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St Joseph's Cathedral in downtown Hanoi is one of the earliest Catholic buildings in the capital city, a miniature of the Paris Notre Dame Cathedral. The cathedral is now being renovated.

Singapore will close schools from Wednesday as authorities warned new coronavirus strains such as the one first detected in India were affecting more children.

19 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam, raising the total number of patients in the country to 4,378, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday morning.

Authorities in Danang City are investigating a case where 160 people intended to go on an illegal trip to South Korea before they were abandoned by their guides.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is scheduled to attend the 26th International Conference on The Future of Asia from May 20 to May 21, with the event set to be held in the form of a video conference and

An additional 117 Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam as of Monday evening, raising the daily counts to 184 and the total number of patients in the country to 4,359, the Ministry of Health has reported.

About 16 Covid-19 patients are in critical condition and two people need ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation) machine to breathe according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health.

The Ministry of Defence has asked related units to send staff to the new Covid-19 hotspots of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh to help in the fight against the pandemic.

A single mum in the southern province of Ben Tre is on the verge of death as she faces kidney failure and heart problems.

Two Vietnamese fishermen have gone missing after their boat was hit by an unidentified ship off the coast of the Son Tra Peninsula in Danang City.

Danang has decided to temporarily stop the app-based taxi and delivery services to curb Covid-19 spread.

An additional 30 Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam as of Monday noon, raising the total number of patients in the country to 4,242, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Vietnam has recorded its 37th Covid-19 fatality, a 34-year-old man in the northern province of Bac Ninh.

Nguyen Tran Khanh Van, a Vietnamese representative at Miss Universe 2020, received the highest number of votes from fans to enter the Top 21 after finishing the final round that took place in Florida, the US, on May 17

More than 80 percent of Japanese oppose hosting the virus-postponed Olympics this year, a new poll published Monday showed, with just under 10 weeks until the Tokyo Games.

On the occasion of the 131st birthday of President Ho Chi Minh (May 19) and the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People's Councils 2021-2026 (May 23), Professor, Dr Nguyen Phu Trong, General Secretary of

Hundreds of tourist boats are being left idle while boat people struggle to find incomes at the UNESCO's Heritage Trang An Tourism Site in Ninh Binh Province.

37 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on Monday morning, raising the total number of patients in the country to 4,212, the Ministry of Health has reported.