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253 domestic COVID-19 cases confirmed on Friday

Việt Nam reported a total of 254 new COVID-19 cases on Friday including one imported case and 253 domestic infections.

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174 new COVID-19 cases reported on Friday evening

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Southern region tightens preventive measures against COVID

The HCM City Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention said this morning that 12 more people are suspected to have contracted COVID-19.

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Health authorities reported youngest COVID-19 related death in Việt Nam's fourth wave

Health authorities on Friday confirmed the death of a 22-year-old woman in the northern province of Phú Thọ from COVID-19, the youngest victim in the fourth wave of infections and the 47th since the pandemic began earlier last year.

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COVID-19-hit workers should benefit from $2.6 billion aid package

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has recently recommended the Government use its VNĐ62 trillion (US$2.6 billion) aid package to support workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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40 new COVID-19 cases reported at noon Friday

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All localities must be on highest COVID-19 alert, not only those with industrial zones: Deputy PM

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam on Thursday requested all localities nationwide to be on the highest alert for COVID-19 prevention, not only those with industrial zones.

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Quảng Ngãi Province sets aside $1 million for COVID-19 vaccine, prevention efforts

Quảng Ngãi Province will reserve funding of VNĐ23 billion (US$1 million) for a COVID-19 vaccination and prevention programme throughout 13 districts in 2021.

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The silent dedication of geologists

Vũ Quang Lân, head of the Northern Geological Mapping Division under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, has devoted 32 years of his life to geology.