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Vietnam and Qatar yesterday signed an agreement on visa exemption for their diplomatic and official passport holders.

The central province of Quang Ngai has asked the Ministry of Transport to provide VND4.2 trillion (USD181.03 million) in funding for the North-South Expressway project site clearance.

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi will reopen to the public from August 16 after an annual maintenance since June 13.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to see a new rainy spell from August 19.

Thailand's economy grew 2.5 percent in the second quarter as returning foreign tourists failed to offset high inflation and concerns over regional tensions, the country's main economic agency said Monday.

Several wastewater treatment projects are going to be put into operation in the central city of Danang, which are expected to help prevent pollution at local beaches.

Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced Monday that it will open an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the Australian city of Melbourne, a first for the southern hemisphere.

The Vietnam Association of Foreign Invested Enterprises has begun working on the annual 2022 foreign direct investment report.

The Vietnam U20 side players have arrived in Japan after a night flight for a training camp ahead of their Group F qualifying clashes of the 2023 AFC U20 Asian Cup.

All four students in the Vietnamese team have brought home a medal at the 34th International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI 2022) hosted by Indonesia.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Sunday reported an additional 1,429 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.

Strapped in tight, the prone poodle nervously eyes the vet as he gently sticks fine needles into its back and paws, summoning the ancient art of acupuncture to treat the pet's aches and pains.

The southern province of Kien Giang has reported 338 Covid-19 patients over the past month, including 35 new Omicron sub-variants cases.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 13 sent messages of sympathy to their respective French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and Élisabeth Borne over the huge losses in assets and natural resources caused by recent

The initial seven months of the year saw two-way trade turnover between the nation and Laos reach nearly US$949 million, a rise of 24.2% over the same period from last year, according to data compiled by the Vietnam Trade

Vietnam is scheduled to host the 2022 Mekong Tourism Forum, themed “Rebuild Tourism, Rebound with Resilience”, from October 9 – 14, the first in-person meeting of the six Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) destinations since the pandemic began in 2019.

There remains huge potential for future co-operation between the nation and Germany’s Saxony state, especially in vocational training, recruitment of Vietnamese skilled workers, green and renewable energy development, climate change response, and tourism.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Saturday reported an additional 1,815 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 11 million.