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More than 2,000 children lose their lives every year to drowning in Vietnam. Experts suggest that more training and education on swimming and water safety are needed to turn this grim statistic around.

A schoolboy in Binh Phuoc Province and a woman in Dak Lak Province have died after receiving the Covid-19 vaccination.

The World Health Organization warned countries on Tuesday not to impose blanket travel bans over the new Omicron coronavirus variant as governments and scientists try to determine how much protection current vaccines would offer against the strain.

Vietnam is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) in its response to new coronavirus variant Omicron, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

The southern province of Dong Nai is witnessing a sharp rise in the number of new Covid-19 cases amid the shortage of medical staff.

The Ministry of Transport has decided to raise the frequency of domestic flight routes from December 1.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin have affirmed that cooperation in energy, oil and gas remains one of the major pillars of the comprehensive strategic partnership, bringing practical benefits to both countries.

Imported fresh pine trees and branches have become hot items for Christmas decorations in Vietnam this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a keynote speech at the opening of the ASEAN High-Level Forum on Sub-Regional Cooperation for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth on November 30.

An additional 13,972 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Tuesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to over 1.23 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

A disabled couple in the central province of Ha Tinh is calling for help for their hearing-impaired one-year-old baby.

The Norwegian Embassy in Hanoi, its Commercial Section-Innovation Norway, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Vietnam Environment Administration (VEA) under the Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment (MONRE) on Tuesday organised a webinar “Multi-stakeholders approach – a key

Vietnam head coach Park Hang-seo has announced a 30-man squad ahead of the upcoming AFF Cup 2020, according to the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Heavy rains have flooded many areas in the southern central provinces of Binh Dinh and Phu Yen.

Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 percent from the figure in October, the General Statistics Office has announced.

A strong cold snap has been forecasted to hit northern and northern central localities from Wednesday evening with temperatures of below five degrees centigrade in high mountainous areas.

Many houses in the mountainous Ba To District in the central province of Quang Ngai are being threatened by serious landslides following torrential heavy rain over the past few days.

Students at high schools and vocational training centers in Hanoi are expected to head back to class on December 6 if the places have no new Covid-19 infections for two weeks.

The Consumer Price Index in November grew by 0.32 percent against October and up 2.1 percent on-year, the General Statistics Office reported.