Việt Nam News

A further 2.5 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines donated by the US Government arrived in Việt Nam over the weekend.

Areas in HCM City with a rising number of COVID-19 cases are having to deploy more mobile medical stations and quick response teams.

Early construction of a high-speed railway between HCM City and Cần Thơ is expected to spur inter-regional development.

“Finally!” was the sentiment many people share, as the decade-in-the-making Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban rail line carried its first passengers.

Nguyễn Xuân Hoàn has been battling for cancer for years, but he never stops helping people.

A safer education environment for LGBTIQ+ students is essential to create a more resilient and inclusive Việt Nam, said UNESCO Representative to Việt Nam Christian Manhart at an event in Hà Nội on Saturday.

An additional 7,646 cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on Sunday, bringing the nationwide tally to 968,684.

Hà Nội reported 93 positive cases of COVID-19 including 54 community cases from 6pm on Friday to 6pm on Saturday.

A total of 7,491 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Saturday, taking the total number of infections to 961,038.

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Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and a high-ranking delegation from Việt Nam returned to Hà Nội on Saturday, concluding their trip for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), and a working visit to the UK plus an official visit to France.

The Cát Linh-Hà Đông metro line project was inaugurated and put into commercial operation on Saturday morning.

The northern border province of Cao Bằng on Friday recorded its first-ever COVID-19 case since the pandemic hit the country early last year.

The Lao government is discussing the planned route of an expressway running from Vientiane through Xaysomboun, Xieng Khuang and Huaphan provinces to the Vietnamese border, local media reported on November 4.

As of July 2021, Hà Nội’s population reached over 8 million, increasing by almost 200,000 people per year on average.

With the economy recovering and production returning to normal, many HCM City businesses are now facing a serious shortage of informal workers, especially in the food and beverage business.

Cần Thơ aims to become a modern, civilised city alongside other advanced cities in ASEAN, as announced in a meeting of Cần Thơ City Party Committee on Thursday.