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A free-of-charge cleft palate operation programme, with the participation of doctors from Germany, is taking place in the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế from March 1 to 10, supporting children in need from across the nation.

Authorities in the northern province of Ninh Binh have just decided to reduce the scale of the Hoa Lu University project that has been left idle for nearly two decades.

A sunken Philippine tanker carrying 800,000 litres (210,000 gallons) of industrial fuel oil has leaked some of its cargo into the sea, authorities said Thursday, as they raced to find the vessel and contain the spill.

A bomb weighing around 500 kilos has been detected in a garden in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong.

Hanoi's Center for Disease Control announced on March 2 that the capital has recorded its first human case of Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria that comes from pigs, this year.

Some 7,000 runners, including 300 international marathoners, will participate in the 5th Dalat Ultra Trail (DUT) 2023 which will take place in Da Lat city and Lac Duong district, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, from March 3-5.

Four workers at a company in the northern province of Bac Ninh have suffered from methanol poisoning.

A total of 37 international delegations grouping 229 people have confirmed their attendance at the 8th Buon Ma Thuot coffee festival slated for March 10 – 14 in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, said the provincial Department

The Danang International Fireworks Festival will be resumed in June after a three-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Stocks were mixed in Asia on Thursday after the previous day's rally but trading was subdued as Federal Reserve interest rate hike worries returned to the agenda with two top officials warning more tightening will be needed to slay inflation.

Politburo member and permanent member of the Secretariat of the Party Central Committee Vo Van Thuong pledged to fulfil assigned tasks after he was elected at an extraordinary session of the National Assembly in Hanoi on March 2 with

Vietnam received 1.80 million foreign tourists in the first two months of this year, nearly 25 percent of the year's target of 8 million, according to the latest report from the General Statistics Office.

As many as 51,400 Vietnamese enterprises closed their doors in the first two months of this year, up 14.5 percent on-year.

The 15th National Assembly (NA) will convene the fourth extraordinary session on March 2 to make a decision on the Presidency of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The Ministry of Transport has agreed to a Vietnam Expressway Corporation’s proposal to expand the HCM City-Long Thanh Highway.

Fuel prices were again slightly reduced in the latest adjustment made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance on Wednesday.

A US war veteran will arrive in Vietnam this weekend to return a wartime diary to a Vietnamese family in the central province of Ha Tinh this weekend, according to local authorities.

The Ministry of Health sent a telegram on March 1 to various chairman of People's Committees at municipal and provincial levels regarding drastic measures aimed at preventing the H5N1 avian influenza from potentially spreading from poultry to humans.

Two secondary schools in HCM City have seen a surge among students who are facing respiratory problems over the recent days.