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The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta has harvested the 2020 – 21 winter – spring rice crop with farmers successfully avoiding the impacts of saltwater intrusion and managing high yields and getting high prices, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Adolescent suicide is on the rise in Việt Nam, but adults and parents do not know how to identify and support at-risk children, according to doctors.

While a variety of careers are open to maths majors as mathematics is involved in most sectors related to science and technology, students should prepare to adapt to their future jobs, experts have said.

Resources will be prioritised to research and apply science and technology to diversify food products to ensure nutritional balance and food safety in diets, according to the resolution on ensuring national food security until 2030.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam and Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Phạm Công Tạc on Friday received the jabs of Việt Nam’s own COVID-19 vaccine, Nano Covax, as part of its phase 2 human trials.

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long on Friday on March 26 instructed authorities in provinces and cities nationwide to tighten preventive measures as the risk of a fourth outbreak of COVID-19 remains high.

Two Vietnamese women who entered the country illegally via Phú Quốc Island in the southern province of Kiên Giang have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said on Friday.

A logo to mark the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and Switzerland, jointly designed by the two embassies, was launched in Hà Nội on Thursday.

With the air pollution in Hà Nội and other parts of Việt Nam very alarming, a group of university students has set up a project allowing pupils to gain experience in science and technology and raise public awareness about the environment.

Phạm Đức Bách, 41, of Alley 74, Hàng Khoai Street, Hoàn Kiếm District, applauded after hearing that his family might benefit from the city administration’s plan to relocate residents in four inner districts of Hà Nội from now until 2030.

Ministries and State agencies are debating what employment for people with disabilities is appropriate and inappropriate, said Đinh Thị Thụy, Deputy Chief of Office of the Việt Nam National Committee on People with Disabilities.

The Military Medical University under the Ministry of National Defence on Thursday began giving the second shots of the Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine in the second trial phase to 26 volunteers who received the first jabs between February 26 and March 10.