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The US Mission to Vietnam is seeking candidates for the 2022 TechGirls Program.

The United States Agency for International Development and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed a MoU to establish a Green Index to help businesses identify provinces that are facilitating green operations.

Vietnam has sent a total of 43,584 workers to work abroad in the first 10 months of this year, reaching only 48.42% of this year’s target, according to a report from the Department of Overseas Labour.

Vietnam has continued to report a rise in the number of new Covid-19 infections with an additional 11,132 cases confirmed in 61 localities on Tuesday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Seventy-five per cent of 151 people who died of COVID-19 in HCM City from November 19-21 were either unvaccinated or had received only one vaccine dose, according to the city Department of Health.

Vietnam–US trade could hit 100 billion USD in this year, up 221 times against the figure in 1995 when the two countries normalised relations.

Three Vietnamese pharmaceutical companies have drawn up plans are in the process of producing Molnupiravir, an antiviral drug for COVID-19 treatment, according to the Ministry of Health.

The southern central province of Khanh Hoa is expected to serve around 9,351 foreign tourists from now until late December this year.

Hanoi started vaccinating children aged 15-17 against Covid-19 from November 23, using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.

A poor woman in the southern central province of Binh Dinh has received over VND324 million (USD14,087) donated by the public to help her cover treatment for her deformed face.

Winners of the “Young Francophone Reporters” competition 2021, the sixth of its kind, have been announced.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with former Japanese PM Suga Yoshihide and Chairman of the Japan - Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Alliance Nikai Toshihiro in Tokyo on November 23.

Police in Vinh Phuc Province have just issued fines to a local man for spreading false information on the Covid-19 pandemic.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to make official visits to Switzerland and Russia from November 25 to December 2.

A man in the southern province of Ben Tre is calling for support as his wife died of Covid-19 after giving birth to the second child.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived at Haneda airport in Tokyo on November 22 evening (local time), starting his official visit to Japan at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio.

Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line in Hanoi witnessed a sharp decline in passengers following the introduction of ticket charging.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 10,321 new Covid-19 infection cases in 58 localities on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health.

Two tourist boats were ruined by fire on Ha Long Bay in the northern province of Quang Ninh this afternoon, November 22.