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US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper said the US is ready to deliver a third coast guard ship to Vietnam as part of its commitment to help the country increase its maritime security capacity.

Eight associations with a large labour force have proposed the Government increase the regional minimum wage from January 1, 2023 instead of July 1, 2022 as per the National Wage Council's decision.

Da Nang has implemented a special scheme that offers free 4G SIM cards to over 50,000 foreign tourists visiting the central coastal city.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Italian counterpart Mario Draghi expressed their delight at the recent strides in the strategic partnership between the two countries during their phone talks on April 20.

Vietnam on Wednesday confirmed additional 13,271 Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to over 10.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

The 2022 Hue Kite Festival is being held, attracting thousands of colourful kites.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on April 20 received Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha (the lower house) Om Birla, who is paying an official visit to Vietnam.

Old villas built before 1954 in the capital's centre have great locations, but most have deteriorated.

Shanghai further eased its gruelling, weeks-long Covid-19 lockdown on Wednesday despite a mounting official death toll and tens of thousands of daily cases.

Many domestic flights have been fully booked for the upcoming Reunification Day (April 30) and May Day (May 1) holiday.

Local photographer Bach Ngoc Tu claimed a number of prizes at Spring Clicks Circuit 2022, an international photography contest held in Montenegro.

Tax and fee reductions have contributed to bringing inflation under control in Vietnam, according to Deputy Minister of Finance Vo Thanh Hung.

The US government delivered an additional 1.7 million doses of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine to Vietnam this week through the COVAX facility, bringing the total number of vaccines the U.S. government has supported in Vietnam to almost 40 million.

Hundreds of Covid-infected children in HCM City have been found to have Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C) after recovering.

Asian markets were flat on Wednesday as oil began clawing its way back up from a big drop after the International Monetary Fund downgraded its global growth forecast for 2022.

More than 10 hectares of forest in the central province of Quang Tri’s Dakrong District have been destroyed.

Shares nosedived on Tuesday due to the fall of banking stocks caused by massive selling at the end of the trading session.

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum witnessed 33 earthquakes from 1903 to 2020 but has seen 169 just since last year, a massive growth from the previous century.

The United States continued to be the nation’s largest export market during the first quarter of the year, accounting for 29.1% of the country's total turnover.