Passengers get off a plane at Phù Cát Airport in central Bình Định Province. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has requested inter-sectoral inspections in ensuring aviation security, as well as in preventing and combating terrorism and illegal intervention in civil aviation activities. In a notice …
Read More »Border Guard in Kiên Giang gives all to his community
Lieutenant Colonel Danh Tâm (left) awarding a scholarship to a Cambodian student. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Lê Sen KIÊN GIANG — Lieutenant Colonel Danh Tâm, 42, is a politician and secretary of the Party Committee at the Phú Mỹ Border Station in Giang Thành District, Kiên Giang Province. He has …
Read More »Localities required to strenghen inspection on COVID-19 medicines
Medicines of unclear origin were seized in Hà Nội. — Photo suckhoedoisong.vn HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health has called for stricter inspections of COVID medicines to root-out counterfeit and low quality drugs. The ministry has requested localities to direct agencies and market managers to strengthen inspections on the sale …
Read More »Policy reform to enhance development in ethnic minority areas
Ethnic minority students at a chemistry class. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has signed a decision on policy reform to support the national target programme on socio-economic development in ethnic minority and mountainous areas in 2021-2030. As part of efforts to improve human development indicators, the Ministry of Education …
Read More »Việt Nam breaks 100,000 daily COVID cases
A medic at mobile medical station No1 takes samples for COVID testing from a resident in Hà Nội’s Tân Triều Commune. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiệp HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s daily COVID caseload has reached six figures for the first time, with 110,301 infections on Wednesday. The figure brings the total number of …
Read More »Việt Nam sees a daily record of 110,301 new cases on Wednesday
The new infections include 21 imported and 110,280 local transmissions. The domestic cases were found in Hà Nội (15,114), Bắc Ninh (4,698), Nghệ An (4,329), Quảng Ninh (3,992), Sơn La (3,672), Hưng Yên (3,458), Lạng Sơn (3,186), Nam Định (3,176), Phú Thọ (2,993), Vĩnh Phúc (2,934), Lào Cai (2,756), Hồ …
Read More »Large waves caused boat sinking: investigation
The boat wreck on the beach of Cửa Đại in Hội An. The 35-seat boat sank in the water off Cửa Đại beach on the way from Chàm Islands on Saturday. Photo courtesy of Lan Anh QUẢNG NAM — Large inshore waves were the main reason a boat sank, killing 17, about 3km from …
Read More »Foreign tourists can travel freely in Việt Nam with negative COVID-19 tests
Foreign tourists visit the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thanh Tùng HÀ NỘI — With negative COVID-19 tests, fully vaccinated foreign tourists may freely travel in Việt Nam after only one day of isolation following entry, according to the Ministry of Health’s proposed regulations. …
Read More »Airlines ready to repatriate Vietnamese in Ukraine
Planes land at Nội Bài International Airport in Hà Nội. Airlines say they are ready to conduct flights to bring Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine to Việt Nam. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) said it has received reports from airlines affirming they are ready to …
Read More »Germany removes Việt Nam from list of COVID-19 high-risk areas
Health workers carry out COVID-19 testing in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Hoàng Hiếu BERLIN — Germany’s Robert Koch-Institute (RKI) on March 1 decided to remove 60 countries and territories across the world, including Việt Nam, from the list of the countries that are highly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Passengers entering Germany from …
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