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  Students at Tân Hưng Primary School in HCM City’s District 7 conducting experiments in the virtual world of a laboratory with the online platform BASF Virtual Lab. — Photo courtesy of BASF Vietnam HCM CITY —  Online platform BASF Virtual Lab has introduced three additional chemistry experiments in Vietnamese, allowing primary students …

  Assoc Prof Lê Đình Thanh, director of HCM City’s Thống Nhất Hospital, donates blood during a drive the hospital organised on Thursday. VnExpress News Photo Thu Hằng HCM CITY — More than 200 doctors, nurses and staff at Thống Nhất Hospital in HCM City donated blood on Thursday. The hospital’s blood donation …

  Nịnh Văn Sàu, a Sán Chỉ ethnic man in northern Móng Cái City, tends his vegetable garden. He has lived alone in the woods for eight months. — Photo nhandan.vn  HÀ NỘI — Fed up with the hustle and bustle of city life, Nịnh Văn Sàu decided to pack his …

Medical staff give a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a man with a disability in Ward 1, HCM CIty’s Phú Nhuận District. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Quang Châu HÀ NỘI — About 67 per cent of people with disabilities said they felt secure and received support during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a …

  Illustrative image. — Photo covid19.gov.vn HÀ NỘI — The cost of the Vietnamese-produced Molnupiravir COVID-19 treatment drugs have been announced. The Drug Administration of Việt Nam (DAV) under the Ministry of Health (MoH) revealed the set prices of the drugs produced by Vietnamese manufacturers. One pill of Molravir 400mg made by Boston Vietnam Pharma …

  The Government have called for caution in stockpiling home rapid tests. The Tết holidays are said to be the main reason for the increased demand for rapid tests. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — As the number of new COVID-19 infections in Hà Nội continues to rise after …

`Lorries pass the Pháp Vân-Cầu Giẽ Tollbooth in Hà Nội. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Ngọc Anh   HÀ NỘI — Ministries and localities have been urged to install ePass systems on vehicles to allow them to use the automatic electronic toll collection (ETC).  The request was made by Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn …

  Students of Marie Curie High School in HCM City’s District 3 ensure social distancing in class. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HCM CITY — HCM City’s hospitals and private clinics have been told to ensure an adequate and prompt supply of oxygen for COVID patients, and to get ready for the spread of …

A medical worker administers a COVID vaccine to a resident in the northern mountainous province of Lạng Sơn. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Anh Tuấn HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Wednesday sent an urgent dispatch to ministries, provinces and cities to strengthen COVID-19 prevention and control. PM …

  A pharmacist gives advice to a customer purchasing Molnupiravir, the antiviral drug used for COVID treatment. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Minh Quyết HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has exceeded three million coronavirus cases, as the country registered a record 69,128 new infections on Thursday. After the country entered its fourth wave of the …