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A metro project in Hanoi may miss its operational target by the end of this year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Vietnamese President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed ways to foster Viet Nam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership, cooperation in COVID-19 fight and regional and international issues of shared concerns over the phone on Thursday.

Cam Ranh International Airport in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa is set to welcome its first international flight on September 18 as the country continues to move into the new normal.

More than 5,000 entries were submitted to Vietnam Children’s Fine Arts Awards 2021 by contestants aged from 5 to 15 from 45 cities and provinces across the country.

Defence Minister Phan Van Giang welcomed Deputy Defence Minister of the Republic of Korea Park Jae-min in Hanoi on September 16 to exchange views on defence cooperation between Vietnam and the RoK.

Vietnam confirmed an additional 10,489 Covid-19 infections on Thursday and the country's biggest epicentre of HCM City reported 160 deaths which is lowest daily figure in a month, according to the Ministry of Health.

Many people in HCM City have queued to buy mooncakes ahead of the Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hanoi has basically brought Covid-19 under control as new patients in recent days were mostly detected at quarantined and sealed-off areas.

Germany has sent over 852,480 doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine to aid Vietnam in the fight against Covid-19.

Hanoi has allowed many services in 19 districts in which Covid-19 have been brought under control to be reopened from 12:00 pm on Thursday.

The long-delayed Cát Linh - Hà Đông urban railway project needs an additional US$7.8 million for supervision and consulting costs, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Hanoi among the top three favourite art destinations in Vietnam according to the assessment of Vietnamese tourists.

The Australian Government has announced a grant of nearly 1.4 million AUD (around 1 million USD) for four Vietnamese high-tech application projects in the field of digital transformation, through the Aus4Innovation Programme.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead a high-raking delegation of the Vietnamese Party and State to pay an official visit to Cuba from September 18 to 20.

A mother in Hoa Binh Province is in need of financial support to save her 13-month-old daughter from encephalitis.

The Hanoi administration conducted a large-scale vaccination campaign against COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying, and working in the capital from September 15.

HCM City has planned to reopen many activities in District 7 and the districts of Cu Chi and Can Gio after September 15.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his hope that the Vietnamese and Japanese economies will be connected more effectively, in combination with green, digital transformation during his online talks with Japanese Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide on September 15.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is around the corner, Hanoi's Old Quarter have remained quiet due to social distancing for Covid-19 prevention.