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Foreign sailor brought ashore for emergency medical treatment

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Child sex trafficking ring from Việt Nam to Laos busted

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Việt Nam closely monitors fatal mysterious disease outbreak in DR Congo

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Those with disabilities need supporting in digital society, climate change challenges

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Hà Nội to limit polluting vehicles in pilot low-emission zones

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Transport ministry welcomes flying taxi initiative, calls for caution

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Unexploded ordnance survivors receive COVID-19 aid from international organisations

More than 9,100 unexploded ordnance (UXO) survivors and their families in central Quảng Bình and south-central Bình Định provinces on Tuesday received packages of food, masks and hand sanitisers from international organisations.

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Three-year-old girl saved after heart surgery

A team of surgeons from private Đà Nẵng-Hoàn Mỹ Hospital have successful operated on a three-year-old with congenital heart disease – the second surgery after the first emergency operation in 2018. She was released from the hospital three days after the operation on Thursday.

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Vietnamese citizens in RoK repatriated

Nearly 340 Vietnamese citizens have been repatriated from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and quarantined upon arrival.

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Member of biggest loan shark ring arrested

Police in central province of Thanh Hóa, in co-ordination with HCM City police have arrested a member of a loan shark ring in HCM City after nearly two years of being wanted.

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Ancient relic in Hà Nội in danger of collapse

Ba Voi Temple, in Đông Anh District, Hà Nội City, one of the city's ancient relics, was in danger of collapse due to serious subsidence impacted by a local river.

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Agriculture sector requests drastic measures to prevent ASF recurrence

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued an official document to request 20 provinces and cities to take drastic and synchronous measures to prevent and control African swine fever (ASF).

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70m-long crack discovered in Mỹ Thạnh Ward, An Giang Province

Local authorities discovered a 70m-long crack in the road surface of Mỹ Thạnh Ward, Long Xuyên City, the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang. The relevant agency has also promptly moved 14 households to safety.

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Six more patients with COVID-19 recover, total hits 278

Six more COVID-19 patients recovered and were released from treatment area of the National Tropical Diseases Hospital on Wednesday morning, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 278.

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Illegal stone mining sites discovered in Gia Lai

Local authorities have discovered two illegal stone-mining sites in Bờ Ngoong Commune, Chư Sê District, the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Gia Lai, a leader of the communal People's Committee said on Wednesday morning.