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A worker receives a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam registered 657 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, with zero deaths recorded. All of the infections were domestic, with a total of 512 new transmissions detected in the community. New cases were …

  All the new cases were detected locally in Hà Nội (169), Bắc Ninh (53), Phú Thọ (45), Yên Bái (43), Lào Cai (34), HCM City (27), Quảng Ninh (22), Quảng Bình (21), Nghệ An (21), Hải Phòng (18), Vĩnh Phúc (17), Đà Nẵng (15), Hòa Bình (15), Hà Nam (14), Thái …

  Workers lining up for VNĐ10,000 meals in front of the Goodwill Rice Stall in 175 Trần Bình Trọng, HCMC. — Photo tienphong.vn HCM CITY — As inflation rises, the number of workers who turn to free meal stalls and goodwill restaurants for cheaper meals increases. But the sustaining of these …

  Dragon fruit being harvested and transported by rope conveyors at an orchard belonging to the Thiên Phúc Co-operative in Tiền Giang Province’s Chợ Gạo District. – VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Hữu Chí TIỀN GIANG – The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Tiền Giang has zoned nearly 9,400ha of dragon fruit …

  Tôn Nữ Ánh Tuyết, 72, sits at her small shop in Thủy Xuân Ward, Huế City. Photo plo.vn HUẾ – Tôn Nữ Ánh Tuyết, 72, spends what little profit she makes from selling incense, hats and souvenirs to help cancer patients in Huế City. She is a member of the …

  Hà Nội’s first rapid bus route, Kim Mã-Yên Nghĩa, started construction in early 2013 and entered operation at the end of 2016. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội’s Department of Transport has proposed the municipal People’s Committee to allow passenger cars with 24 seats or more, official …

   A traditional market in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), a global partnership that unites international organisations engaged in research about food security, launched an initiative on sustainable healthy diets in Việt Nam on Friday. The three-year initiative “Sustainable …

  Lâm Đồng province is facing illegal sand mining problems.  – VNA Photo LÂM ĐỒNG – Lâm Đồng Province is making a strong effort to prevent illegal sand mining at its Đồng Nai River, stopping many such violations since the start of the year. From the start of 2022, authorities in Lâm Đồng have seized …

  More beds set up along the corridor of the HCM City Paediatrics Hospital No.1’s respiratory department due to an increasing number of children diagnosed with respiratory diseases. — Photo tuoitre.vn HCM CITY — Paediatrics hospitals in HCM City are seeing an increase in the number of children diagnosed with respiratory diseases due to …

  HCM City’s health sector ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. — VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY — The health sector in HCM City currently ensures adequate vaccines as part of an expanded vaccination programme. Any shortage of service vaccines depends on the agencies providing them, not the mandatory programme of the Ministry …