There was good news on September 4: A flight carrying 297 Vietnamese citizens from Japan landed at Van Don airport in Quang Ninh province. The passengers were fully vaccinated with two doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

The organizers of the SupermodelMe contest have announced 12 official contestants for the 2021 season, including two from Vietnam.

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) has agreed to extend debt rescheduling for customers for a further six months.

Wood exports plummet as amid virus outbreak

Vietnam intends to issue a new decree to regulate cross-border e-commerce deliveries amidst the e-commerce boom.

HCM City People’s Committee late Wednesday issued a new decision on COVID-19 prevention and control measures as the city continues to stay under the restrictive Directive 16 with outbreaks still not properly controlled yet.

Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue held talks with President of the European Parliament (EP) David Sassoli in Brussels, Belgium, on September 8.

Nearly 15,000 HCM City children infected with COVID-19

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has asked the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) to step up the inspection and assessment of the quality of referees.

Millions of students nationwide have started the new school year via an online learning model due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien urban railway project will be completed by the end of 2023 or early 2024.

People can receive a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine after they get the first Moderna jab several weeks earlier and vice versa, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on September 8.

Museum No Hero in Delden of the Netherlands has opened an exhibition introducing paintings by many Vietnamese artists, which belong to the collection of Dutch entrepreneur Geert Steinmeijer.

A research team from the University of Economics and Law under the National University of Ho Chi Minh City, on September 6, announced the result on the topic "Creating the driving force for economic recovery in HCMC in the fourth wave of Covid-19".

If the government takes the initiative in providing sufficient and accurate information, fake news will have nowhere to exist, said Le Quang Tu Do, Deputy Head of the Authority of Broadcasting and Electronic Information.

HCM City Vice Chairman Le Hoa Binh has asked local agencies to urgently work on strategies for Covid-19 prevention and control and economic recovery after September 15.

Lieutenant General To An Xo, the Ministry of Public Security's spokesperson, said that more than 2,400 police officers contracted Covid-19, including six officers who died of Covid-19 while they were in duty in the fight against the pandemic.

Pemeprap, a disease-prevention app invented by the students of FPT Can Tho University, allows users to be examined and diagnosed online. The app also gives suggestions on specialized examinations.

The pandemic is forcing a number of factories to either stop operations or pare down capacity, which has increased pessimism about the short-term outlook of Vietnam’s business environment.

With control loosening, businesses in green zones in Hanoi will be able to restart their production and business activities. But they fear that control may tighten again if the outbreak gets worse.

Vietnam recorded 12,680 new COVID-19 infections, including 17 imported cases, in the past 24 hours to 5pm on September 8, the Ministry of Health announced.

Typhoon Conson will enter the East Sea on September 8 night and is forecast to take a complicated path.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now the focus of global technology, with countries spending billions of dollars in research and development (R&D) to be at the forefront of new technology.

More shipments of Covid-19 vaccines will arrive in Vietnam, with about 30 million more doses in September and October, Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan said.

Chinese State Councilor Wang Yi to visit Viet Nam this week