UK Government presents VN with 415,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said that the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak in Vietnam is causing serious consequences, posing unprecedented challenges in the history of the country’s healthcare system.

As a factory worker in Dong Anh district in Hanoi, Nguyen Thi Thuy, 40, has gained public esteem after she got a 27 score on the social science exam on the 2021 national high school final exams.

Banks cut transaction fees to aid customers amid pandemic

Just 12 days after testing positive for the coronavirus, Tran Tuan Thanh and Dinh Thi My Thu recovered and were discharged from hospital.

The Thai in the northern mountainous province of Son La organize a full-month celebration for a new-born baby with a simple ritual and minimal cost, but great cultural significance.

Vietnam’s export earning hit US$27 billion in July, down 0.8 per cent month-on-month and up 8.4 per cent year-on-year, reported the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son suggested quickly spending $10.5 million earmarked from the ASEAN COVID-19 Response Fund to buy vaccines while speaking at the 29th ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting.

Vietnam’s major telecom companies including Viettel, VNPT, Mobifone, CMC, FPT, Vietnamobile, and SCTV have announced a joint support package worth VND10 trillion ($435 million) for consumers across the country.

Vietnam recorded 4,254 new COVID-19 cases from 6am to 6.30pm on August 2, including seven imported ones, according to the Ministry of Health.

Quach Thi Lan, the last Vietnamese athlete still in the Olympics, ended her journey in Tokyo after finishing 6th out of eight runners in the 400m hurdles first semi-final on August 2.

Minster of Public Security General To Lam on August 2 asked public security forces to continue their intensive and extensive cooperation with Laos across spheres, especially in the fight against drug crimes.

The incident occurring on July 19 on the AAG international undersea fiber optic cable route has been fixed. International Internet services resumed on July 31.

HCM City has called for local residents to "stay where one is" and people from other provinces to stay in the city where they will be fully taken care of, including vaccinations against Covid-19.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has issued the second set of stamps called “Vietnam's national treasure: Gold items". The premium stamp sets sold out on the day of issue, July 31.

On August 1, an additional 3,207 Covid-19 patients were discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of recovered cases so far to 37,846.

Solidarity and unity are the foundation for ASEAN’s strength, which is clearly demonstrated in the current fight against COVID-19, Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son told the 54th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Economists gathered at an online conference on August 2 to seek financial solutions for struggling Vietnamese airlines amid COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City has deployed 1,200 vaccination teams that will provide 200 shots per team each day, according to the city People's Committee.  

A performance video by Vietnamese female rapper Phao and American rapper, singer and songwriter Michel Ray Stevenson, known as Tyga, has been released on YouTube. 

Hanoi Mayor Chu Ngọc Anh has signed a document to ask districts’ administration to not allow people to move out of the city during the time of social distancing, except for those got the permit of the administration.

The health ministry on Monday issued a document urging municipal and provincial authorities to put a stop to spraying disinfectants in public spaces as a COVID-19 prevention and control measure.

The first six months of 2021 witnessed some impressive highlights in the telecoms industry.

The Ministry of Education and Training has issued a circular promulgating the general education programmes of Russian, Japanese, French and Chinese as the first foreign languages to be taught in Vietnamese schools.

Many state-owned enterprises (SOES) experienced a turbulent year in 2020. In the first half of 2021, many businesses escaped the crisis and gained impressive results.