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Care economy can help drive empowerment of women: deputy minister

Việt Nam issues new national strategy on gender equality

Việt Nam expects to see women holding key leadership positions in 60 per cent of state management agencies and local administrations at all levels by 2025 and 75 per cent by 2030.

Central province to develop key river route

The central province of Quang Nam plans to upgrade the inner waterway on the Trường Giang River as a key traffic system in line to boost transport options from Quảng Nam to National Express systems and the Central Highlands region.

HCM City wants to set up district-wise construction management teams

HCM City has sought the Government’s approval to set up a team in each district to manage urban construction comprising inspectors and urban development officials.

Award-winning female lecturer devotes whole life to science

Associate Professor Trương Thanh Hương, senior lecturer at the Hà Nội Medical University and expert at the Việt Nam National Heart Institute under Bạch Mai Hospital, has been given Việt Nam’s 2020 Kovalevskaya Award for her contribution to helping thousands of people with cardiovascular diseases over many years.

Đồng Nai develops more concentrated slaughterhouses

The south-eastern province of Đồng Nai plans to increase the number of its slaughterhouse clusters to 58 in the next five years.

Zero new cases on Monday morning

Health Ministry will do its utmost to ensure safety during COVID-19 vaccinations: Minister

The Ministry of Health will mobilise all resources to carry out COVID-19 vaccinations to ensure absolute safety for people, Minister Nguyễn Thanh Long has said.

Three new COVID-19 cases reported on Sunday evening

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Chinese nationals entering Việt Nam illegally test negative for SARS-CoV-2 once

Thirty-five Chinese nationals who illegally entered Việt Nam and stayed at a hotel in HCM City have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 for one time, according to HCM City’s healthcare centre on Sunday.

HCM City releases priority list for receiving COVID-19 vaccine

Frontline health workers, non-medical personnel who are potentially exposed to Covid-19 patients and samples and police and military personnel will be the first to get vaccines in HCM City, according to its Department of Health.

Two new COVID-19 cases announced on Sunday morning

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Six new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday evening

Hà Nội police summon three male teenagers charged with sexually assaulting foreign women in Tây Hồ District

The three summoned are all juveniles – 15-year-old Nguyễn N.H., 16-year-old Nguyễn D.L., and 16-year-old Đinh T.Đ. – residing in Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội.

Making the most of life behind bars

Time spent behind bars is never meant to be easy. But some foreign inmates at Vĩnh Quang Prison are making the most of their lives locked up.

Seven new cases reported on Saturday morning, including 6 community infections

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Six new imported cases confirmed on Friday evening

Việt Nam to begin COVID-19 vaccinations on March 8: Health minister

On Saturday, the health minister will chair a conference to launch the vaccination plan and provide training for medical staff nationwide in the use and storage of the vaccine, as well as the handling of post-injection complications.

Facebook launches #SheForVietnam programme to empower Vietnamese women

Facebook will launch #SheForVietnam - a programme for Vietnamese women – those are creating miracles every day on social networks on March 6 in efforts to affirm its commitment to supporting Vietnamese women in the digital era.

COVID-19 widens existing gender inequalities: ILO

A new research brief by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Việt Nam shows the COVID-19 pandemic has not only exacerbated existing inequalities but created new gender gaps.

Volunteers sought for second locally made COVID-19 vaccine trials

Volunteers aged from 18-59 and living in Hà Nội, can register for human trials of Việt Nam’s second COVID-19 vaccine candidate COVIVAC from Friday morning.