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COVID  Việt Nam has administered over 228 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines in total. Photo baochinhphu.vn HÀ NỘI — The health ministry announced 653 new COVID-19 infections on Friday. The latest update brings the total national caseload to 10,742,234 so far. The capital city of Hà Nội led the daily increases, with 162 cases reported. The remaining …

The 653 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections, including 534 in the community, detected in Hà Nội (162), Đà Nẵng (47), Yên Bái (42), Phú Thọ (39), Quảng Ninh (31), Nghệ An (31), Lào Cai (27), Hồ Chí Minh City (24), Quảng Trị (16), Tuyên Quang (15), Thái Bình …

  Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính chaired a meeting on drugs supplies and human resoures for the healthcare sector on Thursday in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính demanded that shortages of drugs and medical supplies and resignations among health workers …

  Officials from the Việt Nam embassy in Japan and Đông Á University join a ribbon-cutting ceremony of the representative office of the university in Tokyo, Japan. Photo courtesy of Phương Chi  ĐÀ NẴNG —  Đông Á University, the first private university in the central region of Việt Nam, has officially …

  Did you know a new bridge would be built across the Red River? The final design of the Trần Hưng Đạo Bridge was revealed by the Hà Nội People’s Committee on Tuesday. Featuring curving waves in the dome, the design is said to be “a combination of ancient and modern Hanoi …

  Doctors at Chợ Rẫy Hospital perform an organ transplant. Photo courtesy of the hospital HCM CITY — Chợ Rẫy Hospital in HCM City in co-ordination with Thống Nhất Hospital and the Children’s Hospital No.2 on Thursday launched the country’s first ever software for organ donation, management, allocation, and transplant. The software was developed through a …

  Tourists go through a cajuput forest in Kiên Giang Province’s Giồng Riềng District. The forest is owned by farmer Dương Văn Minh. – VNA/VNS Photo Lê Huy Hải KIÊN GIANG – More farmers in Kiên Giang Province’s Giồng Riềng District have switched to growing cajuput trees on unproductive rice …

The first train of the Bến Thành – Suối Tiên metro line. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Hồ Chí Minh City Urban Railways No.1 Company Limited, which has run out of money for its operation, has sent a document to the Government Office asking for the Prime Minister’s permission to let …

A secondary school student receives a COVID-19 vaccine in southern Vĩnh Long City. — VNA/VNS Photo Lê Thúy Hằng. HÀ NỘI — A total of 740 new COVID-19 infections were detected in Việt Nam on Thursday, with zero deaths recorded. The latest update brings the total national caseload to 10,740,595 so far. …

Australian authorities questioned nine flight attendants of a Vietnamese Airlines flight crew in May. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese airlines are required to implement preventive measures against illegal trade and commercial fraud activities taking place among flight crews, per the latest directive from the Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam …