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Vietnam to spend $3.3 bln on poverty reduction plan

Vietnam will spend VND75 trillion ($3.3 billion) on a five year (2021-2025) poverty reduction program that has been approved by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh. The national program proposed by the social affairs ministry will focus on reducing poverty, preventing people from falling into poverty and helping poor people gain …

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No after school care leaves HCMC parents harassed

With most HCMC schools not allowed to accommodate students after their morning classes, parents are using their lunch break and other ruses to take them home. When on-site classed began for his 8th grader daughter, Duc Huy, a technician for an IT firm in District 1, had to shift to …

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Hanoi cancels Tet fireworks over Covid concerns

Hanoi will not organize its usual Lunar New Year’s Eve firework display at the Thong Nhat Park over Covid-19 concerns, the municipal People’s Committee announced Wednesday. Chu Ngoc Anh, chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, said the capital had sought the government’s opinion on the firework shows and the latter …

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Vietnam confirms 15,936 new local Covid cases

The Health Ministry announced 15,936 new domestic Covid-19 patients Wednesday in 61 cities and provinces, including three first Omicron cases in the community. Most of the new cases were detected in Hanoi at 2,909. It was followed by two central localities: Da Nang with 892 cases and Khanh Hoa with …

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