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Two people caught overcharging foreign tourist

Đồng Tháp Province keen on switching to efficient irrigation

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Đồng Tháp has encouraged farmers and farming companies to improve the efficiency of their irrigation to increase yields and reduces costs.

HCM City to focus on major transport projects, less urgent to get short shrift

The city will focus on major transport projects that help ease traffic gridlock and scrap less urgent ones since resources are limited, the HCM City government has said.

No new COVID-19 cases in Việt Nam on Monday morning

Việt Nam marks 66 days without community transmission

No new COVID-19 cases were reported in Việt Nam over the weekend, making Sunday the 66th straight day without community transmission in the country, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Sunday evening update

Man kills himself after stabbing couple to death over debt

Colonel Tráng A Tủa, vice director of the province’s police, said police found papers which showed the man’s wife borrowed more than VNĐ1.5 billion from the victim.

Zero-đồng supermarket opened in Thăng Long industrial zone to help COVID-19-affected workers

Each customer who visits the zero-đồng supermarket, operated by the Trade Union of Thăng Long Industrial zone, is allowed to choose a package of groceries worth around VNĐ200,000 for free. Items on the shelf included essential goods such as rice, eggs, cereals, vegetables, noodles, and protective products like face masks, and hand sanitiser.

Đắk Lắk police bust cross-border drug ring, seize 1.8kg of crystal meth

The police found 1.8kg of crystal meth, worth VNĐ450 million (US$19,340), hidden under the seats of a car.

Nestlé builds playgrounds from recycled materials

Under the programme 'Dynamic Playground Việt Nam' from May 2020 to December 2021, 30 playgrounds will be built from recycled materials from milk cartons and tires.

Sunday morning update

One more recovery, no new cases reported on Saturday evening

A 37-year-old Vietnamese man is the latest patient to be given the all-clear from COVID-19.

No new cases reported on Saturday evening, one more recovered

Cần Thơ to seek private investment for nurseries for IP workers' children

The Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ will issue more preferential policies for invertors to set up private nurseries in the city’s industrial parks and processing export zones, according to the city People’s Committee.

'Lucky' hammock helped war correspondent safely report the news from the frontline

A lucky hammock which saved the life of a Vietnamese war correspondent is now displayed at the newly-opened Vietnam Press Museum.

No new COVID-19 cases reported on Saturday morning

Việt Nam reports seven new imported cases on Friday evening

Việt Nam recorded seven more cases of COVID-19, all imported, on Friday evening, bringing the total number of infections in the country to 349.

Việt Nam, Japan agree on gradual easing of travel restrictions

The Vietnamese and Japanese governments have agreed to gradually ease travel restrictions between the two countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced.

COVID-19 figures in Việt Nam on Friday evening

American professor suspended after demanding Vietnamese student Anglicise her name

When Nguyen replied that the request “felt discriminatory” and threatened to file a complaint with the university against him if Hubbard refused to use her birth name, the professor doubled down.

Risk of dengue fever outbreak in Hà Nội

Environmental pollution, waste and temporary houses at construction sites are risk factors for a dengue outbreak in Hà Nội, said Nguyễn Khắc Hiền, director of Hà Nội Department of Health.