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The local labour market is showing signs of recovery following the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country enters a new normal, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the National Assembly.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement will officially take effect starting January 1 next year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Agricultural production has been increasing in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận in recent years, thanks to the innovative Large Field Model.

The fifth Epsilon solid-fuel rocket which carries Vietnam’s NanoDragon and eight other small satellites of Japan, was successfully launched into outer space at 9:55am (Japan time) on November 9.

The US has just sent 2,873,520 additional doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to support Vietnam in its fight against Covid-19.

Vietnam Railway Corporation has just announced that train tickets for the Tet Lunar New Year holiday period will go on sale from November 15.

A photo and video contest has been launched by the Vietnam News Agency's Thể Thao & Văn Hóa (Culture & Sports) daily to give photographers a chance to capture the beauty of Hanoi.

Vietnam proposed initiatives and resolutions at an online session on November 8 in preparation for the 29th Annual Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF-29), to be hosted by the Republic of Korea (RoK) in December.

Director of the Phuong Khau (The Emperor's Gift) web series, Huynh Tuan Anh has just won the Best Director of The Year prize at the Asian World Film Festival which is being held in the US.

Vietnam has continued to record rising number of new Covid-19 infections with 7,988 more cases confirmed in 55 localities nationwide on Monday, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has officially announced the relaxation of entry requirements for a number of priority subjects as part of the economic recovery policy being implemented by the Japanese Government, including Vietnamese interns and workers.

The Ministry of Transport has recommended the construction of six new airports in the next 10 years, raising the number of Vietnam’s airports to 28.

Around 3,800 Grade 9 students in Hanoi’s outlying district of Ba Vi have returned to school from today, November 8, after a halt of more than two months due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

One hundred and fifty teachers from 10 countries and territories in the Asian – Australia region have successfully completed a Vietnamese language training course hosted by the Foreign Ministry's State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (COVA).

The number of local tourists to the island city of Phu Quoc in the southern province of Kien Giang has been on the rise.

A woman in the central province of Quang Binh is in dire need of support to cover the treatment for her ailing husband and son.

Three teenagers have died after a serious traffic accident occurred in the central province of Nghe An on Sunday evening.

A poor widow in the northern province of Bac Giang saw construction begin on a new house thanks to donations from Dantri/Dtinews' Charity Fund.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi escaped unharmed from an armed drone assassination attempt in Baghdad, officials said on Sunday, in an incident that raised tension in Iraq weeks after a general election disputed by armed militia groups.