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  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 …

Vietnam’s benchmark VN-Index went sideways Friday and remained at 1,498 points. The index fluctuated by a small margin throughout the day and closed 0.24 points higher after losing 5.5 points in the last two sessions, slipping from the psychological threshold of 1,500 points. Trading value on the Ho Chi Minh …