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  Caitlin Wiesen, UNDP Resident Representative in Việt Nam and Tô Đức, Head of the National Office of Poverty Reduction, shook hands after the MoU signing ceremony.  — Photo VNA/VnExpress News Tuấn Đức HÀ NỘI — A memorandum of understanding for a poverty reduction programme between the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social …

  Doctors of the L2FH Rotation 3 of Vietnam at UNMISS have performed four surgeries for UN peacekeepers in South Sudan so far this year. — Photo L2FH Rotation 3 of Vietnam at UNMISS HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese “blue beret” doctors at Level-two Field Hospital (L2FH) Rotation 3 at the UN peacekeeping …

  A lingzhi mushroom hi-tech farming model being trialled at the Củ Chi District Agricultural Hi-tech Park in HCM City. It will be made available to interested farmers later. — Photo nhandan.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City Farmer’s Union has been facilitating the development of hi-tech farming models for future technological transfers that …

  A famer in Sóc Trăng Province’s Kế Sách District, Trần Anh Nhân discovered strange varieties of purple milk star apple. — Photo dantri.com.vn HCM CITY — Thanks to boldly investing in planting strange varieties of purple milk star apple, Trần Anh Nhân, a famer in Sóc Trăng Province’s Kế …

   A truck was seriously destroyed after plunging off a mountain cliff in the Đak Đoa District of the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on February 9. The accident killed six people and injured three others. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The number of traffic accidents from January 15 to February 14 fell 15.4 …

  Foreign visitors watch a dance performance on Phú Quốc Island in southern Kiên Giang Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The number of international tourists visiting Việt Nam is up by over 71 per cent, as the country welcomes back international visitors thanks to the resumption of international …

  Workers in factories of Bắc Giang Province receive COVID-19 booster shots. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Đồng Thuý HÀ NỘI — With a total of 94,385 cases of COVID-19 cases confirmed in the past 24 hours, Việt Nam has seen a record-breaking single-day increase for the seventh day in a …

  Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to prepare resources and plan to repatriate Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine. The carriers should report plans to the CAAV before March 2, the agency said …

  Việt Nam reports 94,385 new cases on Monday, including nine imported cases and 94,774 local cases. The local cases are in Hà Nội (12,850), Quảng Ninh (9,105), Nghệ An (3,958), Bắc Ninh (3,572), Hưng Yên (3,309), Lào Cai (3,233), Nam Định (2,921), Phú Thọ (2,887), Vĩnh Phúc (2,852), Hòa Bình …

  Abdala is used for people aged 19-65, with three doses and an interval of 14 days. — Photo AFP/VNA  HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has announced the extension of an additional three months to the shelf-life of Cuba’s Abdala vaccine against COVID-19. On October 8, 2021, the Ministry …