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Only pilots and flight attendants who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with two jabs are eligible to be onboard starting September 1.

Five members of a family died in a fire at their house in the southern province of Binh Duong on Wednesday night.

A 1,000-bed field hospital for Covid-19 patients has just been put into use in Tan Binh District in HCM City.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has sent a letter to President of the European Council Charles Michel suggesting the European Union share COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, in an effort to step up the vaccine diplomacy strategy.

The airport on Con Dao Island, the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, will be expanded and upgraded to better serve rising passenger demand and the operation of new-generation aircraft.

An honorary consul office of Vietnam was inaugurated in Bangalore in India’s southern state of Karnataka on August 18.

About 80 volunteers were given the first shot of Covivac vaccine on August 18. Thai Binh province is the only locality nationwide selected for the second phase trials.

Vietnam confirmed 8,800 more Covid-19 infections on Wednesday which showed a fall of 807 cases compared to Tuesday's figure, according to the Ministry of Health.

While many low-income migrant workers are trying to leave Ho Chi Minh City which is being hard-hit by the largest-ever Covid-19 outbreak, many others are staying because they don't have a home to return to.

Up to 90 children and 17 staff at an orphanage in the southern province of Binh Duong have tested positive for Covid-19.

Authorities in Bac Ninh Province have applied various measures to prevent a new virus outbreak at local industrial parks.

Doctors from the National Children's Hospital and the 108 Central Military Hospital have successfully performed a liver transplant on an 18-month-old girl suffering from malignant hepatoblastoma.

HCM City has asked the government’s approval for a relief package of VND2.8 trillion (USD1.22 billion) and 142,200 tonnes of rice for the poor people who are affected by Covid-19.

One million doses of Sinopharm's Covid-19 vaccine Vero Cell arrived at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City this morning, August 18.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has asked HCM City authorities to build an oxygen station since the Covid-19 outbreak is still serious with a rising number of patients in critical condition.

Export turnover in the Mekong Delta region increased by 22.04% in the first six months of the year.

Many private clinics in HCM City are providing healthcare packages for patient zeros at home.

Despite impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnam is still attracting foreign investment in its electronic industry, Taiwan-based website Digitimes has reported.

Vietnam Design Week 2021 is expected to kick off on November 15 with the theme "Awakening Tradition".