Việt Nam News

16 new infection cases were reported in the central highland Đắk Nông Province on Monday, making the province a new COVID-19 hot spot.

HCM City has developed a long-term plan to “live with the virus” as part of its effort to gradually reopen the economy “no sooner than September 15”.

Forces at COVID checkpoints yesterday began checking the movement of people with new travel documents as per a regulation on zone classification issued by the Hà Nội People's Committee

The Ministry of Health on Sunday asked authorities in HCM City and other southern localities to take drastic measures to reduce COVID-19 facilities.

The two proposed rail routes from HCM City to Cần Thơ City and Đồng Nai Province will be among the projects that get funding in 2021-30, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Chúc Sơn Clean Vegetable Cooperative was established by a group of farmers with enthusiasm for and experience in growing clean vegetables in Giáp Ngọ Village.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp plans to develop at least one agricultural product with geographical indication by 2025.

A total of 13,101 domestic cases of COVID-19 and 36 imported were reported on Sunday.

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The Ninh Thuận Province People's Committee has called for completing land acquisition and handover to contractors by the end of September for the upgrade and widening of 10.18km of National Highway No 27 in the south-central coastal province of Ninh Thuận.

HCM City People’s Committee has agreed to waive tuition fees for students at public schools for the first semester of the 2021-2022 academic year.

The central city of Đà Nẵng will reopen traditional markets, online shopping and take-away services in ‘green zones’, while QR codes will be given to local residents so they can travel to work, hospitals and stores from Sunday (September 5).

Major General, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyễn Viết Lương, of the Military Medical Academy, Ministry of National Defence - the unit participating in the trial of home-grown COVID vaccine Nanocovax, has given more details addressing concerns about the vaccine’s immunogenicity in an interview with the Vietnam News Agency.

Millions of students across the country attended a special online opening ceremony for the new academic year on Sunday, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, while million of others went to ceremonies in person.

Hà Nội authorities on Saturday gave 25 sets of gifts to foreign students studying at the Việt Nam National University of Agriculture in Gia Lâm District.

A Vietnam Airlines flight carrying 297 Vietnamese citizens back from Japan that arrived in Vân Đồn International Airport on Saturday afternoon has become the first to enjoy the new seven-day quarantine pilot.

Hà Nội police on Sunday set up 39 COVID-19 checkpoints to implement the city's direction on strictly controlling vehicles and people coming in and out of high-risk areas.