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Prime Minister orders urgent flood response as storm threat looms

City requires owners to renovate 151 old villas

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the owners of 151 villas built before 1975 to repair or renovate the buildings, most of which are located in districts 1 and 3.

Quảng Nam’s landlords slash rent to help workers

The move aims to respond to the call from the trade union of 19 local industrial parks and local authorities to help workers overcome difficulties triggered by the pandemic.

Thủ Thiêm residents to receive compensation this month

More than 300 households in a 4.3ha area located outside the original boundary of the Thủ Thiêm new urban area project in HCM City’s District 2 will receive compensation this month in exchange for their land, a top city official has said.

No new cases recorded on Monday morning

Việt Nam records two more imported cases of COVID-19

Việt Nam has now gone 31 days without community transmission and has still yet to record a death caused by COVID-19.

VN confirmed two new cases of COVID-19 as of 18:05, May 17

Seriously ill pilot shows signs of improvement

A British pilot critically ill with coronavirus is showing signs of improvement, according to the COVID-19 treatment sub-committee.

HCM City honours individuals for COVID-19 fighting

The HCM City Party Committee on May 15 honoured 233 outstanding for their excellence in studying and following President Hồ Chí Minh’s thought, morality and lifestyle, contributing to the country’s development.

MOET issues regulations for online teaching fees

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Phạm Ngọc Thưởng has issued instructions regarding tuition fees for the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 academic years.

HCM City launches motorbike emission testing programme

A pilot programme to monitor emissions from motorbikes was launched on May 15 by the HCM City Department of Transport.

Repatriation continues to ensure no one is left behind

Government is making good on its pledge that “no one will be left behind” as it repatriates hundreds of Vietnamese citizens from all over the world.

VN's latest update of COVID-19 as of May 17 morning

Bouncing back

Việt Nam confirms four new COVID-19 cases, all from abroad, raising total to 318

Hundreds of Vietnamese citizen return home from Europe, US

More than 500 Vietnamese citizens have returned home from Europe and the United States on May 15 and 16, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

COVID-19 figures as of 6pm, May 16

Soldiers give bicycles to poor children in Nghệ An

Dozens of poor and underprivileged children have been given old bicycles, notebooks and financial support by soldiers from the Quỳ Châu District Military Command in the central province of Nghệ An.

Construction on Dầu Giây-Phan Thiết Expressway to start this year

Construction on the Dầu Giây-Phan Thiết Expressway is expected to start in the third quarter, according to Nguyễn Ngọc Đông, deputy minister of transport.