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Police in Hoa Binh Province have arrested five people that electrocuted fish on the Da River.

A group of 25 people have been fined for gathering to play golf games at a building in Hanoi despite social distancing regulations.

HCM City People’s Committee late Wednesday issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the restrictive Directive 16 with outbreaks still not properly controlled yet.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany has held a meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the country to honour organisations, individuals and businesses with outstanding contributions to the community and the homeland.

Dak Lak Province People's Committee said that they had sent an official document to the Ministry of Industry and Trade to ask for support for wind power companies.

People can receive a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after they get the first Moderna jab several weeks earlier and vice versa, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has said.

The army medics have assisted treatment of around 199,000 home-bound Covid-19 patients in HCM City and its neighbouring localities, including 57,300 being given the all-clear from the virus.

Vietnam reported an additional 12,680 Covid-19 infections on Tuesday and 13,937 patients recovered from the disease the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Two social media users in Can Tho and HCM City have been warned after promoting earthworms as a Covid-19 treatment.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA arrived in Brussels on September 8 morning (local time), beginning their two-day working visit to the European Parliament (EP) and Belgium.

A landslide has occurred in the central province of Quang Binh, causing traffic congestion on a local road.

Around 331,000 doses of Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine from Belgium arrived in Vietnam this morning, September 8.

The Ministry of Health has distributed nearly 230,000 more doses of Remdesivir to HCM City and some other localities for Covid-19 treatment.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam is gathering opinions to reopen domestic flight routes while fighting Covid-19.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore and the Republic of Korea from September 10 -15 at the invitations of his counterparts of these countries, the Vietnam News Agency reported on September 8.

National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ hosted a reception for Secretary General of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Martin Chungong on Tuesday (local time) during his trip to the 5th World Conference of Speakers of Parliaments (WCSP5) in Vienna, Austria.

Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan held an online working session with France’s Xenothera company on cooperation to conduct the third phase of clinical trial of Xenothera-developed XAV-19 COVID-19 treatment drug and the transfer of XAV-19 production technology

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bùi Thanh Sơn and his Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan on Tuesday said the two countries should strengthen cooperation in politics, economy, trade, investment and education-training to promote their strategic partnership.

A tropical storm named Conson which is raging off the central coast of the Philippines is anticipated to gain strength and pound northern Vietnam in the coming days.