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Medical staff administering a COVID vaccine to a 11-year-old student in the northern province of Hưng Yên in April. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI –  The Ministry of Health on Tuesday ordered localities across the country to speed up the COVID-19 vaccination for children aged five to 11 years old and accelerate …

Norwegian Ambassador Grete Lochen writes to Việt Nam News on Norwegian Constitution Day, celebrated on May 17. Another Norwegian Constitution Day has come. I am very happy but also emotional to share my last address on this day as Norwegian Ambassador to Việt Nam.  Norwegians celebrate May 17 as our National …

  (From left to right) Members of the EduExam project: Hoàng Mậu Trung, Nguyễn Thị Thanh Tâm and Nguyễn Văn Nam. Photo courtesy of EduExam/thanhnien.vn HÀ NỘI — As the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in 2021, students had to study and take exams online. However, cheating …

  Nguyễn Đình Thuận harvesting plums. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo Quang Quyết SƠN LA — Plums are widely grown on the Mộc Châu plateau in the northern mountainous province of Sơn La. In recent years, plum trees have become a key crop in local economic development, helping people eliminate hunger, reduce poverty, and even get rich. Nguyễn …

A police officer instructs a citizen on how to make an online declaration for a passport application. — Photo laodong.vn HÀ NỘI — Vietnamese citizens applying for passports without electronic chips will be able to submit their forms online and receive them by post. Under a pilot scheme from May 15, …

Norwegian Ambassador Grete Lochen writes to Việt Nam News on Norwegian Constitution Day, celebrated on May 17. Another Norwegian Constitution Day has come. I am very happy but also emotional to share my last address on this day as Norwegian Ambassador to Việt Nam.  Norwegians celebrate May 17 as our National …

  The site of the traffic incident involving two British tourists in Hội An City, Quảng Nam Province. — Photo courtesy of the local police   HÀ NỘI — Two British tourists, a man and a woman, died in a motorbike crash in the central city Hội An (Quảng Nam Province) …

Police search Phạm Hồng Hà’s private residence on Trần Quốc Nghiễn Street, Hạ Long City on Saturday afternoon. — Photo  QUẢNG NINH — The People’s Procuracy of Quảng Ninh Province on Saturday issued a warrant to prosecute and temporarily detain Phạm Hồng Hà, former chairman of Hạ Long City People’s Committee. …

  A sixth-grader in Long Xuyên City, in the southern province of An Giang, is inoculated against COVID-19. — VNA/- VnExpress News Photo Thanh Sang  HÀ NỘI — A total of 1,550 new COVID-19 cases were reported on Monday, a fall of 46 compared to Sunday, as well as two deaths. …

  Hà Nội-based Đông Đô Hospital’s doctors perform free eye surgery for children in difficult circumstances on May 14. — Photo courtesy of the hospital HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội-based Đông Đô Hospital’s doctors performed free eye surgery for two children in difficult circumstances on May 14. The surgery is part of the …