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The United States will help Thailand develop nuclear power through a new class of small reactors, part of a programme aimed at fighting climate change, Vice President Kamala Harris announced on a visit Saturday.

Leaders of the French speaking countries, including Vice President of Vietnam Vo Thi Anh Xuan, attended the opening ceremony of the 18th Francophone Summit on the Tunisian island of Djerba on November 19 (local time).

With ten-month positive results, Vietnam’s major currency earners like aquatic products, rice, coffee, footwear and handbags are very likely to exceed their export revenue targets set early this year.

The number of tourists arriving in Hanoi since the beginning of the year is estimated at over 17 million, representing a five-fold increase year on year, according to the Municipal Department of Tourism.

The Government has planned to invest a total capital of 1.25 trillion VND (54.3 million USD) to three large projects in the Central Highlands region, focusing on agricultural production, wood processing and real estate.

The US Embassy in Vietnam, in cooperation with the Vietnam National Fine Arts Museum and the Centre for Research and Promotion of Cultural Heritage will organise an exhibition and a workshop in Hanoi to celebrate Vietnam Cultural Heritage Day.

An artisan in Hanoi's Bat Trang Ceramic Village is producing thousands of models of the World Cup trophy ahead of the 2022 World Cup.

The Nha Trang City People's Committee has asked authorities in Vinh Hoa Ward to urgently plan to remove some construction works of the Lu Quan Thien Phuoc Restaurant that were illegally built on the Nha Trang Bay.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue left Hanoi on Saturday for the 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and official visits to Cambodia and the Philippines.

A poor man in the central province of Nghe An is seeking help as his wife and children are facing serious diseases.

Vietnamese students now constitute the fifth largest group of foreign students in the United States – up from sixth last year, according to the Institute of International Education’s annual “Open Doors” Report.

Đỗ Xuân Dũng, 45, from Hoàng Mai District in Hanoi, donates his platelets once every 25 days to keep a promise he made with his daughter.

Preterm birth is the leading cause of death among children under the age of five, according to a report by UNICEF Vietnam on the World Prematurity Day (November 17).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc together with leaders of the APEC member economies attended a dialogue and luncheon with French President Emmanuel Macron and Crown Prince and PM of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman in Bangkok.

The northern and central regions of Vietnam have been forecasted to experience another cold spell with rain, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

An additional 435 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Friday, raising the national tally to over 11.51 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Ten artefacts, the earliest dating back to the Đông Sơn civilisation (BC 1,000 – AD 1st century), were handed to the Vietnam National Museum of History on Friday.

The first ever Miss Charm international beauty contest will be held in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) from February 3 to 17, 2023, announced a representative of the organizing board at a press conference on November 17.

Vietnam bird’s nests will be officially exported to China after the protocol on allowing the exportation of this product was signed by both countries.