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The Party and State will double their efforts to provide better support and assistance for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the years to come, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi.

The northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh reported more Covid-19 community transmission cases on Saturday morning.

HCM City needs VNĐ553 billion (US$23.9 million) to invest in the motorbike emission control programme in the city by 2030. Of that, the city plans to check exhaust emissions for impoverished households free of charge between 2023-2025.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga vowed Friday to hold the Olympics as a symbol of unity and hope, despite growing doubts over the virus-postponed event's fate.

A man in the northern province of Quang Ninh has faced worsening health after being tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday.

Vietnam reported 53 new COVID-19 cases on January 29, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported at a meeting the same day.

Most Venerable Thich Duc Thien, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha has asked visitors to pagodas to wear masks during the Tet Holiday.

More than 1,000 people who are serving Vietnam’s 13th Party Congress stood in line this morning, January 29, for a third Covid-19 test.

Vietnam welcomed 17,736 foreign visitors in January, a month-on-month increase of 9 percent but down 99.1 percent year-on-year, the General Statistics Office announced on January 29.

Vietnam will build three field hospitals in the northern province of Hai Duong which is facing a Covid-19 outbreak.

The central province of Quảng Trị, the area most heavily contaminated by unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Vietnam following the war with the US, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality

Following an outbreak of new community COVID-19 cases in the north of the country, Hanoi will test all people who have returned from Quang Ninh Province and Chi Linh City, Hai Duong Province since January 14.

From animal print ensembles to lacy hoodies and flared silky slacks, Arab men on Thursday got their first ever fashion week, with the three-day event showcased virtually online.

Some 60 people in Hanoi have been quarantined for Covid-19 prevention after attending a wedding in Hai Duong Province's Covid-19 hotspot of Chi Linh City.

The Children’s Hospital 2 in Ho Chi Minh City has successfully performed an autologous stem cell transplant on the smallest patient so far - a 32-month-old girl suffering from severe neuroblastoma (NB).

The 13th National Party Congress discussed and voted to approve the number of Party Central Committee members being 200, at a plenary session in Hanoi on January 28, according to the press release on the working day of the congress.

The Ministry of Health on Friday morning announced nine new Covid-19 infection cases in Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Hai Phong, and Quang Ninh, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,651.

A sculpture exhibition entitled ‘Spring of the Country’ opened in Hanoi on January 28 to welcome the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Party, and New Year 2021.

Authorities in Hanoi have carried out tightened measures to trace for people who had contact with the new Covid-19 cases in Quang Ninh.