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Localities across the country are hosting an array of stimulus programmes to boost domestic travel demand following the COVID-19 epidemic.

Authorities in Quang Ngai Province are considering ending the Ly Son-Sa Huynh Geopark Project after five years with an investment of over VND20bn (USD863,000).

The Ministry of Education and Training has just allowed local schools to organise online classes to support or replace school classrooms.

Two Vietnamese students have won a gold medal at the Asia Pacific Online Mechatronics Skill Competition 2021.

About 100 people are being caught every day while illegally crossing through the border in south-western Vietnam.

Major Nguyen Phuc Dong from the Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations is going to take up a position at the United Nations headquarters in New York.

The Ministry of Health has proposed a shorter quarantine time for people who have Covid-19 vaccine passports.

A special show featuring contemporary dances and ballets will be restaged by artists of the HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra (HBSO) on Saturday (April 10).

It is expected that a Made-in-Vietnam Covid-19 vaccine will be officially available this August, according to a local medical official.

14 Vietnamese people who recently returned to Vietnam from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,683, the Ministry of Health reported on Friday evening.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) on April 9 presented a number of medical equipment to the Hue Central Hospital to support the facility to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has launched the Vietnam digital technology challenge forum as part of the activities to introduce Vietnamese-made platforms to serve in driving national digital transformation.

A man in the northern province of Bac Giang is calling for the community support for a life-saving marrow transplant.

Traffic will be banned from many streets in Ho Chi Minh City centre this weekend for the Ho Chi Minh City International Marathon 2021.

Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Cao Quoc Hung and Deputy Minister of Economy and Planning of Saudi Arabia Bandar AlKhamies co-chaired the fourth session of the Vietnam-Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on Economic, Scientific and Technological Cooperation via videoconference.

Many starfish have died after being taken ashore for selfies by visitors to Phu Quoc Island.

Cho Ray Hospital in HCM City has been selected as one of 21 regional training centres of the Belgium-based International Society of Nephrology (ISN).

The National Assembly (NA) on April 8 approved a resolution ratifying the Prime Minister’s proposal on the appointment of two Deputy Prime Ministers.

Nine more Vietnamese people who recently returned to Vietnam from abroad have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of patients in the country to 2,692, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.