Nguyễn Kim Lắm, a migrant labourer in HCM City, is among many workers who decided to welcome New Year far from home. — Photo tienphong.vn HCM CITY — Ngô Thị My is among many migrant workers in HCM City who plan to stay in the city to earn a living during the Tết …
Read More »Việt Nam UN peacekeeping officer dies on duty
HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations will hold a memorial service on January 19 for Lieutenant Colonel Đỗ Anh, who died while on a UN peacekeeping mission. The department said on Monday that the memorial service would take place at the National Funeral Hall, Trần Thánh Tông street, Hà Nội. He will …
Read More »Blooming from the ashes: Tây Tựu flower village prepares for Tết
Nguyễn Thị Vinh is taking care of her gerbera crops. The plant is called “Money Flower” in Việt Nam. — Photo VNA/VnExpress News Hồng Vân Anh Đức, Minh Phương, Hồng Vân HÀ NỘI — Although Tết may be a little quieter due to COVID-19, the flower business is blooming. In Tây Tựu village, …
Read More »More than 16,300 new coronavirus infections recorded on Monday
Grade 9 students in the southern province of Đồng Tháp have their temperature checked and hands disinfected as they return to school on Monday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Nhựt An HÀ NỘI – A further 16,378 new COVID-19 infections, along with 179 deaths, were registered nationwide on Monday. Among the new cases, 53 …
Read More »Việt Nam confirms 16,478 new cases on Monday
Among the new infections, 53 are imported and the rest domestic. The local transmissions were found in Hà Nội (2,955), Đà Nẵng (924), Hưng Yên (675), Bình Định (640), Hải Phòng (638), Bình Phước (609), Bến Tre (588), Khánh Hòa (556), Bắc Ninh (486), Trà Vinh (472), Đắk Lắk …
Read More »COVID-19 caused university students untimely graduation
Online study due to COVID-19 pandemic made thousands of university students not to graduate on schedule. Photo baosuckhoedoisong.vn HÀ NỘI – More than 70,000 university students could not graduate on time due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) In a recent meeting reviewing …
Read More »National fund for Vietnamese children active in 2021
Authorities of Mekong Delta Bến Tre Province present Tết gifts to local disadvantaged children on Monday. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The National Fund for Vietnamese Children (NFVA) offered support to nearly 15,500 youngsters affected by COVID-19 last year at a total cost of over VNĐ20.8 billion (US$904,000). …
Read More »VN puts seven localities at high risk of COVID-19
A medical employee visits a COVID-19 patient’s house to bring medicine and take samples for SARS-CoV-2, in the northern province of Bắc Ninh. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thái Hùng HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s coronavirus risk assessment has seven localities belonging to the “orange zone,” 23 in the “yellow zone” and 33 in …
Read More »Red Sunday blood donation campaign kicks off in Hà Nội
More than 2,000 students of the People’s Police Academy register to donate blood at the main event of Chủ Nhật Đỏ 2022 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign in Hà Nội. — VnExpress News Photos Thanh Hải HÀ NỘI — The main event of Chủ Nhật Đỏ 2022 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign was …
Read More »Đồng Nai Province to spend $858 on roads to new airport
Đồng Nai plans to build and extend roads to service Long Thành International Airport. Photo baodongnai.com.vn ĐỒNG NAI – The southern province of Đồng Nai plans to build or widen three roads linking the under-construction Long Thành International Airport at a cost of VNĐ19.6 trillion (US$858 million). Provincial Roads …
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