HCM City now has five out of its planned 17 trains for Metro Line No 1, after six carriages for two trains arrived yesterday from Japan.

Việt Nam will receive one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines each week starting in July, the licensed importer for the vaccine in the country has announced.

The press will be a bridge to inspire and build trust for the people to understand the Government’s ideas, vision, strategies and actions, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has said.

Literacy classes have been organized for more than 300,000 people aged 15 – 60, over the last eight years, the Ministry of Education and Training unveiled during a recent video teleconference (VTC).

The shipment of 500,000 doses of the Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine along with 502,400 single-use syringes as aid from the Chinese Government arrived at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội on Sunday afternoon.

Amid the COVID-19 crisis, employers want to keep their staff safe while coping with challenges to maintain normal and effective operations, said human resources experts and business leaders at a recent meeting.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised press agencies and journalists for their hard work and contributions to the fight against COVID-19 pandemic on the occasion of the 96th Vietnam Revolutionary Press Day (June 21).

The beauty of the terraced rice fields in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang's Hoàng Su Phì District will be highlighted at a culture and tourism week in September, according to a report from the provincial People’s Committee.

The central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế has applied several measures to preserve and sustainably develop Huế’s traditional lotus farming.

The Huế Monuments Conservation Centre has completed the compilation of a dossier for the national treasure of cửu đỉnh (Nine Dysnatic Urns) to seek recognition as a world documentary heritage, said Dr Le Thi An Hoa from the centre.

Official land prices (called the coefficient or K coefficient) in HCM City will remain unchanged this year amid the rising cost of goods and challenges facing the economy, effective from June 18, according to Lê Hòa Bình, vice chairman of the city People’s Committee.

The amount of land for cemeteries in HCM City is shrinking and authorities have been asked to draw up plans for future needs.

Vietnamese publishing houses are promoting new programmes and books this summer to encourage children to read.

The first mission abroad of Captain Nguyễn Trọng Chiến, an infectious disease doctor, was in the war-ravaged Republic of South Sudan. He left Việt Nam for the United Nations’ peacekeeping mission in April and has been busy with the treatment and COVID-19 prevention and control work.

The natural world, wildlife and environmental protection are the themes of a video featuring Vietnamese performers on YouTube. 

Minister of Health Nguyễn Thanh Long speaks to Sức khoẻ đời sống (Life and Health) online newspaper about the national vaccination campaign to fight COVID-19

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A total of 300 local COVID-19 cases were reported on Sunday in nine localities, the Ministry of Health announced.