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Three more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam including two from the Covid-19 hotspot of Hai Duong, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,570, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday evening.

Museums in HCM City are using smart technology to offer online displays as part of their effort to develop business amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Police in the central province of Ha Tinh have detained two Chinese men who fled from a Covid-19 quarantine site in the neighbouring province of Nghe An.

Vietnam has become the fifth nation in the world authorised by the European Union (EU) to export insect-based food to the demanding market, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade’s Agency of Foreign Trade.

At least nine people were killed when a military helicopter crashed in central Afghanistan, the defence ministry said Thursday.

A seven-year-old orphan in Bac Giang Province is in desperate need of financial support to cover medical treatment for a strange disease after his mother died of lung cancer.

Authorities in the southern central province of Binh Dinh are preparing quarantine areas for Covid-19 prevention for 343 Vietnamese citizens who are returning from Japan.

Market management authorities have seized thousands of Chanel, LV, and Hermes counterfeit products in Nam Dinh Province.

A strong cold spell is forecasted to hit the northern region this weekend.

Prices of air tickets on Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day holiday have increased, particularly for beach tours.

The 12th meeting of the ASEAN-US Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) took place virtually on May 17, reviewing the implementation of projects and collaboration activities within the framework of the strategic partnership between the two sides.

Surviving Covid-19 protects most people against reinfection for at least six months, but elderly patients are more likely to be laid low by the virus a second time, researchers reported Thursday.

Foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) provided aid worth more than 220.7 million USD for Vietnam in 2020, including over 6.5 million USD for COVID-19 response, heard a national teleconference on March 17.

Seven people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam including five from overseas, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,567, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday evening.

A large number of explosive materials and bullets have been found at a construction site in the central province of Quang Tri.

A Japanese company in Thanh Hoa Province has been fined VND335m (USD14,500) for violating environmental protection regulations.

Eight more cultural icons have been added to the list of national intangible cultural heritage, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

After serving over one million passengers last week the nation is now among the world’s top ten aviation markets, according to the latest statistics released by OAG, a global travel data provider based in the UK.

Japan's failure to recognise same-sex marriage is unconstitutional, a court ruled Wednesday, in a landmark first verdict on the issue that was welcomed with joy by campaigners.