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  Vietnamese Professor Võ Tòng Xuân, honorary rector of Southern Cần Thơ University (right) receives the Order of the Rising Sun awarded by Japan’s Government. — Photo tuoitre.vn CẦN THƠ — The Japanese Government on Wednesday bestowed the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon upon Vietnamese Professor Võ Tòng Xuân, honorary …

A doctor attends to a patient who has suffered filler complications at Việt Đức Hospital. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Despite multiple warnings about the dangers of getting dermal fillers at unauthorised facilities, Việt Đức Hospital is still seeing numerous cases. A 47-year-old woman in Chương Mỹ District, Hà Nội was recently admitted to …

  Kindergarten students in Hà Nội return to school on Thursday. The Ministry of Health currently evaluates the COVID pandemic in Việt Nam as being under control. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has proposed two scenarios for COVID-19 prevention and control in the future: let the …

  A vocational training class in northern Hà Nam Province. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — The Government has issued a decree revising and supplementing regulations on the conditions required for the establishment of branches of foreign-invested vocational education institutions in Việt Nam. Under Decree No. 24/2022/ND-CP, in order to launch a branch …

  A medical station in Ward 22 in HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District. The city is focusing on providing more funding to grassroots medical stations to attract and keep personnel. – Photo nld.com.vn HCM CITY – HCM City has decided to earmark around VNĐ138.5 billion (US$6.06 million) a year until 2025 …

  A sixth-grade student in northern Quảng Ninh Province being vaccinated against COVID-19 on Thursday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  QUẢNG NINH — Việt Nam kicked off a campaign to inoculate children from five to 11 years old against COVID-19 on Thursday. The campaign started with the vaccination of nearly 200 sixth-grade pupils in …

  Tô Anh Dũng, Phạm Trung Kiên and Vũ Anh Tuấn (from left) were arrested for alledgedly taking bribes. — Photo baotintuc.vn HÀ NỘI — Deputy foreign minister Tô Anh Dũng has been arrested over allegations he received bribes when organising repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Investigation Security …

  A vial of Moderna vaccine used in the vaccination of children aged 5-11 years in Việt Nam. — Photo from the Ministry of Health HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 23,012 cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, according to the health ministry. The capital city of Hà Nội continues to lead in new daily …

  Cases recorded in Hà Nội (1,677), Phú Thọ (1,279), Nghệ An (976), Yên Bái (945), Vĩnh Phúc (936), Quảng Ninh (897), Hồ Chí Minh City (877), Đắk Lắk (850), Lào Cai (748), Tuyên Quang (729), Bắc Kạn (715), Bắc Giang (682), Hải Dương (651), Bắc Ninh (629), Quảng Bình …

  Hà Nội’s streets have returned to their usual hubbub, with nearly all socio-economic activities reopened. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Phạm Kiên HÀ NỘI — The capital has been seeing a sharp decline in COVID-19 metrics, with falling daily new infections, severe cases, and deaths, suggesting the capital city has passed its virus peak, …