Vietnam’s labor market in the first half of 2021 was heavily affected by the 3rd and 4th outbreaks of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the Vietnam General Statistics Office’s report released on July 6.

For only the second time, more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases have been detected in a single day.

Vietnam has never included any antiviral drugs in its Covid-19 treatment regimen because of unclear and unproved effectiveness of the drugs in clinical trial results.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee Nguyen Phu Trong led a high-ranking delegation of the CPV to attend the virtual summit of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and world political parties on July 6.

Two foreign banks have invested VND7 trillion in Vingroup, owned by the dollar billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong, amid the enterprise’s daring moves and new records made in the Vietnam’s stock market.

Hoang Le Quyen thought running wasn't for her, but things changed after she saw what it could do for her.

Succeeding in creating biodegradable plastics, the startup has received $1 million worth of capital.

Since May COVID cases have been proliferating, and lab technicians at hospitals around HCMC have been mobilised to help the Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention cope with the load.  

The People's Committee of Kien Giang province has asked the Ministry of Transport to pause flights between Ho Chi Minh City and Phu Quoc Island amid the surge of Covid-19 patients in Vietnam’s largest city.

The high school graduation exam will begin on July 7 morning for millions of students, with strict COVID-19 measures in place as the fourth wave of infections has seen complicated developments.

Taxi motorbike drivers, vendors and street petty merchants in HCMC will receive support of VND50,000 ($23) a day from the city's VND886 billion package.

In Hanoi, a mural painting on the prevention and control of COVID-19 was recently unveiled in late June by members of the Ha Dong District youth union, delivering a strong message to viewers.

The high GDP growth rate of 5.64 percent reported for H1, when a number of large cities and provinces were under social distancing, businesses had to close, and people lost their livelihoods, has puzzled many people.

If Vietnam could control inflation cautiously and proactively, the CPI for the whole of 2021 would rise by below 3 per cent, said an expert in Hanoi last week. 

The survey of 10,000 parents in nine Asian markets found 95 per cent agreeing that it is very important to teach their children how to use and manage money.

Vietnam’s economic growth accelerated to 6.61% y/y in 2Q21, extending from an upwardly revised gain of 4.65% y/y in 1Q21. 

From August 14, 2021, citizens can choose to apply for passports with or without electronic chip, according to Circular 73/2021/TT-BCA of the Ministry of Public Security on passport specimens.

The Vietnamese team already knows exactly the opponents in the final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup. How far does it want to go?

A new tropical depression has appeared in the East Sea (South China Sea) while the current reported one is forecast to develop into a new storm in the next 24 hours, according to the national weather service.

The first shipment of 97,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech is set to arrive at Hanoi-based Noi Bai International Airport in Vietnam tomorrow, July 7.

The second support package worth VND886 billion (US$37.8 million) will be directly given to HCMC dwellers who have been affected by the coronavirus epidemic.

The Centre for Disease Control of Hanoi on Tuesday morning reported 10 community cases of COVID-19 in the city, including five members of a family in My Duc District, breaking a 10-day streak without new cases.

Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra says that the state apparatus is overly cumbersome with too many levels of hierarchy and an overlapping structure in ministries and ministerial-level agencies.

Four more COVID-19 deaths were announced on Tuesday morning, all of them elderly women with serious underlying health issues in Hanoi, Nghe AN, Ha Tinh and HCM City.

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