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The northern province of Quang Ninh has set a target to serve 10 million visitors this year if Covid-19 is controlled well.

Authorities in Hai Phong City are carrying out contact tracing task after two local people tested positive for coronavirus right after arriving in Australia.

Almost one million Australians will be able to enjoy half-price flights to domestic holiday destinations, under a government plan announced Thursday to boost tourism as Covid border closures keep international travellers out.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Vietnam Pham Binh Minh invited New Zealand Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta to visit Hanoi during their phone talks on March 10.

TripAdvisor readers have chosen Phong Nha-Kẻ Bàng in Quảng Bình Province as one of the world's 25 best national parks.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the pilot application of 'mobile money', which allows the use of mobile phone credit to pay for small-value goods and services.

More than 24,000 Vietnamese students were enrolled at Australian educational facilities last year, making the country the fourth-largest source of students in the country behind China, India, and Nepal.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held phone talks with his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Long on March 10 to discuss bilateral cooperation as well as regional and international issues of mutual concern.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his counterparts from Cambodia and Laos held virtual summit on Wednesday to discuss ways to consolidate cooperation between and among the three countries.

Two fishermen remain missing after their boat collided with a cargo ship in Phu Yen Province.

Three more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam including two imported cases, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,529, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday evening.

Dantri readers have sent over VND87 million to help a poor woman raise her two small grandchildren after their parents left them in Thanh Hoa Province.

The HCM City Department of Education and Training has proposed to provide financial support to primary students at both public and private schools from the 2021-2022 School Year.

Following Vietnam’s export turnover to Sweden witnessing an annual increase of 99.94% in January, the advantages brought about by the EVFTA are anticipated to promote greater trade links between the two countries.

About 4,000 people who work in industrial zones, coach stations, restaurants, or live in apartment buildings that accommodate many foreigners in Hanoi will be tested for SARS-CoV-2 by March 19.

A coach which illegally transported 53 Chinese people into Vietnam has been found in the central province of Nghe An.

Hanoi authorities announced that they would open several tourist sites as the virus outbreak has been gradually under control.

There have been no serious reactions reported after the first two days Vietnam carried out the Covid-19 vaccination campaign according to the National Expanded Immunisation Programme.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has introduced a project facilitating the development of its innovative start-up ecosystem during the 2021-2025 period, with a target of supporting 1,000 start-ups.