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  Health workers checking COVID-19 test samples. VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam registered 16,815 COVID-19 patients on Monday, the highest daily caseload for a month, taking the total to 2,358,786 since the start of the pandemic. A further 100 COVID-related deaths were also announced, increasing the total fatalities to 38,424. Among …

The 16,815 new COVID-19 cases include six imported cases and 16,809 local infections detected in Hà Nội (2,988), Nghệ An (1,247), Đà Nẵng (935), Hải Dương (845), Thanh Hóa (789), Vĩnh Phúc (725), Phú Thọ (662), Hải Phòng (633), Nam Định (596), Hòa Bình (585), Bắc Ninh (510), Quảng Nam …

  President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc at the Tịch Điền (Ploughing) Festival on Monday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attended the Tịch Điền (Ploughing) Festival in the northern province of Hà Nam on Monday, and ceremoniously ploughed a field.  The President and local authorities offered incense to …

  People travel from Mekong Delta provinces to HCM City on motorbikes on February 5 on National Highway No. 1. Traffic jams blocked many highways on February 5 and 6. – Photo laodong.vn HCM CITY – Highways across southern provinces and the Mekong Delta were severely congested on February 5 …

  HCM City remains a green zone, meaning the risk of COVID is low, for a fifth consecutive week. Photo: nld.com.vn HCM CITY— HCM City’s COVID-19 alert level remains at level 1 for a fifth week in a row, its People’s Committee announced. All 21 districts and Thủ Đức City …

  Planting mangrove forests to restore the ecosystem in central Ninh Thuận Province. The UNDP has approved the Country Programme for Việt Nam to help accelerate sustainable development goals — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has approved the Country Programme for Việt Nam for 2022-2026 and a …

  SCHOOL’S BACK: Students at Phú Nhuận High School in HCM City have their body temperatures checked before entering class. — Photo tuoitre.vn HCM CITY — More than 600,000 students in grades 7 to 12 in HCM City returned to school for in-person learning on Monday. After a long period of studying online due to the pandemic, they began classes after the …

  President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc talks with Overseas Vietnamese who returned home to attend the Homeland Spring programme 2022. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The solidarity of the Vietnamese people has never shone so brightly during the COVID-19 pandemic, said Ambassador Lương Thanh Nghị, vice chairman of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOV). …

  A victim of a traffic accident during Tết is treated at a hospital. —Photo laodong.vn HÀ NỘI — A total of 216 traffic accidents nationwide saw 121 people killed and 138 injured during the Lunar New Year holiday from January 29 to February 6, according to the Traffic Police Department.  Compared to the same …

  The gate for domestic arrivals in Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is crowded on Sunday, the last day of the nine-day-long Tết holiday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Tiến Lực HÀ NỘI — Airlines plan to make an increase of more than 100 flights, mostly on the Hà Nội – HCM City route, …