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More emergency medical aid from foreign donors to alleviate a dire oxygen shortage arrived in India on Sunday, as Covid-19 deaths in the South Asian nation rose to a new record.

Vietnam’s digital economy will likely reach 52 billion USD in value by 2025, according to the e-Conomy SEA 2019 report by Google, Temasek and Bain & Company.

The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry has officially applied anti-dumping duties of between 7.81% and 23.84% on cold rolled stainless steel imported from Vietnam, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam.

Israeli police and ministers could face a government inquest as it emerged that officials had repeatedly warned of the risks of overcrowding at Mount Meron, where a stampede killed 45 people and injured dozens on Friday night.

More than 30 red-crowned cranes have returned to Phú Mỹ Biosphere Reserve in Kiên Giang Province and Tràm Chim National Park in Đồng Tháp Province after a year of absence.

The V.League 1 match between Hanoi FC and Sài Gòn FC will be played behind closed doors to avoid the spread of COVID-19.

14 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, including three locally-transmitted cases in Ha Nam Province, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.

Two metro trains designed for Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No1 are due to leave Japan’s Kasado port on May 1 and will arrive at a port in the Vietnamese city on May 9 at the latest.

The Ministry of Health confirmed that a hotel receptionist in northern Yen Bai province has been infected with variant B.1.617 originating from India.

A large number of visitors have been recorded at various tourist destinations nationwide despite last-minute warnings by local authorities about the threat of a new Covid-19 wave.

India recorded on Saturday over 400,000 new Covid cases in 24 hours for the first time, the first country to do so in the pandemic, official data showed.

A mother in Nam Dinh Province is in calling for support to treat her two children who both have cerebral palsy.

A field hospital for Covid-19 patients is being set up in the northern province of Ha Nam as the province has reported some virus transmission cases in the community.

As many as 13 people died and 11 others were injured in 24 road traffic accidents on the Reunification Day holiday on April 30.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade's Trade Defence Department has stated that it received information regarding the US Department of Commerce receiving documents requesting anti-dumping investigations for honey products originating from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine, and Vietnam.

Asian Scientist Magazine has recently published its list of Asia’s 100 most outstanding researchers, highlighting their various achievements across a range of scientific disciplines, with five Vietnamese scientists making the cut.

Vietnam recorded 14 more COVID-19 cases in the past 12 hours to 6pm April 30, including four domestically transmitted infections, according to the Health Ministry.

There remains untapped potential for blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) development in Việt Nam, experts told a recent talkshow in Hà Nội.

Vice Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Đoàn Khắc Việt underlined Việt Nam’s objection to China’s recent fishing ban while detailing Việt Nam’s viewpoints on several issues related to the East Sea at the ministry’s regular press conference