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The United Nations is launching a crowd-funding campaign for an operation intended to prevent an ageing Yemeni oil tanker from unleashing a potentially catastrophic spill in the Red Sea, a senior official said Monday.

Industrial and export processing zones based in Hanoi have unveiled that it attracted four new investment projects and 12 expanded projects featuring a total investment capital of US$ 81 million during the opening five months of the year.

Many firms in southern industrial zones in HCM City, Binh Duong, and Dong Nai are facing labour shortages despite offering higher salaries.

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman has joined Vietnamese government and public health leaders to celebrate the start of the installation of a new liquid oxygen system provided by the US Agency for International Development.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday launched a new project to help Vietnam control illegal wildlife trafficking.

An additional 617 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 10.73 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Retail petrol prices increased from 3 pm Monday, June 13, to the highest rate ever, marking the sixth consecutive rise.

A poor family in the southern central province of Binh Dinh is calling for help as up to three of the five members in the family are ailing.

A ceremony took place on Sunday to bid farewell to the remaining 156 members of Vietnam's Engineering Unit Rotation 1, as they left for peacekeeping duty at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei.

Beijing started a new round of mass testing in its most populous downtown district on Monday after a rapidly spreading outbreak linked to a bar saw Covid rules tightened again in the capital.

PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation (PV GAS) has been named among the top 50 listed companies for this year by Forbes Vietnam, marking the firm’s 10th consecutive appearance on the list.

The northern and northern central region will face heavy rains in the next three days from Monday evening, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecasted that Viet Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) will reach US$571.1 billion by 2025, surpassing the Philippines and Singapore to become the third largest economy in the Southeast Asia.

The Mausoleum of President Ho Chi Minh and the Monument to Heroic Martyrs in Hanoi will be closed to the public from June 13 to August 15 for annual maintenance this year.

Vietnam were knocked out of the AFC U23 Asian Cup Uzbekistan 2022 on Sunday night, losing 0-2 to Saudi Arabia in the quarter-final at the Lokomotiv Stadium in Tashkent.

The number of new Covid-19 infections continued to drop in Vietnam with 568 cases confirmed on Sunday, down 142 cases from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Sunday spoke with more than 4,500 workers nationwide and discussed their opinions on a number of work-related issues.

An exhibition featuring the charm of Japanese dolls opened at the Vietnam Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi on June 10.