The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta city of Cần Thơ is expanding linkages among stakeholders in agriculture production and is promoting online sales of agricultural products to increase income for farmers.

The country is scheduled to have seven maritime economic clusters by 2030, which aims to turn Vietnam into a strong marine country, and promote sustainable development in relevant regions, sectors and fields.

The HCM City Food Safety and Hygiene Management Board will closely monitor liquor sold by retailers to ensure customers buy products with clear origin.

Since the beginning of this year, the Hà Nội Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has signed cooperation agreements with 28 provinces and cities across the country on ensuring food safety and improving the quality and value chain supply of agricultural, forestry and fishery products.

The HCM City Department of Transport is speeding up the deployment of construction investment in 16 key intersections to reduce traffic jams in the inner city.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue attended a conference that sought experts’ opinions on the draft Law on Medical Examination and Treatment (amended) in Hanoi on August 12.

Experts at a seminar on drug and medicine supplies have called on ministries to submit proposals to the government that will remove bottlenecks causing the current shortage seen across the sector.

The HCM City Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there were 3,066 cases in the first week of August, 6.4 per cent fewer than a month earlier.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Cambodia’s Preah Sihanouk province, the Executive Board of the provincial Khmer-Vietnam Association and philanthropists presented gifts to families of Vietnamese origin and Cambodians living in need on the occasion of the Buddhist Vu Lan festival 2022.

The Vietnam News Agency (VNA), Nhan dan (People) Newspaper and the People’s Committee of the northern port city of Hai Phong on August 12 signed communication cooperation programmes for 2022-2025.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on August 12 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 21 prisoners, including two foreigners.

To fulfil the goal of planting 2,500 hectares of timber trees in 2022, many enterprises in the northern province of Quang Ninh donated money and seedlings. The period from July to the end of September is the best time to plant trees in the reforestation efforts for the province.

Hanoi is set to promote the implementation of investment projects in education and training and work to have 70 more schools meeting national standards in the 2022 - 2023 academic year.

The Unemployment Insurance Fund plans to pay out 1.15 trillion VND (49.15 million USD) to support labourers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a resolution issued by the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee.

The education sector has maintained its international rankings, and further overhauled the general education curriculum and textbooks in the 2021-2022 academic year despite serious COVID-19-induced difficulties, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam.

The Ministry of Health said that most countries in the world are in a state of unstable COVID-19 cases and deaths, with an erratic increase and decrease trends as new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus appear.

The vaccines include Nanocovax, COVIVAC, ARCT-154, COVID-19 HIPRA and S – 268019.