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The freight train from Vietnam to Europe is operating very well after putting into operation for more than four months, according to Tran The Hung, General Director of Rail Transport and Trade Joint Stock Company (Ratraco).

Astronomy lovers will have the unique chance to enjoy major amazing phenomena in December this year, according reports by the Hanoi Amateur Astronomy Society (HAS).

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) for the 2021-2026 tenure at the fourth congress of the association on December 3.

Vietnam reported an additional 13,670 Covid-19 infections on Friday with over half of the number found in the community, according to the Ministry of Health.

HCM City has been forecasted to experience severe inundation due to high tides.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has appointed ten prominent athletes and sports officials as Ambassadors of ASEAN Women in Sports. This initiative is part of the Japan-funded ASEAN WeScore Campaign.

High schools and vocational and further education facilities in Hanoi will be reopened from early next week after a long closure as part of Covid-19 prevention efforts.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has just asked local hospitals to prepare for an increasing number of Covid-19 patients as fatalities have continued to rise.

A street art festival, Saigon Urban Arts: Street Mural Painting (SUA 2021), will be held in HCM City from December 4-18.

China will donate an additional 500,000 vaccine doses and CNY20 million to purchase medical equipment and supplies for Vietnam’s COVID-19 fight.

A woman in Ho Chi Minh City is taking care of 150 dogs and cats which have been abandoned or left by their owners during the Covid-19 outbreak in the area.

A poor man in the northern central province of Thanh Hoa is calling for support for his ailing wife and daughter.

The Ministry of Health has planned to receive around 63.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine this month.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and leaders of several Vietnamese and Russian ministries on December 2 attended a ceremony announcing the first-ever direct services to Europe of Vietnamese budget airline Vietjet Air.

The Republic of Korea's Coast Guard has rescued 17 Vietnamese sailors after their cargo ship sank near the eastern island of Ulleung.

Many guest workers in Ho Chi Minh City may have to cancel the plan of returning to their hometowns during the coming Tet holiday due to financial difficulties.

Five Vietnamese higher education institutions have been named among the 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings which was recently released by the US News & World Reports.

Vietnam and China held the 15th round of negotiations of the working group on the sea area beyond the mouth of the Gulf of Tonkin and the 12th round of talks of the working group for consultation on cooperation

The Ministry of Health received 500,000 doses of Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccine, worth over 2 million USD presented by the Government of Argentina, at a ceremony held in Hanoi on December 2.