Việt Nam News

Việt Nam reports 82 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday afternoon, including one imported case that was put under isolation in Tây Ninh Province after arriving in the country on June 9. 81 local cases are confirmed in Bắc Giang (45), HCM City (18), Bắc Ninh (9), Hà Nội (5), and Hà Tĩnh (4), in which 77 cases are found in quarantine and lockdown areas.

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Unforgotten: Việt Nam’s quest to repatriate soldiers from Cambodia’s battlefields

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Prison sentence proposed for former FLC Chairman

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Thousands of people line the streets to pay respects to General Secretary Nguyễn Phú Trọng

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Top officials arrested in investigation of resource exploitation and misuse

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Kiên Giang Province is boom town for marine aquaculture

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Ninh Thuận protects marine bio-diversity

The south - central province of Ninh Thuận is stepping up efforts to conserve marine bio-diversity and seafood resources, which play an important part in its socio- economic development.

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Methamphetamine use on the rise in Việt Nam: UNODC

The COVID-19 pandemic has failed to slow down the regional synthetic drug market, with production and trafficking surging last year, according to a report.