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Nhà Bè District urged to hand over land for massive flood-prevention project

A top HCM City official has urged Nhà Bè District to speed up compensation and site clearance so that land can be handed over to ensure that an ongoing flood-prevention project worth VNĐ10 trillion (US$430 million) can be completed next year.

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Hà Tĩnh farmer turns wasteland into farm

Six years ago, Đoàn Văn Hà, 53, residing in Lưu Vĩnh Sơn Commune, Thạch Hà District took a risk and borrowed VNĐ1 billion (US$42,860) from his friends and a local bank to turn a wasteland filled with rocks into a livestock and fruit tree farm.

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No new COVID-19 cases, 19 recoveries reported on Sunday

19 COVID-19 patients were declared free of the virus on Sunday, including a 21-months-old baby

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More than 1,400 Vietnamese citizens brought home over weekend

More than 1,400 Vietnamese citizens were repatriated from China’s Taiwan and Macau, Oceanian countries, Japan, the Middle East and five African countries during the last weekends.

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Foreign arrivals to Việt Nam down 66 per cent in eight months

In the first eight months of 2020, foreign arrivals into Việt Nam reached only 3.8 million, down by 67 per cent compared to the same period last year, as the COVID-19 pandemic greatly impacted travel.

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Healthcare app allows customers to stay at home and order medicine

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Mekong district to release floodwaters into rice fields to fertilise soil, destroy pests

Farmers in Đồng Tháp Province’s Hồng Ngự District will not grow the autumn - winter rice crop, the year’s third, on more than 9,000ha and will instead release floodwaters into their fields to fertilise the soil and destroy pathogens and pests.

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No new cases of COVID-19 reported on Sunday evening

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No new cases reported on Sunday morning

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