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Two schools in the northern province of Bac Ninh have had to close due to being seriously flooded by wastewater discharged from nearby production facilities.

A man in the northern province of Ha Nam has tested positive for Covid-19 after returning home from a quarantine facility.

The 14th version of Vietnam Junior Fashion Week is set to get underway in Ho Chi Minh City from May 1 to May 2, with the occasion due to feature the participation of many famous local fashion designers.

Vietnam must look to improve national workplace productivity if it wants to promote its economic competitiveness and growth, according to Chairman of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) Vu Tien Loc.

A group of 11 people in the central province of Quang Tri illegally entered Laos and then were found returning home later.

Vietnamese airlines have tightened measures to prevent Covid-19 outbreaks for the coming Reunification Day and May Day holiday.

The Miss Earth Vietnam 2021 pageant will be organised at the end of this year following the Miss Earth format, according to organisers.

India's coronavirus death toll soared through 200,000 on Wednesday with a wave of new cases swamping hospitals and sending desperate families off to scour the capital for oxygen and medicine as Europe's registered cases topped 50 million.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has been invited by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to visit Russia at an appropriate time and the invitation was accepted with pleasure.

The southern province of An Giang has temporarily stopped receiving people from abroad by air to its quarantine sites as the locality is facing the risk of a Covid-19 outbreak.

More than 2,000 staff at Tan Son Nhat and Pleiku airports have been given their first doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

Eight more Vietnamese people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after returning from Japan, raising the total number of infection cases in the country to 2,865, the Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday evening.

Many localities in Vietnam have halted festivals for Covid-19 prevention, including those planned for the coming Reunification Day and May Day holidays.

Australia's Olympic Committee on Wednesday hailed a decision to fast-track vaccinations for athletes travelling to the Tokyo Games despite accusations of queue-jumping.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on Wednesday marked the completion of the five-year USAID Vietnam Low Emission Energy Program (V-LEEP).

A woman in Dak Nong Province is calling for financial support to help raise her two small grandchildren.

Local authorities in HCM City have seized 36 kilos of narcotics which were hidden as gifts and transported via airports.

Vietnam’s economic growth is expected to rebound to 6.7% this year despite the recent resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in nearby countries and rise to 7.0% in 2022, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank.

Authorities in Hanoi have required people who will return to the city after the four-day Reunification Day and May Day holiday to make health declarations for Covid-19 prevention.