Over many months, the southern province of Bến Tre has gradually controlled the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. This success must be attributed to the significant contributions of female doctors who put aside their personal lives, step in and are ready to be on the front lines.

Nguyễn Lê Thảo Anh, a 12th grader at the Hà Nội-Amsterdam High School in Hà Nội, was the only female student to win a gold medal at the 2021 International Chemistry Olympiad.

The southern region has again got a bumper winter - spring rice harvest but farmers’ incomes are lower than last year because of the high costs of inputs, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

A woman in southern Đồng Tháp Province has won praise for donating money and raising funds to build bridges in local rural areas, connect many villages and communes in the region.

Asked if their children should be given COVID-19 vaccine shots, 60.49 per cent of parents of kindergarteners and 81.19 per cent of parents of primary school students said yes, according to the HCM City Department of Education and Training.

The HCM City Department of Health has instructed paediatric hospitals to set up 300 more beds, 50 in intensive care units, to treat child COVID-19 patients amid a spike in infections at schools.