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Vietnam will tighten control over cross-border platforms providing advertisement services like Facebook and Google under new rules taking effect from September 15.

National Assembly deputies continue their first session of the new legislature in Hanoi on July 24, examining a range of important issues, including a State President nomination for the 2021-2026 term.

Vietnamese badminton player Nguyen Thuy Linh beat her French rival Qi Xuefei in the group qualification round of women's singles on July 24 morning on the first official competing day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) on July 23 issued a formal determination in the Vietnam Currency Section 301 investigation, under which the agency will not take any tariff action against Vietnam.

HCM City is facing a dearth of blood supplies as donations have been hampered by the on-going Covid-19 spread.

Authorities of the northern central province of Thanh Hoa have evacuated 1,392 residents from food areas.

All four members of the Vietnamese team have won prizes at the International Biology Olympiad 2021, according to the Ministry of Education and Training.

The poverty rate declined sharply from 9.88% in 2015 to 2.75% in 2020, with over eight million people being left the poor and near-poor status.

The Ministry of Education and Training has asked 16 universities and colleges in Hanoi to prepare their facilities, including dormitories, for Covid-19 quarantine amid the city’s on-going Covid-19 spread.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited and presented gifts to war invalids and sick soldiers in the northern province of Ha Nam on July 23, on the occasion of the 74th anniversary of Day of Invalids and Martyrs (July 27).

Vietnam confirmed 3,991 new Covid-19 cases in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Saturday, including four from abroad, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Hanoi will apply a 15-day social distancing period starting from 6am on Saturday to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus.

Dantri readers have sent nearly VND500 million to support a two-year-old boy in Quang Binh Province who is suffering from serious burns.

All of 689 staff and drug addicts at a rehab centre in the southern province of Binh Duong have tested positive for Covid-19. Of the figure, 607 people are drug addicts.

Vietnam recorded 7,307 new Covid-19 infections on Friday including 4,913 cases in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, the Ministry of Health has reported.

The number of Covid-19 cases in the southern province of Binh Duong would reach around 15,000-20,000 in the coming time, according to the provincial Covid-19 Prevention and Control Steering Board.

HCM City has asked the PM and the Ministry of Health to send thousands of doctors and nurses to help treat the rising number of Covid-19 patients at local hospitals.

HCM City has started carrying out a large-scale disinfection of the whole city in an effort to prevent the spreading of Coronavirus.

A total of 1,228,500 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Ho Chi Minh City on July 23 morning.