VOV.VN - With increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases coupled with the emergence of sub-variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health has recently launched the V2K message (face masks, and disinfection) plus vaccinations, as part of wider COVID-19 prevention and control efforts.

VOV.VN - A Cambodian man has been arrested for smuggling 1.775 kilograms of gold across the border into the southern province of An Giang.

Vietnam has rolled out multiple programmes to tackle plastic waste in the context of the region emerging as a “hot spot” for plastic pollution.

The scientific and educational organisation “Meeting Vietnam” presented 126 Vallet scholarships worth VND1.9 billion (US$80,750) in total to outstanding students in the central province of Nghe An on September 7.

VOV.VN - Rescue forces have completed the search for victims trapped in An Phu karaoke bar that caught fire in Binh Duong province, southern Vietnam, on September 6 evening, with the death toll rising to 33.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 3,878 coronavirus infections across the country during the past 24 hours, a record high figure in the past four months.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed an official dispatch requiring the supply of drugs and medical equipment must be ensured to keep up with demand.

More than VND55 trillion (US$2.33 billion) has been disbursed so far to financially support people and enterprises hurt by the COVID-19 as part of the national socio-economic recovery and development programme, according to a report by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

VOV.VN - The number of people killed by rabies during the first eight months of the year showed signs of increasing in comparison to the same period from last year.

Contractors have been asked to accelerate work on the Le Van Luong - Belt Road No. 3 tunnel in Hanoi with a view to inaugurating this facility on October 10.

The Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics (HCMA) and the United Nations Development Programme in Vietnam (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation on September 7.

The Hanoi Department of Health has ordered the city’s centre for disease control to provide training for local health centres and vaccination establishments to step up updating COVID-19 vaccination data for local residents.

Nearly 3.4 million entries were recorded in the online quiz on the history of the special Vietnam-Laos, Laos – Vietnam relations after 12 weeks since the contest has been launched (from 4pm on June 13 to 3pm on September 5).

Japan will strengthen the inspection of labour unions to ensure rights of Vietnamese guest workers, Japanese Minister of Justice Hanashi Yasuhiro told Vietnamese Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung at their talks in Tokyo on September 6.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam held a webinar on sustainable agriculture transformation in the Mekong Delta on September 6.

VOV.VN - At least 12 people were killed in a fire at a karaoke bar in the southern province of Binh Duong on September 6 evening, according to local police.

Franklinia, a Swiss private foundation, has agreed to fund a conservation project for two endangered species of endemic oak in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has had a working session with Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare Katsunobu Kato, suggesting that Japan consider exempting residence tax and income tax for Vietnamese interns as applied to those from other countries.

Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) Audrey Azoulay has hailed Vietnam as a model of effective cooperation with UNESCO.

VOV.VN - More than 23 million students nationwide eagerly attended the opening ceremony of the 2022 - 2023 academic year on September 5 – the first face-to-face ceremony held following the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic across the country.

VOV.VN - UNESCO has named Cao Lanh city in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap among the Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC), alongside 76 other cities from 43 countries worldwide.

VOV.VN - More than 23 million students of all grades across the country took part in the opening ceremony of the 2022-2023 new school year in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic brought under control.

A delegation of the Vietnamese education and training sector’s labour union led by its President Nguyen Ngoc An attended the 36th ASEAN Plus One Council of Teachers Convention with the Republic of Korea (ACT+1) held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from September 2-4.

The proposal has been presented for feedback from ministries and departments, before being submitted to the prime minister for approval.

VOV.VN - The US and Vietnam have enjoyed sound relations in a multitude of fields and need to further cooperation in an effort to quickly carry out policies on climate change adaptation.

Businesses, especially start-ups, are focusing more on green agriculture, and the model has produced positive results and feedback from the community.

A delegation led by US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry paid a working visit to Ben Tre province on climate change situation on September 3.

Representatives of the Consulate General of Vietnam in Khon Kaen and the Vietnamese Association of Udon Thani province of Thailand on September 2 offered incense in memory of late President Ho Chi Minh at a memorial site named after him in Udon Thani.

Vietnam’s Engineering Unit Rotation 1 at the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) celebrated 77th National Day (September 2) with a get-together.

Vietnamese Ambassador to France Dinh Toan Thang on September 2 visited the family of French communist Raymonde Dien - a symbol of the fight against the war by French colonialists in Vietnam, who passed away on August 19 at the age of 93.