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As neighbours in the region and both are members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Vietnam has kept a close watch on the ongoing situation in Myanmar, Spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu

Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong on February 1 signed a decision approving the use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine due to the urgent need for prevention and control of the pandemic.

Vietnam has recorded 31 more Covid-19 infection cases, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,850, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong thanked delegates at the 13th National Party Congress for their trust and electing the new Party Central Committee during his remarks on February 1.

Nearly 100 pieces of pottery by members of the Vietnam Fine Arts Association are on display at an exhibition in Hanoi.

Professor Lê Thanh Hải, director of the National Children’s Hospital, a leading paediatrics expert, was found to have died at his workplace on Sunday afternoon.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam wrapped up on February 1 after eight working days, with its resolution adopted at the closing session.

A Laotian man has been detained after he was caught bringing nearly 10,000 methamphetamine pills from Lao to Vietnam through the border in the central province of Quang Binh.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have sent over VND400m (USD17,200) to help a woman in Bac Giang Province to support her son who is suffering from cerebral palsy.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) ended on a high note at the National Convention Centre in Hanoi on February 1.

Myanmar's leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior figures from the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) have been detained in a military raid on early February 1, according to foreign media.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam is expected to be wrapped up in Hanoi on February 1, one day ahead of schedule.

Ho Chi Minh City needs 553 billion VND (23.9 million USD) to invest in a motorbike emission control programme in the city by 2030.

Two women in Hanoi's Cau Giay and Nam Tu Liem districts have just tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,819, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

Foreign enterprises poured a considerable amount of capital into manufacturing and processing projects in the first half of January, an official has said.

Hanoi People's Committee has asked discos, bars, and karaoke parlors to temporarily shut down from February 1 as the city takes measures to prevent and control the spread of the latest Covid-19 outbreak.

36 new Covid-19 infection cases including 17 locally- transmitted have been reported in Vietnam, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,817, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday evening.

Scientists from the National Institute of Hygiene And Epidemiology have found a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 virus on a COVID-19 patient entering Vietnam from South Africa.