The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on September 24 held a ceremony to receive medical supplies and equipment worth US$352,000 donated by the American Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AmCham Vietnam) and its member firms to support hospitals in the city in the COVID-19 fight.

The Tokyo High Court on September 24 issued a ruling that ordered Yasumasa Shibuya, who murdered nine-year-old Vietnamese girl Le Thi Nhat Linh in 2017, to pay a compensation of 70 million JPY (634,000 USD) to the victim’s family.

VOV.VN - Cuba has donated 1.05 million doses of its Abdala COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam that are on board President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s plane due to arrive in Hanoi on September 25 evening.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 8,537 coronavirus cases during the past 24 hours till 06.00pm on September 24, a fall of 1,266 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a teleconference in Hanoi on September 24 to announce a report assessing COVID-19’s socio-economic impacts on vulnerable households in Vietnam.

More than US$2 million will be provided to help Vietnam reduce maternal deaths among ethnic minority women under a freshly-signed project.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese students Nguyen Nhat Vi and Pham Quang Vinh, both of whom are studying at RMIT University, have won third prize at the ASEAN Youth Social Journalism Contest 2021 for their “Flatten the Plastic Curve” campaign.

VOV.VN - VABIOTECH, one of Vietnam’s leading pharmaceutical companies, has successfully produced its first batch of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19, VABIOTECH announced.

VOV.VN - Pfizer/BioNTech will provide Vietnam with 31 million doses of its vaccine for adults this year, and 20 million doses for children as soon as the vaccine is approved, says Jonathan Selib, senior vice president of Pfizer.

The People’s Council of Ho Chi Minh City has approved the largest-ever relief package worth over VND7.3 trillion (US$321.3 million) to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Two Vietnamese cities, Hai Phong in the north and Ho Chi Minh City in the south, have been named among 10 Asian cities that will be most exposed to coastal flooding through to the year 2070, CNBC has revealed.

VOV.VN - The administration of Da Nang, a coronavirus hotspot in central Vietnam, has initiated plans to ease COVID-19 restrictions and resume a range of socio-economic activities from October 1.

VOV.VN - A total of 400,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Japan are scheduled to arrive at Tan Son Nhat International Airport on September 25, according to Japanese Embassy in Hanoi.

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.