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This is to avoid situations seen recently, where many students achieved high scores but still failed to qualify for their chosen university. 

Many localities in the country have prepared scenarios to ensure safety for students to be back to school.

The travel movement of people from the four COVID epicentres of HCM City and Long An, Đồng Nai and Bình Dương provinces must remain strictly controlled after September 30 in order to prevent the spread of virus to provinces where vaccination rates remain low, leaders of southern and Central Highlands' provinces have said.

Authorities in the southern province of Đồng Nai will remove barriers at pandemic checkpoints that blocked off alleys, residential areas and some roads in green (COVID-free) zones from October 1.

Less than 9,000 new COVID cases were recorded on Wednesday, taking the total number of infections to 779,398.

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Hà Nội residents have been allowed to exercise outdoors again after nearly three months of of suspension due to COVID-19.

Markets, hotels, outdoor sports and public transport will resume in the central city from Thursday morning, though other restrictions will remain in place for now. 

Hundreds of residents of Thanh Xuân District in Hà Nội have returned to their homes after they were evacuated when the neighbourhood became the capital's biggest COVID cluster. Hundreds more will be back in their own houses over the next few days.

Data of the Ministry of Health recently showed that the rate of overweight and obese children in urban areas accounted for 26.8 per cent of the total children in 2020 in the country. It means that four out of 10 urban children are overweight or obese.

Parents should not fail to provide their children with a diphtheria - pertussis - tetanus - polio booster shot amid the COVID-19 scramble, according to the Vietnam Association of Preventive Medicine.

Recently, a number of press agencies have reported that the price ranges of rapid antigen tests are different.  Deputy Minister of Health Trần Văn Thuấn talks to Sức khoẻ & đời sống (Health and Life) Newspaper about the matter.

Hotline 1022 was established as the link between HCM City citizens affected by COVID-19 and the local government. Receiving hundreds of calls every day, it is with a cool mind and a warm heart that these hotline operators complete their mission.

Due to the huge rise in COVID-19 patients, many hospitals around the country are facing a drastic shortage of blood.

The event marked the 30th anniversary of the International Day for the Elderly (October 1st) and the Action Month for the Vietnamese elderly in 2021.

Việt Nam targets to eliminate human deaths from rabies by 2030 under a draft National Program for Rabies Prevention during the 2022-2030 period.

Techtronic Industries Company Limited in cooperation with Deutsches Haus Ho Chi Minh City on Tuesday donated much - needed German made medical ventilators and monitors to Ho Chi Minh City hospitals.

Việt Nam on Tuesday evening recorded 4,589 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest number of daily infections since July 19 when 4,175 infections were detected.