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Following its development and creation by the Vietnam National Space Center (VNSC), micro-satellite NanoDragon has now completed all testing and is set to be launched into orbit during Japan's 2021 fiscal year.

The retail price of petrol has fallen by over VND45 per litre as of 4:30 p.m. on April 12, thereby marking the first decrease in five months.

Five foreign people and four Vietnamese nationals who recently arrived in Vietnam from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,705, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday evening.

Authorities in HCM City are worried about the risk of Covid-19 infection from neighbouring countries, particularly Cambodia, due to illegal immigrants.

The central province of Quang Ngai’s Tra Bong District experienced two consecutive earthquakes this morning, April 12.

Six volunteers participating in the human trials of Vietnam’s second homegrown candidate vaccine Covivac got their second shots of the vaccine on April 12.

A two-floor house in the northern province of Lao Cai suddenly collapsed early Monday morning.

A bull weighing around 800 kilos has been found dead at the Dong Nai Culture and Nature Reserve in Ma Da Commune, Vinh Cuu District in the southern province of Dong Nai.

The landing of a flight from HCM City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport to the southern central province of Khanh Hoa’s Cam Ranh International Airport was delayed after a dog was found running on the runway.

A family in Nghe An Province are in need of financial support to help cover treatment for their daughter who was seriously injured in a traffic accident.

Ho Chi Minh City showed signs that the southern metropolis’ employment market is in the midst of recovering during the first quarter of this year, with more than 44,000 jobs on offer, while approximately 19,500 people were seeking jobs

HCM City has received approval from the Government to operate electric buses on regular public routes.

Nepal's population of endangered one-horned rhinoceros has grown by more than a hundred over the past six years, officials said, with campaigners hailing the increase as a conservation "milestone".

Three more Vietnamese people who recently returned to Vietnam from Japan have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,696, the Ministry of Health reported on Monday morning.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has proposed a 35 percent cap on foreign investment in local oil and petrol businesses, but said it was open to scrapping the regulation.

A programme called “Dieu uoc cho em” (Wishes for children) has been launched to call for resources to support the development of education in extremely difficult areas.

Almost 40 Thai provinces have brought in entry restrictions and quarantine requirements for people travelling from Bangkok and other coronavirus hotspots ahead of a holiday travel period, as the capital grapples with soaring infections.

Do Son District authorities in Hai Phong City are planning to pilot a pedestrian street along the beach along with various events on the coming Reunification Holiday.