Tag Archives: Vietnam

  Vials of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 years to below 12 years. — AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — The Vietnamese Government has approved the Ministry of Health’s proposal to purchase 21.9 million doses of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines for children from five to under 12 years old. The …

  A resident in Hà Nội’s Hai Bà Trưng District undergoes health screening before getting vaccinated on Saturday. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo   HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam reported 12,170 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 10 imported. The new figure brings the national tally to 2,327,859 infections. Hà Nội continued to …

  Fishermen in Khánh Hoà Province prepares for the new year’s fishing trip. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Phan Sáu By Tố Như HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam’s ministries and sectors have been pushing measures to complete the goal of removing the Europe-imposed ‘yellow card’ for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing …

A mobile medical team in Hà Nội goes door to door to administer COVID-19 vaccines to people with limited mobility. — VNA/VnExpress News Hoàng Hiếu HÀ NỘI — As the Lunar New Year approaches, there were 12,674 new COVID-19 cases discovered on Monday, the lowest daily increase in two months. The total number …

    Tourists on cyclo tours in Hội An ancient town, Quảng Nam Province. — Photo courtesy of the Việt Nam National Administration for Tourism HÀ NỘI — Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyễn Văn Hùng has just submitted a proposed plan to the Government for reopening international tourism …

Numerous Vietnamese citizens are still stranded abroad due to the limited resumption of commercial flights, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo Thu Hà HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has ordered assistance for Vietnamese nationals stranded overseas to return home right during the Lunar New Year holiday. …

  Vietnamese citizens at an airport in Myanmar before being repatriated to Việt Nam in March last year. — VNA/VnExpress News Photo   HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Saturday that it had issued a decision to suspend work of four officials of its Consular Department to serve the investigation into …

  A resident in Hà Nội was vaccinated on Saturday under the nationwide “rapid” spring  COVID-19 vaccination campaign launched the same day. —VNA/VnExpress News Photo  HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam reported 15,150 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, including 50 imported infections. The new transmissions bring the national tally to 2,233,287. The capital city …

  Newly discovered species in Việt Nam. — Photo courtesy of WWF HÀ NỘI — As many as 91 new species were discovered in Việt Nam in 2020, including 85 endemic species, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in its Greater Mekong report issued this week. Nguyễn Văn Trí Tín, biodiversity conservation …

  From left Nguyễn Thị Hương Lan, Đỗ Hoàng Tùng, Lê Tuấn Anh, Lưu Tuấn Dũng. Photo from the Ministry ò Public Security HÀ NỘI — The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has launched an official investigation into a bribery case at the Consular Department under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while …