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A temperature scanner at an airport. The MOH calls for strengthening monitoring at border checkpoints, promptly detecting, isolating, and managing suspected or affected cases. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – According to the Ministry of Health’s (MOH) Centre for Disease Control (VNCDC), the World Health Organization reports ongoing variants in the …

  The Cát Linh-Hà Đông urban railway line in Hà Nội. This is the first urban railway project put into operation in Việt Nam. VNA/VNS Photo Huy Hùng HÀ NỘI — Hà Nội People’s Committee vice chairman Dương Đức Tuấn emphasised the need to establish a unified standard system for urban railway projects …

  Patients waiting at HCM City’s Oncology Hospital. VNA/VNS Photo HCM CITY Many patients say they are not satisfied with the service quality of medical check-up departments at public hospitals in HCM City. According to the survey conducted by the city’s Department of Health, more than 12,500 people questioned showed dissatisfaction, increasing …

Soldiers from Chiềng On Border Guard Station give free haircuts to children in Phiêng Khoài Commune. — VNA/VNS Photo Quang Quyết HÀ NỘI — Provinces and cities across the country have worked hard to bring a happy Tết (Lunar New Year) to the people. Spring at the border In the …

  Smart tourism application software “NinhBinhtourisminfo” was launched by Ninh Bình Province’s tourism industry in mid year. — VNA/VNS Photo  HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang has just signed Decision 36/QĐ-TTg approving the planning of information and communications infrastructure for the period 2021-30, with a vision to …

Participants in the inaugural Green and Equitable Mobility (GEM) conference held in HCM City on January 17, 2024. — Photo from AIP Foundation HCM CITY — The Green and Equitable Mobility (GEM) conference on January 17 in HCM City, with international partners under a special agreement between the British Council …

  Phạm Minh Tôn with craft products made from sedge. — Photo nongnghiep.vn THANH HÓA — Nga Sơn District in the northern central province of Thanh Hóa has long been famous nationwide for its craft of weaving bed mats from sedge plants. This seagrass has not only contributed to the …

  Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam Jonathan Baker.  VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI – Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Trần Hồng Thái on January 18 had a working session with Chief Representative of UNESCO in Vietnam Jonathan Baker. Thai congratulated Jonathan on starting his working term in Việt Nam in the context …

  Việt Nam’s Border Guard and the UK’s Home Office signed agreement on cooperation in preventing and combating human trafficking on Thursday in Hà Nội. — Photo from the People’s Army Newspaper   HÀ NỘI — Commander of the Border Guard Command Lieutenant General Lê Đức Thái and Head of Home …

A patient at the Lung Hospital of northern Nam Định Province has a health check. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Lành HÀ NỘI — The diagnosis of tuberculosis at community healthcare facilities is key as Việt Nam stands at high risk of tuberculosis outbreaks. Đinh Văn Lượng, director of the National …