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An additional 590 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Friday, raising the national tally to over 11.49 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi People's Committee has just asked the city's Urban Railway Management Board to study the sixth urban metro project connecting Noi Bai Airport with a new urban area in the western district of Thanh Tri's Ngoc Hoi Commune.

President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Thursday beat the drum to open the 2022-2023 academic year at Vietnam National University-HCM City.

Vietnamese Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan met with the Presidents of Kazakhstan, Turkey, and Uzbekistan as part of her trip to attend the 6th Summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia in Kazakhstan.

The Central Highlands province of Dak Nong has destroyed tents and equipment used to serve illegal gold mining activities in a local forest.

At least eight children were killed and three others were missing in Cambodia after a boat that was ferrying them home from an English class sank in the Mekong river, police said Friday.

Two tourists have died after their car plunged into the Xuan Huong Lake in the central highlands city of Dalat on Thursday evening.

Authorities in the northern province if Son La have successfully defused a bomb which was found at a house construction site in Song Ma District.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency Vietnam has disbursed some 10.8 billion JPY worth of ODA in Vietnam, exclusive of funding for the private sector, between April 2021 and March 2022, according to Chief Representative Shimizu Akira.

The Central Highland province of Lam Dong has granted a license to launch paragliding service to savour scenic views of Xuan Huong lake in Da Lat city, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

The first patient who was infected with the monkeypox virus is scheduled to be discharged on October 14 after three weeks of treatment and quarantine in hospital.

An additional 1,069 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Thursday, raising the national tally to over 11.49 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

The French luxury cruise ship Le Laperouse carrying roughly 100 international tourists arrived at Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh this morning, October 13.

The 12th ASEAN Education Ministers Meeting opened in Hanoi (Vietnam) on October 13 to work out measures to realise priority areas for regional education systems in the post-pandemic period.

This morning’s high tide seriously flooded many streets in Ho Chi Minh City.

As many as 37 Vietnamese scientists have been named in the list of the 100,000 most influential scientists in the world for this year.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of Finland have just signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on food and forestry co-operation.

China replaced the US to become Vietnam’s largest importer of fishery products in September this year with trade valued at USD 146.30 million.

The number of children affected with respiratory problems is sharply rising in HCM City.