Fifteen of the new cases are Vietnamese citizens and the other is a Russian expert coming to work in the country. All were immediately quarantined upon arrival.

Storm Vamco, the 13th storm to enter the East Sea this year, made landfall in the central provinces of Quảng Bình and Hà Tĩnh on Sunday afternoon.

Nine Vietnamese citizens returning home on flights from Russia, Japan and Qatar have all tested positive for COVID-19.

HCM City has seen the decrease in violence against children at small private nurseries in industrial parks and export processing zones thanks to a project to develop private small nurseries in 2015-20, Dương Anh Đức, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee, told a conference held to review the project on November 12.

Bùi Văn Kiên, deputy director general of the National Power Transmission Corporation (EVNNPT) under Việt Nam Electricity (EVN), talks to the Government Portal about the risks of falling behind schedule on the North-South 500kV power line in the central region.

Over the past five years, sport competitions for students in HCM City have increased significantly but the conditions of sport facilities at schools have not met demand.