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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had meetings with many foreign leaders and World Bank Group (WB) President David Malpass shortly after he arrived in New York on September 21 (local time) for the General Debate of the UN General Assembly’s

Two firms in Thanh Hoa Province have been fined for releasing untreated wastewater into a local river which has caused mass fish deaths.

Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to slow down due to a resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic that has tightened the labor market, lowered industrial output, and disrupted agricultural value chains, according to a report released on Wednesday by the ADB.

Many streets in Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District were severely congested on Tuesday evening as crowds of people flocked to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc witnessed the signing of a contract to provide aircraft and engine maintenance service worth US$260 million between new-generation airline Vietjet and CFM International, on September 21 (local time) in the framework of his on-going working

Five people have died and two others were seriously injured in a motorbike collision which occurred in the northern province of Phu Tho on Tuesday evening.

The Italian Government on September 21 announced its decision to offer a further 796,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Vietnam via the Covax global facility to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City has proposed the purchase of additional six million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to cover the second jab for local residents.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening session of the high-level general debate of the United Nations General Assembly’s 76th session (UNGA 76) on September 21 (New York time).

Vietnam may attract about 30 billion USD in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2021, posting a year-on-year rise of 2 percent, economists forecast, pointing to positive signs in FDI attraction in the first eight months of 2021 despite the

A little boy and his grandmother have called for help to overcome difficulties after losing two family members to Covid-19.

An elderly couple in a remote district in the central highlands province of Dak Lak have erected a tent on a hilltop for their grandson to study online during the Covid-19 prevention social distancing.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 11,692 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday and 11,017 patients were discharged from hospital following their recovery the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Phu Quoc Island in the southern province of Kien Giang, which is preparing to welcome tourists again, has detected 11 Covid-19 cases.

Three residential areas in the northern province of Ha Nam have been locked down following Covid-19 infections.

The draw for the group stage of the AFF Suzuki Cup 2020 was held virtually in Singapore on September 21, seeing 2018 champions Vietnam placed in the same group as reigning runners-up Malaysia.

The Ministry of Health has assigned local departments of health to advise people’s committees on the length of time between taking the two required AstraZeneca vaccine doses.

A special Mid-Autumn Festival has been held at a field hospital which specialises in providing treatment for Covid-19 patients in HCM City.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in New York on the morning of September 21 (Hanoi time), to attend a general debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session and hold a number of bilateral activities in the US.