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  Many businesses in the HCM City Hi-Tech Park face difficulties in adjustment of construction design and local planning. — Photo courtesy of nld.com.vn HCM CITY — The HCM City Hi-Tech Park (SHTP) management says it’s reviewing problems and working with relevant agencies to remove bottlenecks related to land, construction and environmental protection. …

  According to Hiếu, fish listeners should protect their ears to do the job well. — Photo tuoitre.vn BÀ RỊA — VŨNG TÀU The fishing village of Phước Hải is home to anglers with ‘special powers’ – they can hear fish swimming under the sea.  “I learned the skill from my …

  A reporter wears a protective suit to go to work. —VNA/VNS Photo  Đinh Hằng  HCM CITY — COVID-19 not only put a halt to all activities in society and changed the lives of many people, but was also a fierce battle for reporters covering the historic era.  When HCM City became the country’s …

  A model of growing clean vegetables in HCM City’s Củ Chi District. — Photo hcmcpv.org.vn HCM CITY — HCM City is seeking to have at least 124 products meet the standards of One Commune-One Product (OCOP) programmes with three-star and above ratings by 2025. The municipal People’s Committee has issued a decision …

Workers in HCM City’s Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone receive booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — First and second booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are necessary to maintain protection against the virus, Deputy Health Minister Nguyễn Thị Liên Hương said on Monday. Hương joined other …

  Power of NO campaign material. — Photo courtesy of AIP While the world’s attention is on the coronavirus pandemic, an even more deadly and hidden epidemic rages on: road collisions caused by drink driving. Road crashes are the #1 killer amongst young adults. And alcohol is estimated to be a …

Chargé d’Affaires of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Việt Nam Faraj Shebeeb Mda Alajmi (first left) donates blood at the 108 Military Central Hospital on June 20. — VNS Photo Thanh Hải HÀ NỘI — The Embassy of State Of Kuwait staff, led by Chargé d’Affaires Faraj Shebeeb Mda Alajmi, donated blood at the …

  Chargé d’Affaires of the Kuwaiti Embassy in Việt Nam Faraj Shebeeb Mda Alajmi (first left) donates blood at the 108 Military Central Hospital on June 20. — VNS Photo Thanh Hải HÀ NỘI — The Embassy of State Of Kuwait staff, led by Chargé d’Affaires Faraj Shebeeb Mda Alajmi, donated blood at …

A worker receives a booster dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Tân Thuận Export Processing Zone in District 7, HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Thanh Vũ HÀ NỘI — With zero death recorded on Monday, Việt Nam has seen no COVID-related fatalities for nine consecutive days.  The country’s daily COVID-19 caseload …

  Việt Nam reports 521 cases of COVID-19 on Monday, including 520 local. The local cases are in Hà Nội (141), Đà Nẵng (27), Phú Thọ (27), Yên Bái (24), Quảng Ninh (23), Hải Dương (22), Hưng Yên (20), Nghệ An (17), Nam Định (15), Thái Bình (14), Thái Nguyên (14), …