VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is speeding up procedures aimed at completing its contract with Pfizer to purchase 21.9 million vaccine doses for children aged five to 11 in March.

Vietnam's Frigate 016 - Quang Trung left the port of the Indian city of Visakhapatnam on March 2 to join the three-day sea phase of the ongoing multilateral naval exercise MILAN 2022.

About 460 Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine have been evacuated to neighbouring countries in the face of the complicated situation there, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

A representative of Vietjet Air on March 2 announced that the airline plans to operate a free flight bringing Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine home from Warsaw, the capital city of Poland, on March 6.

VOV.VN - For the first time since the COVID-19 disease broke out, the daily caseload in Vietnam has surpassed the 100,000 mark, hitting 110,301 infections on March 2.

VOV.VN - The capital of Vietnam has been choked on unprecedentedly poisonous air over recent days with the air quality index (AQI) monitored at most sensor stations reaching an unhealthy level, even falling to a hazardous level in some places.

The Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT)’s Faculty of Mechanical Engineering under the Vietnam National University, HCM City (VNUHCM) has earned the Agency for Quality Assurance (AQAS)'s accreditation for three more of its training programmes.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has suggested that the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism adjust and supplement the contents of its draft plan to reopen tourism sector regarding COVID-19 prevention and control measures.

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has advised asymptomatic COVID-19 patients to not use Molnupiravir as part of their treatment.

VOV.VN - Germany’s Robert Koch Institute (RKI) announced on March 1 that it has removed a total of 60 areas at high risk of the COVID-19 pandemic, including Vietnam.

An appraisal council with representatives of several ministries and agencies has been established to evaluate the development plan for press, radio and television, electronic information and publishing networks for 2021-2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested inter-sectoral inspections in ensuring aviation security, as well as in preventing and combating terrorism and illegal intervention in civil aviation activities in provinces and cities with airports.

Amid the severe impact of climate change and sea level rise, especially in the Mekong Delta region, there are three key pillars for Vietnam to base itself on in designing policies to tackle the problem, Dr. Tran Huu Hiep underlined in his recent article run on Saigon Giai phong newspaper.

VOV.VN - The country confirmed a further 98,762 COVID-19 cases on March 1 across 63 cities and provinces nationwide, with Hanoi continuing to lead the tally with 13,323 infections.

VOV.VN - Many offices based in the capital have been forced to rearrange their plans and adapt to the new situation in a flexible manner amid an increase in infections, with each case having to be isolated at home for COVID-19 treatment.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have signed a memorandum of understanding and launched a project on programme development and policy advising on multidimensional and sustainable poverty reduction for 2021-2023.

Challenges facing women in climate-resilient livelihood restoration after the COVID-19 pandemic drew the attention of delegates to a policy dialogue jointly held by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) and the UN Women in Hanoi on February 28.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked domestic airlines to prepare resources and set out plans to repatriate Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine.

The Ministry of Health has announced the extension of an additional three months to the shelf-life of Cuba’s Abdala vaccine against COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s daily count of coronavirus surpassed the 90,000 case mark on February 28, hitting an all-time high of 94,385, the Ministry of Health reported in its coronavirus update at 06.00pm.

VOV.VN - With more than 10,000 COVID-19 cases detected in the capital daily, the streets of Hanoi have fallen quiet over recent days.

A year-on-year drop of 15.4% was recorded in the number of traffic accidents from January 15 to February 14 to 1,011 cases, according to the National Traffic Safety Committee.

The Vietnam Youth and Students Association, in collaboration with the Vietnamese Students Association in the Czech Republic, recently held the Study in Czech Republic Forum 2022, opening up learning opportunities for young Vietnamese people.

VOV.VN - Bamboo Airways has developed plans to bring home Vietnamese citizens from Ukraine if it gets the green light from authorities, according to a CEO of the budget airline.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been stabbed to death at JR Asahikawa station of Japan’s Asahikawa city in Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan’s NHK reported on February 27.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health reported the detection of a further 86,990 new cases of COVID-19 on February 27, an increase of nearly 9,000 in comparison to a day earlier.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) has exerted extra efforts in simplifying public administrative procedures and cutting time and costs for social and health insurance card holders and businesses.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 26 sent his condolences to families of the victims who died in a boat accident on Cua Dai Beach, Quang Nam province, earlier the same day.

The Party, State and people always memorise and honour the contributions by health workers, State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed on February 27.

Rescuers had by 5:30pm February 26 saved 22 and found the bodies of 13 dead victims after a passenger boat sank offshore Cua Dai Beach in Hoi An ancient town in central Quang Nam province earlier the same day.