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  The online signing of the deal on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the Vietnamese and Korean governments. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on …

Tourists come to see Mau Son Peak covered in frost and ice on Tuesday. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities, and relevant ministries, to take urgent measures to deal with the prolonged, …

A teacher leads physical activities for preschool children at Quan Hoa Preschool in Hà Nội’s Cầu Giấy District. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The extremely cold weather in the northern region has caused disruptions for many families with young children attending preschool and elementary school in Hà Nội in …

A COVID-19 treatment facility in HCM City. — Photo of VPG HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health reported on January 24 that the city’s infectious disease surveillance system has detected the emergence of sub-variant JN.1 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hospitalised patients in December last year in …

Doctors at Hà Nôị’s Việt Nam-Germany Hospital perform a transplant with an organ harvested from a brain-dead donor. — Photo hanoimoi.vn HÀ NỘI — Only around 10 brain-dead people in Việt Nam donate organs every year, the lowest rate in the world, according to the National Coordination Centre for Organ …

  A COVID-19 treatment facility in HCM City. — Photo of VPG HCM CITY — The HCM City Department of Health reported on January 24 that the city’s infectious disease surveillance system has detected the emergence of sub-variant JN.1 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hospitalised patients in December last year in …

Construction of the third passenger terminal at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. — VNA/VNS Photo Tiến Lực HCM CITY — Construction of the third passenger terminal at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is around 50 per cent complete. Work began in late 2022 and was …

A model of Vietnamese radar satellite LOTUSat-1. — Photo courtesy of Vietnam National Space Centre HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will launch the first “Made in Việt Nam” radar satellite into orbit in early 2025, according to the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology. The LOTUSat-1 is expected to …

A model of Vietnamese radar satellite LOTUSat-1. — Photo courtesy of Vietnam National Space Centre HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will launch the first “Made in Việt Nam” radar satellite into orbit in early 2025, according to the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology. The LOTUSat-1 is expected to …

A volunteer donates blood at the “Red Sunday” blood donation programme, which took place on January 19, 2024, in the northern province of Lai Châu. — VNA/VNS Photo Nguyễn Oanh HÀ NỘI — Over the past three decades, Việt Nam has witnessed the strong development of the voluntary blood donation …