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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.

The import-export value of agro-forestry-fisheries products in the first four months of 2021 stood at about 32.07 billion USD, with exports estimated at 17.15 billion USD, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development reported.

Sri Lanka on Thursday became the latest of India's neighbours to seal its borders with the South Asian giant as it battles a record coronavirus surge.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of Vietnam's ASEAN SOM Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the 34th ASEAN-US Dialogue held in the form of videoconference on May 6.

Quang Ninh Province and Haiphong City in the northern region of Vietnam have decided to suspend all local tourism sites from Thursday amid the widespread Covid-19 pandemic.

Two flights bringing home up to 349 Vietnamese citizens from Malaysia safely landed at Can Tho International Airport on May 6.

60 more people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in Vietnam, including 56 locally-transmitted cases, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 3,090, the Ministry of Health reported on Thursday evening.

A Facebooker in Thua Thien-Hue Province has been fined VND5m for posting false information about the Covid-19 infections in the area.

Vietnam will try to arrange Covid-19 vaccines from different sources as the Covid-19 pandemic is becoming more complicated in the country.

Canada will contribute CAD 3.5 million to the COVID-19 Response Fund of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a regional mechanism that will ensure ASEAN member states have equal access to critical funding for vaccines, medical supplies and