Việt Nam News

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.

A total of 9,521 new coronavirus cases were announced on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 511,170.

Germany has decided to donate 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine to Việt Nam, according to the Vietnamese foreign ministry.

HCM City is speeding up its pace of vaccinations as part of an effort to contain the COVID-19 outbreak and “relax social distancing” restrictions, the HCM City Centre of Disease Control (HCDC) said.

The education sector should be ready for COVID-19 and take measures to minimise its negative impact, said President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in a letter sent to the sector at the outset of the 2021-2022 school year.

Of more than 1.3 million students from the primary to high school level in HCM City, 77,000 lack either access to the internet or electronic devices to study online, according to school surveys requested by the city Department of Education and Training.