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Vietnam received the second shipment of 1.682 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses through COVAX Facility – the global vaccine access mechanism on May 16 afternoon, according to the Ministry of Health.

Thailand’s Transport Ministry is gearing up for the resumption of air travel in November since the nation is promoting mass COVID-19 inoculation campaign.

The National Pork Producers Council of the US is seeking to diversify its pork export markets, and Vietnam is one of its targets.

The country’s apartment inventory was estimated at some 3,300 units by the end of the first quarter of the year, falling 5,700 units compared to the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Construction (MoC).

Six more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam at noon on Sunday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 4,118, the Ministry of Health has reported.

The streets of Danang have been abandoned as people were advised to stay home following a new Covid-19 outbreak.

Qatar's foreign minister on Saturday met with the political chief of Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas and called for an end to Israel's bombardment of Gaza, state media said.

Vietnamese abroad sent home US$17.2 billion worth of remittances in 2020, making the country the third-largest remittance recipient in the East Asia and Pacific region.

127 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on Sunday morning, raising the total number of patients in the country to 4,112, the Ministry of Health has reported.

131 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam on Saturday evening, raising the daily counts to 169 and the total number of patients in the country to 3,985, the Ministry of Health has reported.

The National Election Council (NEC) has permitted the holding of early voting on islands of Truong Sa Township and the communes of Sinh Ton and Song Tu Tay of the Truong Sa Island District, Khanh Hoa Province, on May 16.

A growing number of banks and fintech firms are forming partnership to implement embedded finance in Vietnam.

Vietnam has recorded its 36th COVID-19-related death.

The World Health Organization issued a grim warning on Friday that the second year of Covid-19 was set to be "far more deadly", as Japan extended a state of emergency amid growing calls for the Olympics to be scrapped.

Forty-six Covid-19 patients in Vietnam are experiencing worsening medical conditions, including 13 suffering very serious symptoms.

French creative duo Punk Dragon have launched an exhibition in Hanoi with a range of special boxes showcasing the Vietnamese landscape and local people going about their daily lives.

18 more Covid-19 infection cases were reported in Vietnam at noon on Saturday, raising the total number of patients in the country to 3,854, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Enterprises from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have been paying due attention to leasing office space in Hanoi, according to a recent survey by real estate consultants Savills Vietnam.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has agreed to allow 190 Chinese traders to enter and purchase lychees in the northern province of Bac Giang.