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US news channel CNBC listed central Vietnam among seven lesser-known destinations in the world to consider visiting post-Covid-19 crisis.

As two neighbouring countries that enjoy traditional ties and a close friendship, Vietnam has joined with Cambodia to ramp up efforts to deal with the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, one of the most serious and deadliest

The Traffic Police Department under the Ministry of Public Security has announced that thousands of drivers have been caught driving under influences of alcohol and drug in the past week.

A farmer in the northern province of Phu Tho has earned big profits from raising deer.

Police forces operating in Trung Khanh district of Cao Bang province announced the arrest of 11 Chinese citizens on March 22 after the group had illegally entered the nation.

Eight groups of people will enjoy a 15 percent rise in their pensions and social insurance allowances and monthly subventions from January 1, 2022 when a draft decree on the adjustments of these allowances is issued.

The Mekong Delta needs VNĐ338 trillion (US$16.5 billion) in the next five years to upgrade its traffic infrastructure, improve water storage and mitigate riverbank and coastal erosion.

A traffic accident in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa has left seven people dead.

Scientists are speeding up the clinical trials of locally-produced coronavirus vaccines, and the first of its kind is likely to be rolled out by the end of the third quarter of this year.

UNFPA Vietnam on March 22 handed over 2,750 Dignity Kits to support Vietnamese women at risk of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in the context of COVID-19.

Five people are feared dead and at least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in southeastern Bangladesh, officials said Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days.

Ho Chi Minh City is set to rake in US$70 billion in export turnover by 2025 and US$108 billion by 2030, and maintain an average annual export growth of 9% during the 2026-2030 period.

Japan attaches importance to the extensive strategic partnership with Vietnam and wants to make a greater contribution to fostering this partnership, said Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 22 had a meeting with generations of officials of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) on the occasion of the union’s 90th founding anniversary (March 26, 1931 – 2021).

Two Vietnamese women and an Indian man have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after arriving in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,575, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

Singapore’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan will be making an official visit to Brunei, Malaysia and Indonesia from March 22, said the Singaporean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Police in HCM City have prosecuted three people for organising illegal entry into Vietnam.

The northern mountainous province of Lao Cai has been hit by the first hailstorm of the year after a cold snap struck the locality on March 21.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) is scheduled to launch its last session this week with a primary focus on the voting of key positions for personnel to the State apparatus for the 2021-2026 tenure.