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The southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City is seeking to run 12-17-seater minibuses to make it easier for local residents to get access to this public transport services as the city has a lot of narrow roads with high

Three new Covid-19 patients were confirmed in the northern province of Hai Duong on Tuesday morning, raising Vietnam’s total community infections to 1,496, reported the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control.

Vietnam will play host to tennis matches in the Davis Cup Group III in the Asia/Oceania region in mid-June, announced by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).

The first doses of Covid-19 vaccines from AstraZeneca will be given to the frontline workers, police, the army, old people and those with underlying diseases, according to the deputy minister of Health Tran Van Thuan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently gave in-principle approval to the Quang Trach 2 thermal power plant project, the Quang Binh provincial People’s Committee said.

The Ministry of Health has licensed the Vietnam Vaccine Joint Stock Company (VNVC) to operate three super-cold storage units to receive novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.

India's financial capital Mumbai imposed fresh coronavirus restrictions on Monday as a rise in cases in the worst-affected region sparked fears of a new wave, while the country's vast inoculation drive fell behind schedule.

National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan chaired the 53rd session of the 14th NA Standing Committee which opened in Hanoi on the afternoon of February 22.

Nine more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam including three from Hai Phong City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,392, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

Many people in Hanoi have purchased farm produce to help farmers from the Covid-19 hotspot of Hai Duong who are in quarantine.

Authorities in the central province of Quang Tri are considering paying quarantine fees for Covid-19 prevention for four Chinese people who illegally entered Vietnam.

The 2021 Grand Ho Tram Chess Tournament is set to take place from March 10-17 at The Grand Ho Tram complex in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau.

One hundred outstanding students from low-income families in the northern province of Ninh Binh have just been given scholarships by the Vietnam Study Promotion Fund and Dantri/Dtinews Online Newspaper.

More than 40 localities in Vietnam have allowed their students to return to school from today, February 22.

A woman who works at a hospital in the northern city of Haiphong tested positive for Covid-19 this morning, February 22.

January started on a positive note, with city hotels seeing increased MICE and event bookings, while in some resorts corporate bookings started to return, according to Savills Vietnam.

Vietnam has done a good job in their fight against the coronavirus pandemic, according to US magazine Business Insider citing Australian think-tank The Lowy Institute’s recently-published Index.

Around 20,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from the UAE arrived in Gaza Sunday, a delivery reportedly orchestrated by a rival of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas three months before scheduled Palestinian elections.