The People’s Committee of Da Nang city, in collaboration with the Korean International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), held a ceremony on March 4 to kick-start the Integrated Centre for Controlling Green and Smart Urban Resilience (ENSURE Centre) in the central city.

VOV.VN - Vietnam Airlines will conduct the first flight bringing home Vietnamese citizens stranded in Ukraine on March 6, said a representative of the national flag carrier.

VOV.VN - As many as 125,587 people have tested positive for the coronavirus in all 63 cities and provinces across Vietnam during the past 24 hours, up nearly 7,000 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on March 4.

VOV.VN - As many as 196.3 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have now been administered nationwide, according to the National COVID-19 Vaccine Portal.

VOV.VN - The World Bank (WB) is ready to assist the capital in implementing its urban transport development and infrastructure projects, especially with regard to the urban railway system.

VOV.VN - Budget carrier Bamboo Airways announced that it will launch the first repatriation flight to bring back Vietnamese citizens stranded in Ukraine’s war zones on March 9.

VOV.VN - The United States delivered 34 ultra-low temperature freezers specifically for COVID-19 vaccine storage to the Vietnamese Ministry of Health at a ceremony held in Ho Chi Minh City on March 4.

The police have recovered, distrained and frozen properties of people involving in the COVID-19 test kit overcharging at Viet A Technologies JSC, Lt. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security told reporters during a recent routine Government press conference.

Hanoi's administration is considering the creation of four cities in Dong Anh, Me Linh, Soc Son and Hoa Lac by 2050.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has reported the number of COVID-19 infections under 12 years of age hospitalised nationwide has risen considerably from 14.1% of all hospitalisations before February to 24.3% at present.

VOV.VN - Given the emergence of various COVID-19 variants globally, including Omicron, many experts believe that achieving the goal of herd immunity to eradicate the disease is difficult, and COVID-19 may be approaching the endemic disease stage.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry announced a further 118,790 new COVID-19 patients on March 3 across all 63 cities and provinces, posting an increase of 8,500 cases from the previous day.

Facing the complicated situation in Ukraine, Vietnamese people there will move to neighbouring countries and then take flights by Vietnamese carriers to the homeland, an official has said.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced the extension of the shelf-life of the Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine, known as Moderna, by an additional two months.

VOV.VN - Newswire Vietnam Briefing of Dezan Shira & Associates has published an article highlighting the nation as an increasingly attractive place for businesses of all types, particularly given the country’s growing consumer class and dynamic workforce.

The Vietnam Cybersecurity Emergency Response Teams/Coordination Centre (VNCERT/CC), in collaboration with the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Centre of China (CNCERT/CC), recently held an online ASEAN-China international cyber security training course.

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.