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National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has signed a resolution on the provision of support to labourers and employers affected by COVID-19 using the unemployment insurance fund.

Domestic retail petrol prices rose by more than VND500 per litre on average as of 3pm on September 25 following the latest price adjustments made by both the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Vietnam has adjusted the pandemic response strategy in the direction of safely, flexibly adapting to and effectively controlling COVID-19, striving to bring the country back to the new normal situation by the end of September.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 9,706 Covid-19 infections on Saturday and 10,590 patients were discharged from hospital following their recovery the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

The southern province of Binh Duong’s Tan Uyen Town has launched the two first medical stations at a local industrial park, making the province the country’s pioneer of this model.

The Ministry of Transport has drafted a plan to gradually resume public transport activities on roads, railways, aviation, and inland waterways, as many provinces and cities have loosened social distancing rules.

The Vietnam Days in Switzerland 2021 will be held online for the first time amid the Covid-19 pandemic to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Switzerland and Vietnam diplomatic relations (October 11th, 1971 - October 11th, 2021).

Due to the adverse impacts of climate change, green growth financing projects play a very important role for the sustainable development of Vietnam, experts have said.

The project "Flatten the Plastic Curve" by Vietnamese students Hoang Nguyen Nhat Vi and Pham Quang Vinh (RMIT University) has won the third prize at the ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest.

Fresh volcanic eruptions in Spain's Canary Islands prompted the cancellation of flights, airport authorities said Friday, the first since the Cumbre Vieja volcano came to life again.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have sent over VND265m to support a Quang Binh family with ill members.

HCM City Department of Transport has submitted the plan to bring factory workers and foreign experts from other provinces back to work.

In October, the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) will submit to the Government an economic recovery plan, which defines the years of 2022 to 2023 as the time for the country’s recovery, according to MPI Minister Nguyen Chi Dung.

900,000 doses of COVID-19 Abdala vaccine developed and produced by the Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) of Cuba were handed over to the Vietnamese Embassy in the country on September 24 (Cuba time).

The Tokyo High Court on September 24 issued a ruling that ordered Yasumasa Shibuya, who murdered nine-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in 2017, to pay a compensation of 70 million JPY (634,000 USD) to the victim’s family.

Thu Duc City in HCM City has basically brought Covid-19 under control as Covid-19 patients have been on sharp fall over the past three weeks.

Thai coach Kiatisak Senamuang of Hoang Anh Gia Lai (HAGL) football club has refuted rumours that he would leave his HAGL FC and return to Thailand to coach national team.

The US Mission in Vietnam has called for nominations of local outstanding candidates to participate in the Academic Year 2022-2023 Fulbright US-ASEAN Visiting Scholar Program.

Women, especially pregnant women in 60 remote ethnic minority communes of six most disadvantaged provinces of Bac Can, Lai Chau, Son La, Dac Nong, Kon Tum and Gia Lai will benefit from innovative interventions to stop preventable maternal deaths.