02/07/2020
The Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund and its “For the Beloved Hoang Sa and Truong Sa” club granted 160 scholarships to disadvantaged students in HCM City on July 2.
An Indonesian man working in Binh Duong Province, located in southern Vietnam, tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, apparently the country’s first locally-transmitted case in more than two months, though the Ministry of Health has not officially logged this case. The male patient was born in 1989 and stays in a hotel in Ben Cat […] Read more »
The National Committee on Traffic Safety has announced that Vietnam saw a 19% year-on-year decline in the number of traffic accidents in the first half of this year - the biggest fall in many years. Read more »
Vietnamese citizens lined up for check in as they return from France and other European countries to Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — A 24-year-old Vietnamese man was given the all-clear from COVID-19 on Wednesday evening, according to the latest announcement from the Ministry of Health. He was the 335th COVID-19 patient in […] Read more »
An express boat service connecting the Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau with Nam Du Archipelago and Phu Quoc Island, popular tourist destinations in the nearby province of Kien Giang, will be launched on July 7. Read more »
The country confirmed no fresh COVID-19 cases of local transmission on July 1, and the overall number of fully recovered patients climbed to 336 or 94.6% after a 24-year-old Vietnamese man known as patient 335 was discharged from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in Ho Ho Chi Minh City. Read more »
Russian citizens living in Vietnam voted in Russia’s national referendum on amendments to its constitution on July 1 in Hanoi, Da Nang, and HCM City. Read more »
A recent article posted on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) spoke highly of Vietnam’s success in the fight against the COVID-19. Read more »
An international seminar was held in Hanoi on July 1 to look back on relations between Vietnam and the US during the last 25 years. Read more »
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Office of the National Assembly of Vietnam has just convened top government leaders and relevant stakeholders for a high-level dialogue with the theme “Strengthening legislation and communication to reduce demand for illegal wildlife products”. Read more »
Russian citizens based in the country took to the polls on July 1 to take part in a vote on amendments to the Russian Constitution, with three polling stations set up in the Russian Embassy in Hanoi, and the Consulate General of Russia in both Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City. Read more »
The World Bank (WB)’s Board of Executive Directors has approved grants totalling 422 million USD to support Vietnam’s tertiary education sector and urban development, the WB in Vietnam announced on July 1. Read more »