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Dantri/DTiNews readers have sent over VND180 million to support two children in Bac Lieu Province who face an uncertain future after losing their father.

Hessen state and the Messer Group GmbH of Germany has presented 160,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits worth 500,000 EUR (US$590,300) as part of efforts to help the nation cope with the ongoing impact of the pandemic.

A flash flood has destroyed a famous tourist site in Sapa in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

The La Gan Wind Power Development Corporation, developer of the 3.5 GW La Gan Offshore Wind Power Project on Thursday signed a major offshore geological survey contract worth several USD millions with Vietsovpetro, a company part-owned by PetroVietnam.

The Ministry of Health on July 15 issued a decision conditionally approving the COVID-19 Vaccine Janssen produced by Johnson & Johnson for emergency use.

Many Covid-19 patients in HCM City previously without symptoms have quickly experienced worsened health.

An additional 1,438 Covid-19 local infections were reported in the last 12 hours as of 6 am on Friday with southern localities affected the most.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has sent a letter to Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) to introduce T&t Group as the negotiator for the purchase of 40 million doses of Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine from Russia.

The southern central province of Tay Ninh will apply social distancing measures from Thursday midnight for Covid-19 prevention.

Two women in the Central Highlands province of Dak Nong have been fined a total of VND1.01 billion (USD44,000) for the illegal purchase and captivity of eight endangered Bengal monitors.

Phuong Khanh, Miss Earth 2018, has announced in a video clip that she is set to join the judging panel of the upcoming Miss Philippines Earth 2021.

Vietnam recorded 3,416 more Covid-19 infections on Thursday including 2,691 in the virus hotspot of Ho Chi Minh City, raising the total number of patients in the country to 40,850 the Ministry of Health has reported.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau will fine shrimp breeders who violate regulations on dredging shrimp ponds and cause environmental pollution under a new decision to take effect on July 24.

Many supermarkets in HCM City have become overloaded with a sharp rise in the number of customers.

An additional 921,400 doses of AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine arrived at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat Airport on Thursday morning.

Vietnam is determined to gradually reduce the number of fishing vessels violating regulations on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in order to have the ‘yellow card’ issued by the European Commission (EC) removed by 2022 Deputy Prime Minister,

The government has given the nod to allow the national football team play their home matches in the third round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers in the country, instead of neutral grounds as planned.

The Ministry of Investment and Planning has proposed to the PM a third metro line to deal with congestion in Hanoi.

The UN highly appreciates the proactive Vietnamese response to challenges regarding the protection and promotion of human rights, has said Kamal Malhotra, UN resident coordinator in Vietnam.