VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the epicentre of the country’s prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, is taking drastic actions aimed at curbing the spread of the virus and getting its ailing economy back on track after September 30.

Children under the age of 2 are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report by UNICEF.

VOV.VN - Storm Dianmu was downgraded to a tropical low depression when it battered Vietnam’s central coastal region early on September 24, causing rough seas and torrential rain.

VOV.VN - India’s Translational Health Science and Technology Institute (THSTI) will test Vietnam’s Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine developed by Nanogen Pharmaceutical Biotechnology JSC to see if it meets standards for use.

VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) on September 23 received the token of US$300,000 in aid from the Sultanate of Oman to support a number of flood-hit central provinces of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - A total of 9,472 fresh COVID-19 cases, including 7 imported and 9,465 domestic infections were recorded in 33 provinces and cities, down 2,060 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health reported on September 23.

Vietnam ranked 44th out of 132 countries and economies in the Global Innovation Index 2021 (GII 2021) which was recently announced by the United Nations' World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO).

VOV.VN - A tropical depression in the East Sea strengthened into Storm Dianmu on September 23, thereby becoming the sixth typhoon to hit the country this year, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - Van Don International Airport in Quang Ninh province received 301 passengers on September 23, all of whom had vaccine passports on board one Vietnam Airlines flight which had departed from France.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc held a meeting with members of the overseas Vietnamese community in the United States on September 22 (local time) to gain a better understanding of their aspirations, as well as to listen to their ideas relating to development issues in the homeland.

Vietnam always focuses on gender equality issues, increasing the percentage of female soldiers involving in missions in different branches and other important issues to gradually promote the participation of women in this field.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Do Van Chien, on September 22, received nearly VND36 billion (over US$1.58 million) worth of donations for COVID-19 prevention and control from 24 state-owned enterprises.

VOV.VN - A tropical low depression is likely to strengthen into a storm and strike Vietnam’s central coastal localities in the next two days, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Government has decided to purchase 20 million doses of China’s Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by Sinopharm to support the ongoing national vaccination drive.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 11,525 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours till 06.00pm on September 22, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has allotted 100,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses to local hospitals to inoculate women over-13 weeks pregnant after the Ministry of Health (MoH) granted permission to vaccinate this group against the pandemic.

VOV.VN - A large number of people have flocked to beaches and parks in Quang Ninh, a tourism-driven locality in northern Vietnam after local authorities decided to re-open local tourism services, in contrast to the quietness seen in other tourist sites.

The Supreme People’s Procuracy issued an indictment and launched criminal proceedings against former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties”.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang is striving to end illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU) in 2021, as part of the country’s common efforts for the European Commission’s removal of the “yellow card” on Vietnamese fisheries sector.

VOV.VN - This year Vietnamese children celebrate their traditional Mid-Autumn Festival a bit later than in previous years due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - The Italian Government on September 21 announced its decision to offer a further 796,000 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Vietnam via the Covax global facility to help the nation respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a total of 11,692 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours across 34 provinces and cities, whilst also discharging more than 11,000 patients from medical facilities, the Health Ministry reported on September 21.

A set of Vietnamese language teaching textbooks have been launched at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev.

VOV.VN - The Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union, in collaboration with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, held a ceremony to mark the national launch of the “Clean up the world” campaign.

VOV.VN - The central city of Da Nang has conducted COVID-19 vaccinations on both foreigners and overseas Vietnamese living in the central city in order to ensure that all residents have now been injected with at least one dose of the vaccine.

VOV.VN - Healthcare workers operating at field hospital No. 7 in Thu Duc City have held a meaningful Mid-Autumn Festival celebration for young COVID-19 patients due to the pandemic continuing to develop in a complicated manner in Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - Plenty of streets across the capital have become crowded once again following the easing of social distancing measures taking effect from September 21.

The American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham) has written to US President Joe Biden, seeking more COVID-19 vaccines for Vietnam.

The Government Office has issued an official dispatch conveying Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s instruction to set up hotline 019 – No COVID of Vietnam.

Officials from the Government’s Committee for Religious Affairs on September 20 visited and offered congratulations to representatives of the Cao Dai Temple (Tay Ninh Holy See) in Ho Chi Minh City on the occasion of the religion’s biggest festival - “Hoi Yen Dieu Tri Cung”.