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A field hospital has been established at Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi to serve Covid-19 prevention.

Two more staff at the Tan Son Nhat Airport in HCM City have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, while Hung Yen Province has become a new locality in the country to report community cases.

Vietnam targets raising the proportion of trained workers to 35-40 % by 2030 under a support programme for labour market development newly issued by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Snow has covered Mount Fansipan in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, attracting many visitors.

Leaders of the Party, National Assembly, State, Government and Vietnam Fatherland Front laid a wreath of flowers in tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on February 9 morning.

The Prime Minister has approved a scheme aiming to increase Vietnam’s agro-forestry and fishery export value to between US$ 60-62 billion by 2030.

Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have decided to close karaoke parlors, nightclubs, bars, pubs, beer clubs, massage parlors among others after dozens of new Covid-19 infection cases were reported in the city over the past couple of days.

Vietnam reported three more locally-infected Covid-19 patients on Tuesday morning, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,053, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnamese Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong had phone talks on February 8 with Party General Secretary and State President of China Xi Jinping.

China's Tianwen-1 probe has sent back its first image of Mars, the national space agency said, as the mission prepares to touch down on the Red Planet later this year.

Vietnam has completed the first phase of the human trials of Nano Covax, a homegrown COVID-19 vaccine, with the participation of 60 volunteers according to the Vietnam Military Medical University.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) spent a total of 4.8 trillion VND (209.6 million USD) on humanitarian activities in 2020, a 10 percent increase compared to 2019.

Thousands of people in a residential area in the southern province of Binh Duong's Thu Dau Mot City are preparing to welcome the Lunar New Year in lockdown mode.

Authorities in Hanoi are searching for people who have visited five places which relate to the newly-infected Covid-19 patients.

45 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,050, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

The third field hospital for Covid-19 patients in Hai Duong Province has been completed at Sao Do University in Chi Linh City.

A family in Bac Giang Province is calling for financial support to save the mother from cancer and the new-born daughter.

Eighteen people were confirmed dead on Monday and at least 200 others were missing after a devastating flash flood in India thought to have been caused by a chunk of glacier breaking off.

Heavy rainfall has been forecasted to affect the northern region of Vietnam on February 8-9.