On weekends, Tú Anh and his friends in the "Sunday Love" group gather in Thủ Đức to pack and send books.
With the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent increase in the price of gasoline, many people have re-opted for traditional taxis because it is increasingly difficult to book ride-share cars, and the fares have risen sharply.
COVID-19 new cases on August 3
Hà Khắc Sâm said on average each year he sells about eight or nine tonnes of fish, with a selling price of VNĐ400,000/kg for salmon and VNĐ250,000/kg for sturgeon.
The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre is encouraging farmers to breed ong kí sinh (Brachymeria sp), a parasitic wasp, to control coconut black-headed caterpillars in coconut groves.
In the face of dangerous infectious diseases like COVID-19 and dengue fever, the Government leader said proactive prevention and control of monkeypox must be carried out with the spirit of “one step ahead, one level higher” to avoid concurrent outbreaks and to protect people’s lives and public health.
From August 15, eligible families will be given VNĐ40 million (US$1,700) to build a new house or VNĐ20 million for home repairs.
HCM City has instructed its districts to set up more COVID-19 vaccination sites for children in August.
Yesterday hardly anyone knew their names. Today they are national heroes, remembered by a nation, and posthumously rewarded for paying the ultimate price.
Acting Minister of Health Đào Hồng Lan on Tuesday raised concerns about the risk of concurring diseases in Việt Nam in near future and urged COVID-19 vaccination be sped up to ensure medical material supplies.
K (Cancer) Hospital and Roche Pharma Vietnam will work together in improving cancer diagnosis and treatment as part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed on August 2.
COVID-19 latest figures
A memorial service for Kostas Sarantidis, the only foreigner to ever be honoured with the title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces of Việt Nam, took place at the Military Region 5 Funeral Home in central Đà Nẵng City on Tuesday.
Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has signed an official dispatch No 683/CĐ-TTg to direct agencies to visit and support the families of three firefighters, who died while tackling a blaze at ISIS karaoke bar at Quan Hoa Street at about 2 pm on Monday.
In days gone by, rubber sandals were very much the preferred footwear in Vietnam. Made from tyres of military vehicles seized during the war just about everyone wore them. A local brand Vua Dép Lốp (King of Rubber Sandal) is helping to bring them back in a big way, thanks in part to their sustainability.
Trần Thị Ngọc, one of six members of the animal care team at Thủ Lệ Zoo, is assigned to look after wild animals such as tigers, lions and bears.
Lê Tấn Sang is a senior student at the Phạm Ngọc Thạch Medical University in HCMC and a volunteer fighting the pandemic. He shared his story of overcoming adversity to help save lives during the darkest hours of last year's outbreak.
Hành trình Đỏ (Red Journey), the country’s largest-scale blood donation campaign, has contributed to changing awareness of people about voluntary blood donation.
