Mekong Delta provinces are tightening preventive measures against COVID-19, especially along land borders and coastal entry points, after Đồng Tháp Province reported two new cases.
A man from the northern province of Ninh Bình has spent the last 10 years collecting old bicycles, repairing them and giving them to those less fortunate.
The COVID-19 pandemic broke out again in many provinces and cities before Tết, greatly affecting the blood supply to hospitals.
Thirteen new cases reported, including eight community infections in Hải Dương which are already quarantined. The other five were imported cases. Sixteen people have recovered.
A delivery driver has been hailed a hero after he caught a baby who had fallen from the 13th storey of a Hà Nội apartment block.
The police said they had initially identified 25 people for alleged involvement in the case and have summoned them to the police office.
Local authorities in the Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) region have taken measures to prevent forest fires in the ongoing dry season.
Phạm Văn Phong decided to return to his hometown of Thịnh Long Township in Hải Hậu District to start up his own business in 2012 after many years working in Hà Nội in unstable and poorly paid jobs.
Nguyễn Hữu Nhân, a lecturer of Việt Nam RMIT University, started a project named 'Refill Đây' (Refill Here) to work with manufacturing businesses to set up mobile refilling stores for retail products such as detergent, cosmetics, spices and dried foods in residential areas so people can bring use own containers to reduce plastic waste.
