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Vietnam’s tennis ace Ly Hoang Nam toppled British player Giles Hussey in two straight sets (6-4, 6-4) on the morning of November 29 to claim the men’s singles title of the M15 Cancun tournament in Mexico, Nhan dan reported.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation on November 29 afternoon (Vietnam time) left Geneva for an official visit to Russia at the invitation of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.

An additional 13,770 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Monday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,224,110, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi will start operating three electric bus routes from December 2 according to an official.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) is investigating the cause of a collision between two planes at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi.

Temperatures at the top of Fansipan Mountain in Lao Cai Province fell to below zero degrees centigrade on early Monday morning, leaving it covered in frost.

Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro route in Hanoi has witnessed a rise in the number of passengers with the monthly pass.

The Ministry of Health has just proposed to local authorities to suspend flights to some African countries to prevent the new Covid-19 Omicron variant.

The world's second-largest waste-to-energy plant in Soc Son District, Hanoi, is nearing completion.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Russia from November 29 to December 2, which will be made at the invitation of President Vladimir Putin, is expected to deepen the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership.

The Vietnamese Embassy and Vietnam Trade Office in Australia have launched a programme marketing two tonnes of Vietnamese whole frozen passion fruit products in a bid to increase the share of the fruit in the market.

Israel on Saturday said it would ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to a new and potentially more contagious coronavirus variant, and said it

Two students, with one in Hanoi capital and the other in Bac Giang province, have died after they were given their first dose of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19.

Vietnam received about 1.4 million doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine aided by France on November 27 and 28, bringing the total doses offered by the European donor to more than 2 million.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has highlighted the overseas Vietnamese community as an “inseparable part” of the Vietnamese nation and an important resource for the cause of national construction, development and defence.

An additional 12,936 Covid-19 infections were reported in Vietnam on Sunday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 1,210,340, according to the Ministry of Health.

Do Thi Ha, Miss Vietnam 2020, has made it into the top 27 most talented contestants of the global beauty pageant Miss World 2021.

With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi.