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  Workers process grapes at Evergreen Ninh Thuận – a co-operative that receives support from the Việt Nam Cooperative Enterprise Development (VCED). — VNA/VnExpress News Photo BẾN TRE — Co-operatives supported by the Việt Nam Cooperative Enterprise Development (VCED) project succeeded in connecting farmers to global value chains and increasing farmers’ incomes …

Children at a primary school in Hoàn Kiếm District, Hà Nội.— VnExpress News/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội has been advised to re-open preschools and primary schools. Trương Hữu Khanh, permanent vice chairman of HCM City’s Infectious Disease Association, said it’s time for Hà Nội to re-open schools completely, …

In the past year, the free-range model of farming raised 50,000 chickens in Chương Mỹ, Quốc Oai, Thanh Oai districts and Sơn Tây Town. — Photos courtesy of the Hà Nội Agricultural Promotion Centre HÀ NỘI — A model of raising free-range chickens has been introduced by the Hà Nội Agricultural Promotion …

  Nguyễn Phương Hằng at the city police station. — Photo courtesy of the HCM City Police HCM CITY — A Vietnamese businesswoman in HCM City who became an internet sensation after her very public criticisms of a series of celebrities on Facebook livestream videos was arrested Thursday night for “abusing democratic freedom …

A local resident in the forest which his family both protects and uses for aquaculture. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Tuấn Kiệt BẠC LIÊU — To make Bạc Liêu coastal protective forest become more attractive to tourists, the province are studying models of cooperatives or management groups with the help of …

  A nurse takes a sample for COVID-19 testing. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam exceeded 5 million COVID recoveries on Friday, while 108,979 new infections were also recorded. There were 175,540 recoveries, bringing the total number of people given the all-clear to 5,001,564 since the start of the pandemic. The country’s COVID case …

The 108,979 new COVID-19 cases include 22 imported cases and 108,957 local infections detected in Hà Nội (10,803), Phú Thọ (4,555), Nghệ An (4,023), Yên Bái (3,997), Đắk Lắk (3,925), Bắc Giang (3,720), Lào Cai (3,690), Vĩnh Phúc (3,136), Thái Bình (2,915), Thái Nguyên (2,910), Quảng Bình (2,877), Bắc Ninh …

  Đ.N.M. quickly recovered after receiving a liver transplant from his aunt. — Photo 108 Military Central Hospital HÀ NỘI — Five-year-old Đ.N.M was diagnosed with liver cancer and went under an operation to replace his left liver lobe on March 17. He is the youngest patient ever to receive a …

The newly-renovated Alley no. 749 on Huỳnh Tấn Phát Street in District 7, HCM City. — Photo plo.vn HCM CITY — Narrow alleyways have been renovated and expanded with land contributions from residents in HCM City’s District 7. At the inauguration ceremony on Tuesday, local residents were overjoyed at the sight of the …

  An event marking the provision of US$1 million of equipment and vaccine administration supplies from UNICEF and USAID to Việt Nam was held at the Ministry of Health on Friday. — Photo courtesy of UNICEF HÀ NỘI — The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and UNICEF have provided life-saving equipment …