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Vietnam reported an additional 13,698 Covid-19 infections on Thursday with the capital Hanoi and HCM City recording rising number of cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The first electric bus route was officially launched in Hanoi this morning, December 2. The service is operated by VinBus Ecology Transport Services Limited Liability Company under Vingroup.

Car registration points in Hanoi have received a large number of customers right after registration fees were cut by half from December 1.

Renowned Vietnamese architecture Vo Trong Nghia and his team VTN Architects have been honoured at the LOOP Design Awards 2021 for their project "Viettel Offsite Studio", with the site being located in Hanoi.

A recent research by Standard Chartered has listed Vietnam among the 13 markets driving future trade growth, and with its enhanced integration into the global economy, the Cong Thuong (Industry & Trade) newspaper said.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son is paying an official visit to the People's Republic of China from December 2 to December 4 following an invitation sent by State Councilor Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi.

WHO and UNICEF call on the Government of Vietnam and State agencies to implement the Government Decree 09/2016/ND-CP that mandates the fortification of salt, wheat flour and vegetable oil and the use of fortified salt and wheat flour by

The Republic of Korea (RoK)'s daily coronavirus case numbers rose to a new high on Thursday, as authorities halted quarantine exemptions for fully vaccinated inbound travellers for two weeks in a bid to fend off the Omicron variant.

The third phase of clinical trials of Vietnam's homemade COVID-19 vaccine COVIVAC have been halted, due to a shortage of volunteers.

Death toll from the devastating floods that are hitting central Vietnam has risen to nine, while nearly 60,000 houses have been submerged, according to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control at a meeting on December 1.

Hanoi will spend a total of VND437 trillion (USD18.83 billion) on housing projects in the 2021-2025 period.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, agencies and businesses of Vietnam and Russia to seek ways lifting two-way trade by 15 times and tripling investment in the near future.

Schools in HCM City will reopen for 1st, 9th, and 12th grade pupils from December 13 for a two-week pilot period.

Two consecutive forest fires have occurred in Ha Long City in the northern province of Quang Ninh.

A workshop on the application of satellite data in monitoring pollution and research was held in Hanoi on December 1 as part of the projects "Join hands for clean air” and “Improving air pollution monitoring and management of Vietnam

Vietnam has continued to report rising numbers of Covid-19 infections with an additional 14,508 cases confirmed on Wednesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Five fishermen have gone missing after their boat sank off the central province of Quang Tri.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has successfully conducted a direct flight from the US to Vietnam that landed in the central city of Danang on Wednesday morning.

Hanoi has suspended the use of two batches of Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine that had already expired on November 30.