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Hanoi has carried out a thorough check on Covid-19 prevention work at local hospitals while warning people from other localities to limit going to hospitals in the capital.

An employee at the Ministry of Transport has been suspended for impersonating the transport minister to benefit from priority service when sending gifts by air.

Despite the nation suffering an annual drop in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the four months of the year, foreign investors still signed major deals in the country and confirmed its ongoing investment appeal.

Vietnamese rowers Luong Thi Thao and Dinh Thi Hao performed brilliantly in the Asia and Oceania Olympic qualification tournament in Japan to officially secure their place in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, rescheduled for this summer.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his Cuban counterpart Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla have discussed a range of measures to promote the special time-honoured friendship and comprehensive and trustful partnership between the two nations.

15 more Covid-19 patients have been recorded in the community in Hanoi and Bac Ninh Province, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 3,152, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday morning.

Hanoi will give free COVID-19 vaccinations to local people aged between 18 and 65 and not included in prioritised groups during the 2021-2022 period.

A 35-year-old female medical worker in Vietnam has died of anaphylactic shock after receiving a dose of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Eight people including four children have been found dead in a house fire which broke out in Ho Chi Minh City's District 11 on Friday.

Hanoi is able to control Covid-19 so the city has not yet applied lockdown and social distancing measures.

46 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, including 40 locally-transmitted cases, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 3,137, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.

Indonesia's Mount Sinabung erupted on Friday, spewing a massive column of smoke and ash up to 2,800 metres into the sky.

K Hospital in Hanoi has been closed and disinfected after 10 new Covid-19 infection cases were found.

‘Dien Bien Phu’ – a massive painting of 132m wide and 9m high that took three years to be completed – was approved by an art council on May 4.

Many passenger trains have been suspended amid the new Covid-19 outbreak in various provinces and cities.

Social distancing has been applied in many areas as Vietnam confirmed a record 64 locally-transmitted Covid-19 infection cases on Thursday.

A virtual fourth session of the Vietnam - Chile free trade council was held to review the implementation of the Vietnam-Chile Free Trade Agreement in the 2018-2021 period.

Many streets in Hanoi have become quiet after local people were advised to stay indoors for Covid-19 prevention following the rising number locally-transmitted cases reported over the last days.

The Ministry of Health on Friday morning reported one more locally-transmitted Covid-19 infection case who had come into contact with a previously-confirmed Chinese patient.