One new imported COVID-19 case reported on Monday evening

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Free annual health checks approved for elderly citizens from 2026

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Nearly $1.75 billion proposed for 64km expressway linking HCM City and Mekong Delta

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Laughter Yoga: when laughter becomes a healing remedy

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Hà Nội to scrap paper monthly bus passes from July 1

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Braille and technology must advance together, advocates say

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Hà Nội Medical University team to participate in global competition

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People with disabilities need more support

People with disabilities in Việt Nam need more access to support programmes on various fields of life, a workshop in Hà Nội heard on Friday.

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Legal proceedings launched against kidney traffickers

Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, 40 from Quảng Ninh Province, Nguyễn Mạnh Thắng, 33 from Hà Nam Province and Lê Xuân Lĩnh, 38, from Nghệ An Province have been detained pending further investigation.

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Sustainable sourcing discussed in Lao Cai Province

A policy dialogue workshop titled 'Sustainable Sourcing of Benzoin Gum in the Northern Mountainous Region' was held on Friday in Lào Cai City, the northern mountainous province of Lào Cai.

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Three more COVID-19 patients recover, total hits 360

Three more COVID-19 patients have made a full recovery and were released from the treatment facility of the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Monday morning.

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Flood and landslide alerts for northern mountainous provinces

Early Monday morning, floodwater swept away thousands of cubic metres of soil and rocks, burying Thái An Hydropower Plant in Quản Bạ District, Hà Giang Province.

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New Zealand helps to improve Việt Nam’s vocational training

An agreement on enhancing cooperation in the field of vocational education and training and skills development was signed on Monday in Hà Nội.

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Global partnerships needed to ensure food security amid pandemic: int’l symposium

Global partnerships are needed to ensure food security amid the COVID-19 pandemic and address problems related to climate change, depleting natural resources and pollution, an international seminar on sustainable agriculture development heard in HCM City on Friday.

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Transport infrastructure works progress slowly, official admits

Lack of funds is the main reason for the slow progress of several major transportation works in HCM City, the city People’s Council heard at a session last week.

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Man walks from HCMC to Hà Nội for charity

Bùi Ngọc Quý, of Hoàng Tiên Village, Chư Prông District, the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, recently finished the 1,700km (about 1,056 miles) walk from HCM City to Hà Nội and raised nearly VNĐ135 million (US$5,830) to build classrooms for poor children in the northern mountainous province of Lai Châu.