VIETNAM TODAY

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính left Hanoi this morning for Cambodia, starting an official visit to the neighbouring country from November 8-9 and to attend the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related events from November 10-13.

An additional 365 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Monday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND304 million (USD12,096) for an 11-year-old girl in the southern province of Ben Tre whose father died, while her mother left her when she was just two years old.

The southern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to experience a spell of widespread high tides this week.

A bomb weighing 227 kilos has been discovered at a road project in the central province of Quang Tri.

The northern region of Vietnam has been forecasted to face its first strong cold front from late December, said Hoang Phuc Lam, deputy director of the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Around 12.54 hectares of a coastal casuarina forest in the central province of Quang Binh have been damaged by illegal logging.

Indonesia’s Food and Drug Supervisory Agency (BPOM) has issued emergency use authorisation (EUA) for IndoVac COVID-19 vaccine produced by state-owned pharmaceutical company PT Bio Farma.

Container shipping firms are coming under great pressure from weak demand as maritime trade has begun to lose steam in recent months.

Phu Quoc island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on November 6 welcomed a total of 242 Polish tourists aboard a charter flight operated by LOT Polish Airlines.

The Taliban on Sunday revealed the final resting place of the movement's founder, Mullah Omar, whose death and burial they kept secret for years.

On the sidelines of the ongoing 27th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha had a working session on November 6 with President for COP26 Alok Sharma, who represents

Tran Quoc Tuan, acting president of the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) was elected president of the national football governing body at its nine congress held in Hanoi on November 6.

Market analysts forecast that selling pressure will still increase during the decline of the market this week. Investor sentiment will remain easily exposed under the movements of interest rates, exchange rates and the bond market.

As many as 358 runners from 25 countries on November 6 joined the annual race #Run4WildlifeHN to raise funds and awareness on the problem of traditional medicines made from wildlife.

An additional 241 new Covid-19 infections were confirmed on Sunday, raising the national tally to over 11.50 million, according to the Ministry of Health.

A company is seeking the HCM City Department of Transport’s permission to open 17 passenger bus routes linking Tan Son Nhat International Airport with different spots in the city.

A 17-year-old student in the northern province of Hung Yen is calling for community support after being severely injured in a traffic accident.