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August 28, 2019 - 00:44

Deputy General Director of Vietnam News Agency Lê Quốc Minh (right) and South Korea's Aju News Corporation Chairman Kwak Young-kil shake hands at a meeting where the two news agencies exchanged co-operation opportunities in Hà Nội yesterday.

Việt Nam responds global call for joint action against the “tobacco pandemic”

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New research, training centre launched to boost VN–Japan scientific cooperation

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Deputy PM orders prioritising investment in communal infrastrucure in Sơn La

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Government pushes stronger data integration to tighten IUU fishing controls

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National conference sets new directions for human rights in era of digital transformation

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Application of AI and stem cell therapy in medical treatment

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School bus monitor prosecuted for unintentional murder

Cầu Giấy District’s investigative police have begun legal proceedings against Nguyễn Bích Quy, a school bus monitor for Hà Nội’s Gateway International School, following the death of a first grader there.

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Vietnam Airlines employee returns lost bags to passengers

An employee of Vietnam Airport Ground Services Company Limited (VIAGS, a subsidiary of Vietnam Airlines) has discovered and returned assets worth nearly VNĐ1 billion (US$43,000) to two passengers, Vietnam News Agency has reported.

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Tropical depression likely to turn into storm, bring rains to the north

A tropical depression near the South China Sea (called East Sea in Việt Nam) is forecast to turn into a storm and enter the East Sea region on Wednesday and Thursday.

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Scholarship foundation set up for rural Vietnamese students

The New York-based Institute for Vietnamese Culture and Education (IVCE) has established the Rural Villages Scholarship Foundation to support poor students in rural areas of Việt Nam.

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One killed, 17 injured in two separate road accidents

A truck collided head-on with a tractor truck on the stretch of National Highway No 6 passing through northern Sơn La Province’s Chiềng Hắc Commune early this morning.

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Thousands of Hà Nội residents permitted to use city buses for free

Thousands of Hà Nội's citizens will be allowed to use buses free of charge starting on September 1.

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Hospital kitchen serves free meals for patients' families

It is 12:30pm on Sunday afternoon in mid-August. Lê Thị Kim Linh, 45, is waiting in line to get lunch at Chợ Rẫy Hospital’s kitchen which serves free meals for patients’ families, many of whom live outside HCM City.

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Management of fresh fruit stores sees marked improvement

According to Hà Nội Department of Industry and Trade, there are 798 fruits shops in the capital's 12 urban districts. Of these, 780 have met standards as of the end of July.