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HCM City Health Department has proposed to charge fees for Covid-19 patients who receive treatment at private hospitals to help mitigate the costs in this sector.

Serious congestion has been reported on a National Road 2 section which runs from Hanoi to Phuc Yen City in Vinh Phuc Province.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, during his phone talks with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo on August 25 evening, requested that Belgium help Vietnam access COVID-19 vaccine supplies from the COVAX Facility.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $60 million financing package to improve the climate resilience of transport and water supply infrastructure in Vietnam’s south-central coastal provinces of Binh Dinh and Quang Nam, especially in remote upland districts

Electricity of Vietnam costs for buying materials for electricity production increased by USD721.73 million between July and August 20 this year against the same period of last year.

Several unstaffed food kiosks been set up in Hanoi to limit direct contact amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has affirmed that Vietnam treasures ties with the US and wants to foster bilateral comprehensive partnership in a practical, effective and stable manner, for the sake of peace, cooperation and development in the region

As many as 510 traffic accidents were recorded from July 15 to August 14, claiming 257 lives and injuring 342 people, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

Chargé d'Affaires of the US Embassy in Vietnam Christopher Klein and Director of the Hanoi municipal Department of Natural Resources and Environment Bui Duy Cuong on August 25 signed an agreement on the new location of the headquarters of

The US will donate an additional one million Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines to Vietnam, Vice President Kamala Harris told Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a meeting held on August 25 in Hanoi.

Vietnam announced 12,096 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday and 7,646 patients recovered from the diseases the same day, according to the Ministry of Health.

The World Bank (WB) has projected Vietnam’s GDP to expand by 4.8 percent in 2021, two percentage points lower than its previous prediction in December 2020.

US Vice President Kamala D. Harris today launched the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Southeast Asia Regional Office in Hanoi.

A project to upgrade a runway and taxiways HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport was resumed this morning, August 25, after a 20-day suspension due to Covid-19.

Around 78.9% of people aged over 18 in HCM City have been given their first Covid-19 vaccine shot, according to the municipal Centre for Disease Control.

The Romanian government has granted 300,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine for Vietnam.

Danang City authorities will extend social distancing from 8 am on August 26 to 8 am on September 5 while adjusting some regulations about activities in the public.

Vietnam Railways Corporation has halted the operation of the only North-South passenger trains at present as the country’s pandemic situation remains complicated.

US Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed the US’s commitment to support Vietnam in pushing back the coronavirus pandemic during a meeting with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 25.