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Many buses in Hanoi attracted only a small number of passengers on the first day services were resumed following a long suspension due to Covid-19.

Vietnam confirmed additional 3,092 Covid-19 infections on Thursday and 719 more patients recovered from the disease the same day, according to a report from the Ministry of Health.

An additional 560,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine and 12.5 tonnes of medical equipment was transported from some European countries to Vietnam on Thursday.

The central city of Danang is preparing to receive tourists from overseas from November this year.

Up to 755 tonnes of fish raised in cages on Dong Nai River have been found dead, leaving local families with huge losses.

Many people in the capital flocked to local parks to enjoy open-air exercises after more than five months of closure.

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân lauded the Eurasian Women's Forum’s contributions to connecting and empowering women in her speech at the first plenary session of the ongoing 3rd Eurasian Women's Forum on Wednesday.

Head coach Park Hang-seo praised the players’ efforts during their match with Oman, stating that Vietnam need more time to improve as this is just the first time the team have gone this far in the World Cup Qualifiers.

Many restaurants in Hanoi started to receive customers on Wednesday morning after nearly three months of suspension due to Covid-19 prevention.

The Ministry of Transport has decided to restart flights on two domestic routes, Ho Chi Minh City-Ca Mau, and Hanoi-Dien Bien, during the pilot period which last until October 20.

Vietnam is diversifying energy sources with a primary focus on clean and renewable energy sources, aiming to increase their share in the total primary energy supply to about 20% by 2030 and 30% by 2045.

Typhoon Kompasu with winds gusting nearly 100kph near its centre has lost its strength after entering the Gulf of Tonkin, and it forecast to pound central coastal provinces of Vietnam later on October 14.

The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected the labour situation in Vietnam with the unemployment and underemployment rate rising to the highest level since the first quarter of 2020.

Vietnam’s GDP growth forecast for this year has been lowered to 2-2.5 percent, according to the World Bank's October 2021 Vietnam Macro Monitoring.

Vietnam is striving to give two COVID-19 vaccine shots to 95 percent of 8.1 million children aging between 12 and 17 years old in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi will resume limited capacity bus lines from October 14 after nearly three months halt due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

An additional 3,461 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in 47 out of 63 localities in Vietnam on Wednesday, according to a report from the Ministry of Health.

Military officers and doctors have started to leave HCM City after completing their tasks in the Covid-19 fight in the country's largest epicentre.

Many northern and central localities in Vietnam are witnessing heavy rain due to the impact of Storm Kompasu, according to the National Centre for Hydrometeorology Forecasting.