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The northern region is forecasted to see its first cold spell at the end of September.

Vietnam reported an additional 10,585 Covid-19 infections on Wednesday and 14,189 patients recovered from the disease the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

A state-level funeral was held in Hanoi on September 15 for General Phung Quang Thanh, former Politburo member, former Vice Secretary of the Central Military Commission and former Minister of National Defence.

Volunteers have been given the second shot as part of the second phase of the human trial of the domestically-produced Covivac Covid-19 vaccine.

More than 1,500 students in HCM City have lost their mothers, fathers, or both due to Covid-19, according to a report from the municipal Department of Education and Training.

Three apartment buildings in Hanoi’s Hoang Mai District have been locked down after many local residents tested positive for Covid-19.

Hanoi Police are investigating an incident where two people were apparently killed in a lightning strike while travelling on a street this morning

Many households in the central province of Quang Ngai have suffered great losses due to mass fish deaths following recent heavy rain.

By the end of this year Vietnam will have at least one locally-produced COVID-19 vaccine which will be licensed and inoculated for local people from the start of early 2022, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Many firms in the southern province of Long An will be allowed to resume operations with a maximum of 50 percent staffing from today, September 15.

Dong Ngoc Ha, a biological science student at the Hanoi University of Science (Vietnam National University), has been named among the Top 50 Finalists for the Global Student Prize 2021.

HCM City has sent an urgent request to the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a VND17.2trn (USD753m) state fund allocation to complete three key projects in the city.

Despite limited resources, the Vietnamese Government and local authorities are sparing no efforts to support and ensure safety for the expat community in Vietnam amid the COVID-19 outbreak.

Vietnam always places great importance on developing the ties of friendship and neighborliness and comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership with China, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said.

Ho Chi Minh City is planning to pilot COVID-19 green cards in districts 7, Can Gio and Cu Chi, where the pandemic has basically been controlled.

Many people in Ho Chi Minh City have decided to continue cooking after seeing high food delivery fees.

Vietnam will impose a zero percent tax rate on 31 commodities imported from Cambodia such as live poultry, poultry meat and by-products, lemons and rice.

Vietnam’s biosphere reserves Nui Chua and Kon Ha Nung will be voted to seek UNESCO recognition at the 33rd session of the International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme in Nigeria from September 13-17.

Vietnam reported an additional 10,508 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday and 12,683 patients recovered from the disease the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.