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Retail petroleum businesses have asked to stop contributing to the petrol price stabilisation fund, increasing the commission to reduce losses and permanently withdrawing the licence of unprofitable retailers.

Vietjet on September 1 resumed the direct service between Vietnam's southern metropolis Ho Chi Minh City and Thailand’s northern largest city Chiang Mai.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 1,548 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, raising the national tally to over 11.40 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Authorities in HCM City have just organised a group wedding for 100 couples who are poor workers and volunteers who joined in Covid-19 pandemic prevention and control activities.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCM City is expected to serve 68,000 passengers today, National Day, September 2.

Up to 679 pigs in the central province of Quang Ngai have died after receiving a shot of an African swine fever vaccine made by a Vietnamese company.

Hanoi authorities have approved the design of a VND8.67-trillion (USD370.68-million) bridge project across the Red River.

The southern province of Binh Duong today, September 2, put its first pedestrian street project into use which is located by the Saigon River.

A seminar has been recently held in Hanoi to discuss developing sustainable export in the context of free trade agreements implementation.

The saola, one of the world’s rarest animals, is getting a critical emergency boost from the European Union, Re:wild and WWF-Vietnam to prevent its extinction.

Hanoi will host a festival of craft villages and streets at the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long from October 13 – 16, aiming to promote and preserve local traditional handicrafts.

Deputy Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Van Phuc has urged Vietnamese universities to improve quality of their programmes and beef up international cooperation to attract more foreign students.

Seven earthquakes with magnitudes between 2.7 and 4.1 on the Richter scale were recorded in Kon Plong District in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum on September 1.

The Foreign Ministry and Vietnam’s representative agencies in Cambodia have coordinated with the two countries’ authorities to safely repatriate over 600 citizens who had been tricked or lured to Cambodia for illegal work so far.

Many streets in Ho Chi Minh City have been decorated with flags, flowers and banners to celebrate the 77th National Day anniversary on September 2.

The pedestrian spaces in Hanoi’s historic Hoan Kiem District will be open from September 1 through September 4 to serve local residents and visitors during the National Day (September 2) holiday.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 2,680 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday, raising the national tally to over 11.40 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Co To Island in the northern province of Quang Ninh has started a pilot programme to ban visitors from bringing plastic products to the island since today, September 1.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong offered incense in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the 77th National Day and also the 53rd year since the late President passed away.