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Samaritan, friends cook meals, donate to less fortunate on streets around HCM City

With the COVID-19 pandemic leaving many people in HCM City poor and hungry, a small group of friends in District 10 have cooked up a wonderful initiative: making food and distributing it to people they see on the street.

Zero Covid and the new quarantine strategy

The Prime Minister’s approval to pilot home quarantine for F1 cases instead of concentrated quarantine is considered a turning point in Covid-19 prevention in Vietnam.

People from HCM City must undergo home-quarantine for seven days: MoH

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested provincial-level localities nationwide to impose home quarantine on people coming or returning from Ho Chi Minh City for seven days 

Community farming model offers an escape to nature

Leaving the urban sprawl for rural life has become a hot trend among successful business owners, retired people and farm-based firms as they seek a relaxing escape from pollution, a chance to unwind or a return to a childhood idyll. 

Public investment hike cited for stellar economic recovery

The domestic economy has been gradually escaping from a slowdown, with growth bouncing back over the past three months thanks to the government’s efforts to curb the pandemic and remove enterprises’ obstructions,

Lukas Graham, Thai Vu make waves on YouTube

A performance video by Danish soul-pop band Lukas Graham and Vietnamese singer Hoang Thai Vu, known as Vu, has attracted more than 2 million views only four days after its release on YouTube. 

Pilot Mobile Money service to be licenced next month

Local telecommunications network providers have been approved to pilot several Mobile Money services next month after more than two years of waiting. These services will allow the use of mobile phone credit to pay for small-value goods and services.

Vietnamese children need safer environment in cyberspace

Children often spend a lot of time learning, playing and exploring on the internet. Besides the undeniable benefits, unseen threats are also part of cyberspace.

One Olympic weightlifting slot striped due to doping

Vietnam’s weightlifting team has lost one of its three berths at the coming Olympics due to previous doping violations.

VIETNAM BUSINESS NEWS JULY 7

 Disbursement of public investment must be sped up in H2

VIETNAM NEWS HEADLINES JULY 7

Hanoi advises residents to stay home due to two new Covid-19 clusters

Vietnam considers mixing two Covid-19 vaccines

Vietnam has considered using two different kinds of Covid-19 vaccines for first and second shots like many other countries.

Hanoi and Sai Gon's AFC Cup matches cancelled

The 2021 Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Cup matches in groups G, H and I of the ASEAN zone will be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Former trade minister, Binh Duong Party chief disciplined

The Party Central Committee has expelled former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang from the Party and removed Tran Van Nam, Party Secretary of Binh Duong Province, from all Party posts during 2010-2025 for their violations.

Vietnamese meteorologist wins WMO award for young scientists

Vietnamese scientist Nguyen Hoang Minh has won the UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) Research Award for Young Scientists in 2021.

Newspapers and social media: cooperation or confrontation?

VietNamNet spoke with Nguyen Ngoc Chu, a respected mathematician, who is a well-known Facebooker whose posts on his page attract at least 1,000 likes each.

Electric vehicles to be subject to tax incentives in Vietnam

The Ministry of Trade and Industry (MoIT) has said it is cooperating with the Ministry of Finance to consider the provision of tax incentives to encourage the development and use of electric vehicles in Vietnam.

HCM City develops response plan to care for up to 500 critically-ill COVID-19 patients

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health has developed a response plan for a scenario in which the number of COVID-19 patients reaches 10,000 – 15,000, including 500 severe cases.

Five COVID-19 related deaths reported, four without underlying conditions

The National Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Wednesday morning announced the deaths of five more COVID-19 patients, four of them are not suffering from underlying health issues in HCM City.

Vietnam attends Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended the Special ASEAN-Russia Foreign Ministers' Meeting held in the form of videoconference on July 6.