The health ministry has sought government approval to receive around 13.7 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for children offered by Australia. In a report submitted Saturday to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, the ministry said the Australian Embassy in Hanoi has offered to aid Vietnam with 13.7 million Pfizer and Moderna …
Read More »China finds second black box of crashed plane: state media
Recovery crews on Sunday found the second black box – the flight data recorder – from the wreckage of a China Eastern Airlines Boeing 737-800 jet that crashed into a mountainside in southern China, state media reported. Flight MU5735, with 132 people onboard, was en route from the southwestern city …
Read More »EU sees Iran nuclear deal in ‘days’ as envoy due in Tehran
The European Union’s coordinator for efforts to restore the Iran nuclear deal was due in Tehran for Sunday talks, as its foreign policy chief saw a renewed accord in “days”. Iran has been engaged in negotiations to revive the accord formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) …
Read More »UK says Russian sanctions could be lifted with Ukraine withdrawal
British foreign minister Liz Truss says sanctions imposed on Russian individuals and companies could be lifted if Russia withdraws from Ukraine and commits to end aggression, the Telegraph newspaper reported on Saturday. Britain and other Western nations are using economic sanctions to cripple the Russian economy and punish President Vladimir …
Read More »Vietnam records over 158,000 new Covid infections
Health authorities confirmed 158,303 new domestic Covid-19 patients Saturday, including over 55,000 cases in northern Nam Dinh Province detected in the previous days. With the latest additions, the three localities with the highest number of cases in the day are Nam Dinh with 55,996 cases, Hanoi with 9,623 and Phu …
Read More »Teacher runs school in village in the middle of national park
Hoang Van Sau has spent the last 12 years teaching in a remote village inside a national park in the central Quang Binh Province. He was 42 when he set up the first classroom in Doong village in 2010. The village, which sprung up in the 1990s in the Phong …
Read More »Vietnam records over new 158,000 Covid infections
Health authorities confirmed 158,303 new domestic Covid-19 patients Saturday, including over 55,000 cases in northern Nam Dinh Province detected in the previous days. With the latest additions, the three localities with the highest number of cases in the day are Nam Dinh with 55,996 cases, Hanoi with 9,623 and Phu …
Read More »Garbage covers beaches near Ha Long Bay
Minh Chau and Quang Lan beaches, both tourist destinations in Vietnam’s northern Quang Ninh Province, are typically strewn with trash. Considered one of the most beautiful beaches in Quang Ninh, Minh Chau, which is less than 40 kilometers east of world-renowned Ha Long Bay, is currently buried under various types …
Read More »People fleeing Ukraine hope to return soon
Many Vietnamese who fled war zones in Ukraine expect to return soon when the conflict ends. Lan, a woman who refused to reveal her surname, came to Vietnam on March 10 through Poland with her husband and their six-year-old son. Her family is living in her parents’ house in the …
Read More »US hands over $1 mln Covid supplies to Vietnam
The U.S handed over Covid-19 equipment and vaccine administration supplies worth $1 million to Vietnam’s Ministry of Health in Hanoi Friday. The equipment and supplies, funded by USAID and delivered through UNICEF between November 2021 and February 2022, include 2.5 million syringes, 125,000 N95 face masks and 250 portable patient …
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