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The virus hotspot of HCM City has registered 563 new Covid-19 patients and five other localities confirmed 15 more infections over the past 12 hours, raising the country's tally to 15,115, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Eight labour export companies have been banned from sending workers to Japan due to the high absconding rate.

Vietnam has attracted US$15.27 billion worth of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the first half of 2021, equivalent to 97.4% of the figure recorded in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI).

The northern region of Vietnam would experience a hot spell from Saturday with a highest temperature of more than 38 degrees centigrade.

The Prime Minister on June 24 issued a directive on inter-sectoral coordination between ministries, sectors and the People’s Committees of 28 coastal localities in exchanging and handling information so as to prevent and put an end to illegal, unreported,

An additional 102 more Covid-19 patients have just been confirmed over the past six hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 14,537, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.

Singapore tops the list of a total of 80 countries and territories investing in the nation this year with investment reaching US$5.64 billion, trailed by Japan at US$2.44 billion, and the Republic of Korea at US$2.05 billion, according to

Bond yields in emerging East Asia diverged due to market-specific factors, while uncertainty about the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and concerns over inflationary pressure led to subdued investor sentiment, according to the latest issue of the Asian Development Bank’s

The Japanese Government will donate one more million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to Vietnam according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam has recorded an additional two Covid-19 deaths involving patients who suffered from underlying conditions, raising the national fatality tally to 74.

Two Vietnamese universities – Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi and VNU Ho Chi Minh City - have entered the Times Higher Education (THE)’s Young University Rankings 2021, which lists the world’s best universities that are 50 years old or younger.

An additional 112 more Covid-19 patients have just been confirmed over the past six hours, raising the total number of patients in the country to 14,435, the Ministry of Health reported at noon on Friday.

Authorities in Quang Ninh Province will remove the styrofoam buoys used at fish farms on the Bai Tu Long Bay and replace them with environmentally-friendly alternatives.

A repatriation flight which landed at Khanh Hoa Province early this morning brought 240 Vietnamese citizens home from the US.

Many restaurants in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District have stayed open beyond their permitted hours after on-site services were resumed.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health announced 91 more Covid-19 patients on Monday morning, including 57 in Ho Chi Minh City alone.

Vietnam treasures the comprehensive cooperative partnership with the European Union (EU) and stays ready to discuss and cooperate with the EU on human rights issue in a straightforward, open and respectful manner to increase mutual understanding via the annual

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested accelerating the transfer of vaccine production technology and the testing and production of home-grown vaccine for COVID-19, so that Vietnam will be able to produce COVID-19 vaccines no later than June 2022.

Le Thi Thu Hang, spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry, has stressed the nation’s demand for concerned parties to not take any actions which may further complicate the situation in the East Sea, urging them to contribute to the maintenance