Trần Quốc Nam, chairman of the Ninh Thuận Province People’s Committee, shares some insights on the development journey of the province. VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thirty years is not a long time, but the headway that Ninh Thuận Province has made from a low economic starting point is worthy of respect. …
Read More »Tourists flock to Hùng Kings’ Temple for festival
Visitors offer incense at the High Temple (Đền Thượng). VnExpress News Photo Minh Phương Minh Phương PHÚ THỌ — Preparations are underway in Phú Thọ for the province’s biggest event of the year, the Hùng Kings’ Festival. Already streets leading to Hùng Kings Temple are lined with national and festival …
Read More »German President speaks highly of Strategic Partnership with Việt Nam
New Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vũ Quang Minh (second from left) and spouse and Germany President Frank-Walter Steinmeier. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Phương Hoa BERLIN — German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday appreciated the good development of the Việt Nam-Germany strategic partnership over the past decade at a reception for the …
Read More »Việt Nam asks China to cease militarisation in South China Sea, reasserts sovereignty over islands
Deputy spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Phạm Thu Hằng. — Photo from the ministry HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam on Thursday asked China to end its militarisation in the South China Sea in violation of Việt Nam’s territories and to refrain from escalating tensions. Phạm Thu …
Read More »Việt Nam reaches mutual recognition of COVID vaccine passports with 19 countries: Foreign ministry
Digital COVID-19 vaccine passport in Việt Nam. — VNA Infographic HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam has attained mutual COVID-19 vaccine passports with 19 countries as of April 4, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Deputy spokesperson for the ministry Phạm Thu Hằng said during a press briefing on …
Read More »Body of missing Vietnamese student found in Israel after six years
Nguyễn Hải Bình went missing in Israel six years ago. — Photo provided by the Bình’s family HCM CITY — A body allegedly of a Vietnamese student missing for the last six years has been found in Israel, according to the Embassy of Việt Nam in the country. Nguyễn Hải Bình, born in 1993, went …
Read More »COVID-19 new cases in Việt Nam on April 4 afternoon
Cases reported in Hà Nội (5,868), Đắk Lắk (3,925), Bắc Giang (2,649), Yên Bái (2,350), Nghệ An (2,300), Phú Thọ (2,282), Quảng Ninh (1,996), Lào Cai (1,590), Thái Bình (1,432), Vĩnh Phúc (1,408), Tuyên Quang (1,348), Bắc Kạn (1,028), Hưng Yên (991), Thái Nguyên (984), Hải Dương (940), Lạng Sơn …
Read More »North-South Expressway project faces soil shortage
Many North-South Expressway component projects face a lack of soil. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — The North-South Expressway projects for 2017-20 are standing at risks of shortage of 6.53 million cu.m of soil for the roadbed, according to the Ministry of Transport. The Ministry of Transport and the management boards …
Read More »UNICEF Việt Nam calls for reopening of all schools
1st graders during an in-person class at Lê Hồng Phong Primary School in the Central Highlands City of Kon Tum. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Khoa Chương HÀ NỘI — UNICEF Việt Nam has called on the country to reopen schools for all age groups “without prerequisites”. They says there are …
Read More »Pasteur Institute seeks 3,000 volunteers for COVID vaccine nasal spray trial
COVID-19 nasal spray vaccine project staff at Nha Trang Pasteur Institute sorted volunteers’ document files for the trial. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo HÀ NỘI — Nha Trang Pasteur Institute in the south-central province of Khánh Hoà said it is recruiting 3,000 vaccinated adult volunteers for the Phase 3 clinical trial of a …
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