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The Japanese man who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after dying at a hotel in Hanoi carried a Covid-19 variant found for the first time in Vietnam.

The southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau has ordered its Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to get tougher on illegal fishing in foreign waters by local fishing ships and their owners.

A Chinese man has been ordered to pay his ex-wife almost $8,000 for years of unpaid housework, in a landmark divorce case that has sparked furious debate in China.

The first batch of Covid-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca arrived in Vietnam on February 24, several days sooner than expected.

Five crew members of an Indonesian cargo ship have tested positive for Covid-19 for the first time in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

The Ministry of Health has confirmed two more Covid-19 patients on Wednesday morning, with both related to the outbreak in the northern province of Hai Duong.

Only ritual ceremonies will be held at the Hung Kings Temple Festival in the northern province of Phu Tho this year due to COVID-19, heard a meeting of local authorities on February 23.

Korea Customs Service is supporting 24 hours emergency customs clearance for vaccines and quarantine products, and strengthen the competitiveness of the bio, K food, and general manager (materials, parts, equipment) industries as regulatory innovations on new logistics processes.

A family in Can Tho Province is calling for financial support to save their son from leukaemia.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended and delivered remarks at an open debate of the UN Security Council (UNSC) on addressing climate-related risks to international peace and security, which was held in the form of video conferencing on February 23.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday launched a tree-planting campaign in the northern mountainous province of Tuyên Quang.

Hanoi started conducting Covid-19 testing for 4,500 local young men before they join the army on February 23.

Vietnam intends to offer free Covid-19 vaccinations for local people, said the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Six more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,401, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday evening.

Authorities of the northern province of Hai Duong are calling for Covid-19 vaccine support from India, said a provincial official.

Vietnamese actress Hoang Thi Bich Phuong has won the best actress award at the 2021 Paris International Film Festival for her role in “Invisible Love” (Tinh yeu vo hinh).

Vietnamese Deputy PM and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh said while attending a High-level Segment of the 46th Regular Session of the United Nation Human Rights Council via video conference.

Facebook said Tuesday it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages, after the government agreed to amend a world-first law requiring tech giants to pay media companies.

A poor family in the northern province of Thai Nguyen which have two disabled children are calling for help.