), Kon Tum (7), Hòa Bình (6), Thái Nguyên (3), Điện Biên (3), Lào Cai (1).

Controversial religious figure further charged for incest

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Hospital rearrangement must give priority to local facilities: Deputy PM

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Việt Nam strives to be regional centre of creativity and innovation

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Khánh Hoà seller helps customers trace origins of organic coconuts

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Phú Yên farmers supported to escape poverty

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HCM City plans numerous events celebrating 50th National Reunification Day next year

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HCM City to hold requiem in remembrance of COVID-19 victims on Friday

Buddhist temples and establishments in HCM City will ring their bells, light candles, offer incense, and pray for those who died from COVID at 8pm on Friday (Nov 19) at the Independence Palace in District 1 as part of a national requiem.

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Hà Nội sets up five treatment facilities to treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms

Hà Nội has set up five centres to quarantine and treat COVID-19 patients with mild symptoms in five districts with a total of 1,150 beds from Wednesday (November 17).

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Teachers struggle due to prolonged closure of kindergartens

Kindergarten teachers in HCM City are at their wits end as schools remain closed. Many are taking up other jobs like selling fruit and clothes to make ends meet. Some principals even say if the schools don’t reopen soon, they could go bankrupt

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HCM City entertainment sector begins new normal reopening

Nightclubs, bars, spas and massage parlours will be allowed to resume operations, but only if they have strict COVID prevention measures in place and are in areas currently deemed ‘low risk’.

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Late flooding season results in low sediment levels, fewer aquatic food sources in rice fields in Mekong Delta

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta's flood season, commonly called “floating water season”, caused by the rising level of the Mekong River in the rainy season, arrived in September, about one month late compared to other years.

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Southern region urged to speed up key projects on air connectivity

Construction of key projects enhancing air connectivity between HCM City and areas in the southern key economic zone needs to begin on time to avoid financial losses, experts have said.

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8 field hospitals to treat moderately ill COVID-19 patients in HCM City

HCM CITY— HCM City has set up eight field hospitals with nearly 300 beds each to treat moderately ill COVID-19 patients and people with underlying medical conditions as the number of COVID-19 cases rises, according to the city Department of Health.