Cases in Hà Nội (403), Vĩnh Phúc (139), Phú Thọ (125), Bắc Ninh (80), Nghệ An (80), Yên Bái (70), Hải Phòng (70), Quảng Ninh (69), Tuyên Quang (52), Bắc Kạn (49), Hồ Chí Minh City (45), Hải Dương (41), Thái Bình (40), Thái Nguyên (40), Lào Cai (39), Quảng …
Read More »HCM City has ambitious greenery plans for 2022
A park in downtown HCM City. The city plans to add at least 10ha of parks and 2ha of public green spaces, and plant or rehabilitate 6,000 trees this year to make the city greener and more beautiful. — Photo baodansinh.vn HCM CITY — HCM City plans to add …
Read More »Cà Mau Province focused on One Commune – One Product
OCOP products made by the Tài Thịnh Phát FARM Co-operative in Cà Mau Province come with good packaging and labelling. — VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Anh CÀ MAU — The national ‘One Commune – One Product’ (OCOP) programme has helped improve the value of Cà Mau Province’s agricultural products and promote …
Read More »HCM City prepares to give 4th COVID vaccine shot
HCM City locals vulnerable to COVID will be able to receive their fourth vaccine shots soon. – VNA Photo Hoàng Tuyết HCM CITY – HCM City has announced plans to give a second COVID-19 booster shot (fourth dose) to vulnerable people. They will be given to immunocompromised people, those …
Read More »More than 14 million people receive COVID-19 vaccine passports
A vaccine passport displayed on the PC COVID-19 app. Photo of the Ministry of Health. HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health announced that it has issued more than 14 million COVID-19 vaccine passports to the general public, a month from its official rollout on April 15. The passport is …
Read More »Accomplishing Streets for Life campaign to ensure school traffic safety in Pleiku City, Việt Nam
AIP Foundation and Vietnamese ministries, agencies signed the agreement for extension phase of the Slow Zones, Safe Zones programme. — Photo courtesy of AIP Foundation PLEIKU CITY — Around the world, our community is mobilizing for the #CommitToAct Streets for Life Campaign 2022. AIP Foundation, along with its steadfast partners, …
Read More »More safe houses against storms and floods built in Việt Nam
Nguyễn Thị Huyên (first, right) and UNDP Resident Representative in Việt Nam, Caitlin Wiesen (second, right) at last week’s conference in Hà Nội. UNDP Photo HÀ NỘI – Nguyễn Thị Huyên, 65, now lives in a safe house thanks to a programme initiated by the Government, the UN Development Programme (UNDP), …
Read More »Việt Nam records 1,785 new COVID-19 cases
A child in Thái Bình Province is examined before vaccination. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s COVID-19 tally rose to 10,699,965 on Tuesday, as 1,785 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours in 48 localities. Hà Nội still had the highest number of infections, with 419, followed …
Read More »1,785 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths reported on Tuesday
The 1,785 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections with 1,206 in the community detected in Hà Nội (419), Vĩnh Phúc (119), Phú Thọ (111), Nghệ An (97), Hải Dương (71), Quảng Ninh (70), Yên Bái (70), Tuyên Quang (57), Bắc Ninh (51), Bắc Kạn (48), Lào Cai (46), …
Read More »Female Vietnamese scientists honoured at the 2021 Kovalevskaya awards
Female scientists honoured at the Kovalevskaya award ceremony on Monday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Professors Nguyễn Thị Thanh Mai and Nguyễn Minh Thủy have won the 2021 Kovalevskaya awards for female Vietnamese scientists. The award ceremony was held on Monday. Thanh Mai, deputy principal of Việt Nam National University, …
Read More »