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  A student gets a temperature check before receiving a COVID-19 vaccination in Hưng Yên Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — A total of 7,116 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in Việt Nam on Thursday. So far the country has had 10,638,632 patients, ranking 12th out of 227 countries and territories worldwide. All …

  An aerial view of the newly opened Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge in HCM City. — Photo courtesy of vnexpress.net HCM CITY — The Thủ Thiêm 2 Bridge that spans the Sài Gòn River, connecting District 1 and Thủ Đức City, officially opened to traffic on Thursday. The 1.5-km, six-lane bridge links …

  Việt Nam reports  7,116 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday. The cases are in Hà Nội (913), Phú Thọ (475), Vĩnh Phúc (418), Yên Bái (305), Nghệ An (292), Lào Cai (288), Hải Dương (261), Quảng Ninh (252), Tuyên Quang (246), Thái Bình (224), Đắk Lắk (214), Thái Nguyên (209), …

  Vân Đồn International Airport, Quảng Ninh Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Foreigners can now enter or exit the country via Vân Đồn International Airport in the northern province of Quảng Ninh, the first privately built and operated international airport in the country.  This is in line …

Trung Lương- Mỹ Thuận Expressway open to traffic on April 27. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Trí HCM CITY —  The Trung Lương-Mỹ Thuận section of an expressway between HCM City and the Mekong Delta opened to traffic on Wednesday, 13 years after its construction began. Part of the 196km HCM …

  An airline employee helps a passenger check in at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY — Authorities in HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport are strengthening deployment of personnel during the upcoming holidays to ensure smooth movement of people …

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính delivers his speech at a meeting held of the National Committee on Digital Transformation on Wednesday morning. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Lâm Khánh HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s digital economy revenue reached US$53 billion in the first quarter of this year. The data was revealed by …

  Paul Kennedy The Warren family from North Carolina in the US is finally complete, after the missing piece of their jigsaw was slotted into place, albeit a little later than they had hoped. Three years ago, Quinn and Jordan Warren decided to adopt a Vietnamese baby, but not long …

  VNREDSat-1, Việt Nam’s first remote sensing satellite. — Photo Space Technology Institute HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s first remote sensing satellite is back in operation. Scientists at the Space Technology Institute under the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology and other Vietnamese experts have successfully restored the system control servers …

  Elementary school students in the central province of Quảng Trị learn about child rights. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hồ Cầu   HÀ NỘI — Action Month for Children 2022 will call for more efforts in child protection and child abuse prevention, the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has announced. …