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Across the country people are returning home for the biggest holiday of the year. Train and flight tickets are selling fast, while long-distance buses are a less favoured travelling option. Transport authorities say measures have been put in place to prevent COVID-19 and get people home safely. VnExpress News

The destinations under consideration include Japan, South Korea and Taiwan (China), as well as locations in Europe and Oceania. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh has agreed to increase the frequency of commercial international flights, as well as removing the need for passengers to take …

  Sheep bred in Ninh Thuận Province’s Bác Ái District. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Nguyễn Thành NINH THUẬN — The south central province of Ninh Thuận will spend more than VNĐ743 billion (US$33 million) over the next decade to make animal husbandry safe, efficient and lucrative. By 2030, it plans to …

  Việt Nam received COVID-19 vaccine doses from the COVAX Facility. Photos courtesy of UNICEF in Việt Nam Vân Nguyễn Việt Nam’s openness to international aid, its transparency in COVID-19 data along with vaccination capacity have contributed to its success in acquiring COVID-19 vaccine doses amid global shortages and inequitable vaccine distribution, …

  Passengers arriving at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. People testing positive for COVID at the airport can now choose which hospital they want to be treated at and are not compulsorily required to go to Field Hospital No 12.— VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HCM City — All public and …

  During lunch time, medical workers and volunteers at HCM City’s Field Hospital 12 are still working. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Đan Phương HCM CITY — Air passengers arriving at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất Airport that test positive for COVID-19 are immediately taken to field hospital No 12, as …

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính (standing) gives instructions at the online meeting. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Dương Giang HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính and experts on Thursday discussed tasks and solutions to prevent and control COVID-19, especially during the Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays, as well as …

  Three-year-old Đ.N.A. is in intensive care at Saint Paul General Hospital. — Photo baophapluat.vn HÀ NỘI — The young victim of a ruthless assault in Hà Nôi’s Thạch Thất District earlier this month is still in intensive care at Saint Paul General Hospital. As reported earlier Đ.N.A, aged 3, was repeatedly assaulted …

  A resident in the Mekong Delta’s An Giang Province gets the third dose of a COVID vaccine. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — A total of 15,727 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Việt Nam on Thursday, bringing the national tally to 2,203,208. The new figure includes 55 imported transmissions. …

From 4:00pm on January 26 to 4:00pm on January 27, the National System for COVID-19 Case Management recorded 15,727 new infections, of which 55 were imported and 15,672 were recorded domestically in 63 provinces and cities.   Provinces and cities with confirmed cases are as follows: Hà Nội (2,907), Đà …