VOV.VN - A prolonged period of heavy downpours over the past two days has caused serious flooding and landslides across parts of the central and the Central Highlands regions, including Quang Ngai, Quang Nam, and Kon Tum provinces.

According to statistics, for every 100 fatalities in Vietnam, 77 are Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) together with UN agencies in Vietnam on November 12 launched the national action month for gender quality and gender-based violence prevention and response, which will take place from November 15 to December 15.

VOV.VN - Many people nationwide are set to enjoy a wonderful experience as they will have the chance to enjoy the longest lunar partial eclipse of the century, with the extraordinary event due to occur at around 3 p.m. on November 19 (Vietnam time).

VOV.VN - The country detected a further 7,930 COVID-19 infections across 56 localities, including 12 imported cases, on November 12, thereby pushing up the nationwide tally to 1,009,879, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) launched a quarantine task force on November 12 in order to support and guide district health centres to effectively monitor and deploy plans aimed at containing the pandemic amid a rapid rise in COVID-19 cases.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam presented a certificate of merit on November 12 from the Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs to Japanese collector Toyokichi Itoh and his wife for their contribution to promoting cultural exchange between both sides.

VOV.VN - Thailand will work with Vietnam on reopening tours between the two nations, with a particular focus on increasing tourist arrivals between Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City.

VOV.VN - The Argentine Government on November 11 announced its decision to donate Vietnam 500,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in a nearly 1 million dose package for 5 countries around the world.

VOV.VN - About 100 representatives from both national and international businesses attended the first-ever virtual business forum to promote the private sector’s participation in the development of business services for older persons in the COVID-19 and the new normal context in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 8,162 new coronavirus infections in 56 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, bringing its cumulative tally of infections to more than 1 million.

VOV.VN - The local education and training sector has taken the full brunt of the prolonged impact of the COVID-19 outbreak over the past two years, thereby impeding its reform efforts, Education Minister Nguyen Kim Son said on November 11 at a National Assembly hearing.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in collaboration with the Vietnam Fatherland Front, Ho Chi Minh City and other localities will hold a ceremony to commemorate the victims of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam.

An additional medical training course for the level-2 field hospital No.4 opened in Hanoi on November 10.

A memorandum of understanding has been signed to establish a Russia-Vietnam biomedical science and technology research centre, a project that covers joint cooperation in proton radiation therapy in cancer treatment.

The 14th St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum (PMIF) kicked off in the Russian city on November 10, with Vietnam being the partner of this year’s event.

The Office of the People’s Committee of northern border Lao Cai province has said that the US Agency for International Development (USAID) decided to offer a non-refundable aid worth US$1 million to the province to carry out a project on sustainable forest management and biodiversity preservation.

Heavy rains have unearthed two huge bombs left over from the war in Huong Lap commune, Huong Hoa district, the central province of Quang Tri.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on November 10 gave conditional approval for India’s Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The nation recorded a further 7,930 COVID-19 infections, including 12 imported cases, across 59 cities and provinces nationwide on November 11, a fall of 911 cases compared to the previous day.

VOV.VN - Vessel KN 464 of the Vietnam Fisheries Resources Surveillance (VFRS) Division No.4 rescued a Filipino fisherman on November 9 while drifting in waters around the Truong Sa (Spratly) Islands.

VOV.VN - The Embassy of Vietnam in France presented a Friendship Order from the Vietnamese President to Alain Dussarps, vice president of the France-Vietnam Friendship Association (AAFV), at a ceremony held on November 9.

VOV.VN - The Thai Government on November 9 presented medical supplies worth THB2.5 million (roughly US$75,000) to help Vietnam combat COVID-19.

The launch of NanoDragon satellite is a chance for Vietnam to enrich experience, develop personnel, set up a network of suppliers and complete procedures for the development of other “Made-in-Vietnam” satellites in the future.

An international conference titled ‘Managing the Infodemic in the Context of the COVID-19 pandemic’ was held on November 9.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 8,133 new coronavirus infections in 55 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, an increase of 175 cases compared to the previous day.

VOV.VN - The Australian Government, in partnership with the UN International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF), handed over an array of vaccination supplies to the Ministry of Health in Hanoi on November 9 in order to help the country deal with the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi has received an Illumina gene sequencing machine donated by the United States.

VOV.VN - Authorities have devised plans to evacuate as many as 370,000 residents from low-lying and mountainous areas as heavy rain is threatening to cause severe flooding and landslides in the central region.

VOV.VN - Hanoi has yet to implement an isolation plan for F1 and F0 cases at home despite a surge in coronavirus infections in the community these days, according to Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).