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Norway will scrap nearly all its remaining COVID-19 lockdown measures as high levels of coronavirus infections are unlikely to jeopardise health services, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere said on Saturday.

Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on February 11 approved a proposal to donate up to 3.55 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to six countries, including Vietnam.

Tourist attractions in 35 cities and provinces nationwide welcomed around 6.2 million visitors during the nine-day Tet (Lunar New Year) festival, according to statistics from the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a spring festival of ethnic groups and launched the 2022 tree planting festival at the Culture - Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi on February 12.

The 15th edition of the annual Xuan Hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival opened on February 12 at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) in Hanoi.

Vietnam has continued to report rising number of Covid-19 infections with additional 27,311 cases confirmed on Saturday, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Nine Asian black bears which were kept in the southern province of Binh Duong for 17 years have been rescued.

Firms in HCM City will need some 50,000 workers during the first quarter of this year according to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

HCM City’s metro line No 1 between Bến Thành Market in District 1 and Suối Tiên Theme Park in Thủ Đức city will start trial operations by December 31 this year.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has just approved a proposal from Haiphong authorities on developing Tien Lang Airport, which would be its second international airport following Cat Bi, in order to serve the city's socio-economic development.

Huong Pagoda in Hanoi’s outlying district of My Duc welcomed thousands of visitors on its first reopening day on February 11.

A family-owned Vietnamese restaurant that has served the local community in San Francisco’s Financial District for nearly four decades is at risk of losing its space.

The US News & World Report newswire has released a list of the world’s most powerful countries in 2021, with Vietnam being placed at the 25th position in the power rankings.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the newly-appointed ambassadors of the US and Mexico, who came to present their credentials to the Vietnamese leader in Hanoi on February 11.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and the RoK’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance Hong Nam-ki in Seoul

Vietnam has continued to report rising number of Covid-19 infections with additional 26,487 cases confirmed on Friday, the Ministry of Health has reported.

A family with three sick members in Thanh Hoa Province have received over VND400 million (USD 17,391) after their story was shared on Dantri/Dtinews Newspaper.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos in coordination with the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane on February 11 presented scholarships of Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to 10 students of Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese Bilingual School.

Retail petrol prices have risen from 3 pm today, February 11, after the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.