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Prices of many kinds of food have soared at local markets after continual increases in fuel prices.

Vietnam has confirmed a record number of 94,385 Covid-19 infections on Monday, raising the total number of patients in the country to over 3.44 million, the Ministry of Health has reported.

People who violate traffic regulations in Hanoi can pay fines online from tomorrow, March 1.

The 12th and 13th trains for Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro project in HCM City are expected to be imported into the city from Japan in early March.

The Russian currency (RUB) has begun to depreciate over the Russia-Ukraine conflict, resulting in a string of cancellations by Russian tourists wishing to visit Vietnam and greatly impacting the plans of local travel agencies.

The Ministry of Health has just decided to extend the expiry dates of the Abdala Covid-19 vaccine to nine months.

A little girl in the northern province of Bac Giang who is suffering from lymphangioma is in desperate need of support.

The Indonesian government will conduct a trial on receiving international travelers without quarantine in the country’s resort island of Bali beginning March 14 under certain conditions, a senior minister.

Airlines in Vietnam are now ready for the possible evacuation of Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine amid the increasing conflict in the country.

Vietnam attracted approximately US$5 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the opening two months of the year, equivalent to roughly 91.5% against the same period last year, according to statistics released by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

Public parks and tourist sites in Hanoi have still been attracting lots of visitors despite the sharp rise in Covid-19 infections.

Local designer Cao Minh Tien has launched a fresh collection featuring traditional long dress (Ao Dai) titled "Hope" to mark Vietnamese Doctors' Day on February 27.

Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh on February 27 warned the capital city will see the peak of the current COVID-19 surge in the middle of March.

An additional 86,990 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday and the northern province of Phu Tho added 14,838 more cases to the national tally, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Vietnamese and Singaporean businesses exchanged co-operation documents with a total capital amounting to US$11 billion at the Vietnam-Singapore Business Forum held on February 25 as part of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Singapore.

Up to 73 wards, communes and towns in Hanoi are identified as high risk areas for Covid-19 amid the city’s increasing wave of Covid-19 infections.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired a suspected ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday.