As the citywide lockdown caused blood shortages in Hanoi's hospitals, many foreigners in the city donated blood during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

The capital the State has invested in 807 enterprises totals VND1.7 quadrillion. Pre-tax profit is VND162 trillion, and losses are up to tens of trillions of dong.

Traditional handicraft villages have started to resume operation after more than two months of suspension due to the fourth coronavirus outbreak in late April that forced the capital city to follow strict social distancing measures.

In many countries, only Pfizer vaccine has been approved for people aged 12 to 17. In Vietnam, this vaccine may be also used for children.

Journalist Vuong Tam has a predestined relationship with Pleiku City thanks to the verses of Ngo Thi Thanh Van in the poem “Nguoi dan ba ben tuong nha mo” (Woman by the grave statue).

With 98.5 percent of people aged 18 and over having been vaccinated and 75 percent of adults fully vaccinated, many people mistakenly believe that HCM City has reached herd immunity.

The volume of goods transported through southern ports has been rising by an average of 20 per cent a year in recent years, according to a report by Vietcombank Securities Company (VCBS).

The Ministry of Transport on October 16 issued temporary instructions about the operation of transport services, requiring only passengers using road and waterway transport services to undergo Covid-19 tests

Dang Trong Ha, 27 years old, from central province of Nghe An, moved to southern Dong Nai Province in April with the hope of finding a well-paid job.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has devised a plan aimed at resuming domestic flights from October 21 after reopening several domestic air routes on a trial basis from October 10.

Miss Asia USA 2006 Jennifer Pham will play two main characters in a film about the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

The number of wind power projects recognized for Commercial Operation Date (COD) is still small, which is a warning sign for wind power investors in Vietnam.

There has been a growing interest in ancient costumes in Vietnam over recent years.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and local authorities to count the number of children who became orphans in the Covid-19 epidemic and propose policies to support them.

Vietnam’s 500 most profitable enterprises in 2021 announced

The General Department of Taxation directly administers taxes on overseas suppliers and is responsible for granting tax identification numbers to overseas suppliers in accordance with Vietnamese regulations.

A 15-year-old boy from Hanoi’s Thach That District was taken to Saint Paul Hospital early this month, after falling into a vaping-induced coma. He is one of the many young people in Vietnam who have taken up the habit. 

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A haul of 700 samples of Covivac have been sent to Canada to have its effectiveness evaluated, according to Dr. Vu Dinh Thiem, director of the Center for Clinical Trials, National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

136,000 tonnes of rice allocated to pandemic-hit localities

Fashion designer Nguyen Cong Tri has been honoured as one of the three outstanding designers in US fashion by Hollywood Reporter magazine.

Vietnamese films are ready to go back to the cinema after being suspended due to the COVID-19 outbreak. 

Startup Sky Mavis with the game Axie Infinity has surprised the Vietnamese startup community when it reached a huge total market capitalization - US$2.4 billion - after three years since its release, a record time in the Asian technology world.

Works by nearly 70 elderly painters are being displayed at the fine arts exhibition house at No. 16 on Ngo Quyen street in Hanoi.

Vietnamese striker Nguyen Tien Linh has been named as player of October during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)’s voting in the third round of the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifiers, the AFC said on October 17.