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  A map of the Ring Road No. 3 passing through HCM City and Đồng Nai, Bình Dương and Long An provinces. — Photo plo.vn   HCM CITY — A senior National Assembly deputy has asked the four localities hosting the Ring Road No. 3 to speed up site clearance for …

HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) and its Canadian counterpart have agreed to support each other in humanitarian activities and look towards a long-term cooperation agreement in the future. Vice President and Secretary General of the VRCS Nguyễn Hải Anh told visiting President and CEO of the Canadian Red …

  Non-profit organisation Food Bank Vietnam opens a food bank warehouse in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến Tre on May 21. VNA/VNS Photo Huỳnh Phúc Hậu HCM CITY — The non-profit organisation Food Bank Vietnam has set up a warehouse in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bến …

  Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái delivers his opening remarks at the “Averting a Global Food Crisis” session of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos-Klosters, Switzerland on Monday. VNA/VNS Photo DAVOS-KLOSTERS – Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái on Monday proposed the establishment of a food innovation hub for …

  A technician analyses biological specimens to detect COVID-19 infections in the southern province of Bạc Liêu’s Centre for Disease Control. — VNA/VNS Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam registered 1,179 new COVID-19 infections, all domestically transmitted, and one death on Monday. The capital Hà Nội again led the number of …

The 1,179 new COVID-19 cases are all local infections with 812 in the community, detected in Hà Nội (332), Vĩnh Phúc (75), Quảng Trị (72), Yên Bái (60), Quảng Ninh (56), Tuyên Quang (42), Đà Nẵng (40), Nghệ An (39), Phú Thọ (38), Thái Bình (37), Quảng Bình (37), Hải …

  Shedko Dmitrii on trial in Bình Thuận Province on Monday.— VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Thanh BÌNH THUẬN — Bình Thuận Province People’s Court on Monday handed a seven-month prison sentence to a Russian man for illegal possession of narcotics. According to the verdict, 34-year-old Shedko Dmitrii arrived in Việt Nam in …

  The Old Quarter of Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District is preserved under the schemes of zoning inner-city historical sites. — Photo kinhtechungkhoan.vn HÀ NỘI — The inner districts of Hà Nội have been actively realising the schemes of zoning inner-city historical sites after one year of being approved by Hà Nội …

  Shrimp-rice fields grown to organic standards in Bạc Liêu Province. — VNA/VNS Photo Tuấn Kiệt BẠC LIÊU — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Bạc Liêu is expanding the use of organic fertilisers in rice cultivation to improve farmer’s incomes and protect the environment. In the last winter-spring rice …

HCM City plans to hire more teachers in public schools to meet the needs of new curricula that will be implemented in the coming school year. — VNA/VNS Photo by Xuân Anh HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Education and Training is planning to recruit more teachers for public …