11,811 new COVID-19 cases confirmed on Wednesday

Cases reported in Hồ Chí Minh City (1,666), Cần Thơ (766), Tây Ninh (754), Bình Dương (696), Đồng Tháp (625), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (586), Đồng Nai (580), Vĩnh Long (482), Bình Thuận (470), Sóc Trăng (425), Bạc Liêu (418), Kiên Giang (369), Bến Tre (300), Trà Vinh (299), Hà Nội (274), Bắc Ninh (241), Cà Mau (224), Hậu Giang (198), Khánh Hòa (183), An Giang (181), Đắk Lắk (152), Bình Phước (145), Hà Giang (144), Vĩnh Phúc (133), Bình Định (133), Nghệ An (132), Thanh Hóa (98), Quảng Nam (97), Đắk Nông (94), Long An (90), Thừa Thiên Huế (82), Hòa Bình (63), Đà Nẵng (60), Tiền Giang (60), Nam Định (56), Quảng Ngãi (50), Ninh Thuận (47), Thái Bình (45), Hải Phòng (36), Quảng Trị (35), Phú Yên (33), Tuyên Quang (29), Gia Lai (29), Phú Thọ (26), Hải Dương (24), Lâm Đồng (24), Hà Nam (24), Quảng Ninh (22), Hà Tĩnh (22), Bắc Giang (20), Cao Bằng (11), Thái Nguyên (8 ), Hưng Yên (8 ), Điện Biên (7), Kon Tum (5), Ninh Bình (5), Lai Châu (1), Lào Cai (1), Bắc Kạn (1).

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Fading traditions: Vietnamese crafts in decline

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Đắc Lắk Province - Bright spot in housing programme implementation for ethnic minorities

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Disadvantaged groups in Việt Nam to benefit from tele-health services

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HCM City announces fares for its Metro Line 1

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Helmets given to kids for a safer tomorrow

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Two people in Thanh Hóa die after getting COVID-19 vaccine

Two people in central Thanh Hóa Province died on Wednesday morning after getting the Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine while three others are being treated at a local hospital, the provincial Department of Health confirmed.

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Long An seeks “new normal” for its tourism sector, with focus on nature and adventure activities

The southern province of Long An is shifting to more sustainable tourism models and investing in new technologies to help recover its tourism sector.

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Ethnic women in Quảng Trị join literacy classes run by border guards

After finishing her farming work, Hồ Thị Nữ, a woman of the Vân Kiều, Pa Cô ethnic minority group in central Quảng Trị Province, goes home to do housework in the afternoon and gets ready for a literacy class with local border soldiers in the evening.

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Teacher helps F0 students in COVID-19 pandemic

Hoàng teaches at Võ Thành Trang Secondary School in HCM City’s Tân Phú District. When the COVID pandemic forced schools to close, he volunteered to support people who needed help, spending his savings on food and medicine for those in need.

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Labour export companies offer training for recruits who want to work abroad

Providing in-person training for people who want to work abroad will help meet the demand for quality workers in labour import markets, experts have said.

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HCM City seeks $960 million from Govt for 6 key projects

Hồ Chí Minh City has asked the central Government for VNĐ21.7 trillion (US$960 million) for three infrastructure projects and upgrading three hospitals.

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Military hospital performs medical first

In a medical first for Việt Nam, surgeons at the 108 Military Central Hospital have performed a liver transplant from a live donor using a non-invasive technique.

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Public officials allowed to work as accountants, medical staff at public schools

The HCM City People’s Committee has allowed qualified public officials to work as medical workers and accountants at public education establishments so as to create a more stable workforce for these positions at schools.