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A boarding room for ethnic students at the Châu Thành District Ethnic Boarding High School in Sóc Trăng Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Phi SÓC TRĂNG — The lives of ethnic people in Sóc Trăng have improved significantly since the province began implementing a national target programme for socio-economic development …

  Dr. Dilshaad Ali Bin Abas Ali, Group CEO of Hoàn Mỹ Medical Group, speaks at its scientific and technical conference held in HCM City on November 25. — Photo courtesy of the group  HCM CITY — More than 400 Vietnamese and international healthcare professionals have shared more than 90 research articles and …

  Ambassador Nguyễn Huy Tăng spoke with a resident reporter from Việt Nam News Agency in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The friendly neighbourly relations between Việt Nam and Cambodia, as well as between the two legislative bodies, have continued to be strengthened. Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia …

Foreign visitors on a cyclo tour in Hà Nội’s Old Quarter. — VNA/VNS Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam served over 1.23 million international tourists in November, up 11 per cent month-on-month, the record monthly number in 2023, according to the Việt Nam National Authority of Tourism (VNAT). …

Children get Vitamin A supplement in Long An Province. — Photo courtesy of the National Institute of Nutrition HÀ NỘI — About 9.5 per cent of children under five years old in Việt Nam have preclinical vitamin A deficiency (no signs of disease) and 58 per cent have zinc deficiency. …

  The VinFuture Prize Award 2022 ceremony. — Photo courtesy of the organiser HÀ NỘI — VinFuture Foundation has announced the agenda for the third Science and Technology Week and the VinFuture Prize Award Ceremony slated to take place from December 18 to 21, 2023 in Hà Nội. This series of world-class …

  About 231.5 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the country to date. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 777 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, with no deaths. The latest update brings Việt Nam’s total COVID-19 infections to 10,745,631 so far. There are currently 49 COVID patients …

  Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phạm Quang Hiệu delivers an opening speech at the eighth ocean dialogue. — VNA/VNS Photo  HÀ NỘI — The eighth ocean dialogue was held on Wednesday in Hà Nội on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of UNCLOS with the theme of promoting maritime cooperation …

  Foreign tourists from Singapore arrived in the south-central province of Khánh Hoà. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiên Minh HÀ NỘI — The number of foreign tourists visiting Việt Nam in the first half of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the General …