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PM Pham Minh Chinh cabled a message of condolences to President of the Liberal Democratic Party and PM of Japan Kishida Fumio over the death of former PM Abe Shinzo on July 8.

Hanoi People’s Council have approved the relocation of nine state-owned businesses from the city centre in the next five years.

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday by a gunman who opened fire at close range as the hugely influential politician delivered a campaign speech.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 800 Covid-19 infections on Friday, down 113 cases from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

The voluntary blood donation programme entitled Red Journey 2022 and the Ho Chi Minh City voluntary blood donation festival were launched in Ho Chi Minh City on July 7, attracting the participation of 4,000 people.

After two years of postponement due to COVID-19, the Vietnam Summer Camp 2022 for young overseas Vietnamese will be held from July 19 to August 3 by the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The central city of Danang will develop a market network that focuses on serving tourists by 2030.

Grab users will have to pay an additional VND 3,000-5,000 surcharge if they order the services with bikes during hot weather.

A poor ethnic minority couple in Son La Province have received over VND 300 million (USD13,043) from the public to cover medical treatment for their small daughter who is suffering from retinoblastoma.

The index of industrial production in the first half of this year surged 8.48% over the same period last year, according to the General Statistics Office.

Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe has been shot, a government spokesman said Friday, as local media reported the ex-premier was showing no vital signs.

Health officials in Ho Chi Minh City are considering reopening field hospitals to receive and treat coronavirus patients following the emergence of new subvariants of the Omicron variant – BA.4 and BA.5 – in the city.

From laser beams and wooden satellites to galactic tow-truck services, start-ups in Japan are trying to imagine ways to deal with a growing environmental problem: space debris.

The Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HOSE) has announced the top 10 largest securities companies this year.

TikTok took down more than 2.4 million videos containing content that violates its regulations in the Vietnamese market in the first quarter of 2022.

Blockchain Global Day 2022, the first large-scale event of its kind held in Vietnam, is set to take place in Ho Chi Minh city on July 29 to seek ways to develop the local blockchain industry, according to organisers.

Various measures have been taken to protect and support Vietnamese citizens facing difficulties in Cambodia, Spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Thursday reported an additional 913 Covid-19 infections, raising the country's total tally to over 10.75 million.

Vietnam's two largest cities of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh are facing new outbreaks of the Covid-19 pandemic following the detection of Omicron subvariant BA.5 and the slow pace of vaccination.