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  People play a traditional game on a walking street in Hà Nội that reopened on Friday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam recorded 150,618 new COVID-19 infections on Saturday, bringing the national tally to 7,791,841 cases since the beginning of the pandemic. Out of the new infections, 12 were imported and quarantined on arrival. The …

  The 150,618 new COVID-19 cases include 12 imported cases and 150,606 local infections detected in Hà Nội (21,071), Nghệ An (11,099), Phú Thọ (6,681), Hải Dương (4,938), Lạng Sơn (4,713), Tuyên Quang (4,598), Lào Cai (4,587), Đắk Lắk (4,466), Vĩnh Phúc (3,990), Hòa Bình (3,986), Sơn La (3,652), Bắc …

  Deputy Minister of Education and Training Assoc Prof Nguyễn Văn Phúc congratulates the Journal of Asia Business and Economics Studies for its inclusion in the Scopus Index at an event held on March 18. Photo courtesy of UEH HCM CITY — The Journal of Asia Business and Economic Studies published by …

  Inclement weather damaged flowers and young cashew fruits in Bình Phước Province’s Bù Gia Mập District. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  BÌNH PHƯỚC — Farmers in the south-eastern province of Bình Phước have begun to harvest cashew but are facing poor yields and low prices. The country’s largest cashew growing province had …

  Visitors taking part in a water caltrop harvesting tour in the Mekong Delta Province of An Giang. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Công Mạo HÀ NỘI — Rural tourism combined with new rural development is set to be one of the new directions of the agriculture sector. However, to make …

  Vegetables grown using hydroponics in a poly greenhouse in An Giang Province’s Long Xuyên City. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Vũ Sinh AN GIANG — The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang plans to develop concentrated vegetable growing areas that use advanced techniques and production codes to facilitate …

  A medical worker consults a COVID-19 patient who takes treatment at home. — Photo moh..gov.vn HÀ NỘI — Many people have been sharing prescription medicines that helped them recover from COVID-19 without consultation from professional medical workers, posing a danger to public health. Doctors have raised concern over the issue, emphasising that no …

  A worker in Nhà Bè Garment Corporation. Photo courtesy of vnexpress.net HCM CITY — Many businesses in HCM City have expanded their production facilities to neighbouring provinces, making it easier to recruit workers at a time recruitment has become difficult. After the pandemic-inflicted lockdowns, production has recovered at the Nhà Bè …

  Airplanes at Tân Sơn Nhất Airport, Hồ Chí Minh City — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — Airlines have advised customers to follow updates on flight schedules after Tân Sơn Nhất airport in HCM City closed a runway until April 30. The runway is closed for repairs and could lead to changes in …

  Limiting the spread and extinguishing the fire on APL CAIRO. — Photo courtesy of the Fire Department BÀ RỊA-VŨNG TÀU — A shipping company has thanked firefighters for putting out a fire on one of its ships on March 8. CMA CGM Việt Nam JSC, owner of the APL CAIRO …