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The Video Assistant Referee (VAR) system will be rolled out by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for matches in the final round of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Asian Qualifiers this September, including Vietnam’s games.

The United States unveiled plans on June 21 to share an additional 55 million COVID-19 vaccine doses with more than 50 countries, including Vietnam, as part of their latest efforts to strengthen the global response to the coronavirus pandemic.

Restaurants in Hanoi reopened on-site services June 22 after social distancing for Covid-19 prevention.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded the widespread and effective development of Vietnam – Singapore friendship during a reception in Hanoi on June 21 for Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan.

His bald head glistening with sweat, Zhi Xiang peers into the eyes of a stray dog whose coat has become matted in heavy rain and says soothingly: "Let me cut your hair, cutie."

The beauty of the terraced rice fields in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang's Hoàng Su Phì District will be highlighted at a culture and tourism week in September, according to a report from the provincial People’s Committee.

Vietnam reported an additional 47 Covid-19 patients in the past 12 hours to 6 am on Tuesday morning with all being domestic infections, the Ministry of Health reported.

Literacy classes have been organized for more than 300,000 people aged 15 – 60, over the last eight years, the Ministry of Education and Training unveiled during a recent video teleconference (VTC).

An additional 135 more Covid-19 patients have been recorded, raising the daily counts to 272 and total number of patients in the country to 13,483, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

The fourth and fifth trains for Ho Chi Minh City’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line have been transported to the city.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience heavy rains in the days to come following a scorching heatwave.

Hanoi CDC has proposed to ease social distancing from tomorrow June 22.

Dantri/DTiNews has transferred VND1.2 billion (USD52,000) which readers sent to healthcare workers after launching the Million Hearts-One Will Programme.

Vietnam has recorded its 67th Covid-19 fatality of an elderly man with underlying medical conditions in HCM City, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam confirmed 90 new cases of Covid-19, including two from abroad, in the past six hours to 12 pm on Monday noon, according to the Health Ministry.

The government always appreciates and facilitates the operation of press agencies, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed on June 20.

The natural world, wildlife and environmental protection are the themes of a video featuring Vietnamese performers on YouTube.

The Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry has advised Vietnamese fans travelling to Russia on FAN IDs to use the document on the right purpose and obey the host country’s regulations to avoid legal problems or being stuck at