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The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience a hot spell this weekend.

Speaker of the Indian Lok Sabha Om Birla and his entourage arrived in Hanoi at noon on April 19, starting their three-day official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

Decorated glazed bricks almost 3,000 years old are on display at Iran's National Museum after a four-decade search disrupted by war and an international legal battle.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has issued Document No. 829/PA-BVHTTDL on its plan to reopen the tourism sector in the new normal.

The first heat wave of the year is forecast to strike both the northern and central regions from April 22, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) and the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum will organise a forum on April 24 to seek measures to promote tourism in the locality and the region as a whole.

Visitors to Con Dao Island in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau from April 18 will no longer have to show a negative Covid-19 test result.

Public bus services are now servicing Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat Airport domestic terminal.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on April 18 sentenced 12 defendants to imprisonments of between 3-13 years on the charge of conducting acts aiming at overthrowing the people’s administration.

China reported seven new deaths from Covid-19 in Shanghai on Tuesday, raising the official toll after hundreds of thousands of cases in the metropolis during a weeks-long lockdown.

Shares ended Monday in negative territory on both national exchanges as investors increased selling force amid fears of a steeper downtrend.

A market displaying Ngoc Linh ginseng, the first of its kind in Vietnam, is set to open in both in-person and online forms in order to honour the ginseng as Vietnamese treasure.

The Government has given the central province of Quang Binh the go-ahead to upgrade Dong Hoi Airport if it gets more international flights.

The Central Highlands province of Kon Tum witnessed an earthquake measuring 4.5 on the Richter Scale this afternoon, April 18, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre.

Vietnam on Monday confirmed additional 12,012 Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to over 10.47 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Authorities in the central city of Danang have organised a market that offers free goods to poor students in the area.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated a total of around VND508 million (USD21,896) for a three-year-old girl in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang who has severe burns.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has approved a master plan to develop the Van Phong economic zone in the southcentral province of Khanh Hoa into a dynamic economic hub moving forward to 2040, with a vision towards 2050.

Delegation from the Australian Embassy in Vietnam visited Son La and Dien Bien provinces from April 12 to 15 to meet with local government leaders and farmers and businesses who are benefiting from Australian-supported projects.