VOV.VN - Vietnam is scheduled to finalize the second phase of human trials for NanoCovax, a local-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, on April 8.

VOV.VN - Passengers with a "vaccine passport" and a negative PCR test result for COVID-19 will be permitted to enter the country and have their concentrated quarantine period reduced, according to scheme put forward by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The Government has recently issued Decree No.43/2021 regulating the national insurance database which will be launched on June 1.

The new government should set forth policies to facilitate investment and connectivity between overseas Vietnamese and Vietnamese-German entrepreneurs and experts in Germany with the homeland, said several Vietnamese intellectuals in the European country when being asked about their expectations of Vietnam’s newly-elected government.

VOV.VN - The Investigation Police Department on Drug-related Crimes joined efforts alongside the Drug and Crime Control Department under the Command of Border Guard to successfully smash a cross-border drug trafficking ring, seizing 350kg of drugs of various types in the process.

Professor Chau Van Minh, the first Vietnamese working in natural sciences and technology, has been awarded the highest French order of merit, the Legion of Honor.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is striving to bring 90,000 Vietnamese labourers to work abroad in 2021.

All airlines must ensure that their passengers complete electronic health declarations before boarding at all airports nationwide, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The Hanoi People’s Court will reopen a trial for ex-minister of industry and trade Vu Huy Hoang and nine accomplices on April 22 for violations at the ministry and in Ho Chi Minh City that caused losses of over VND2.7 trillion (US$112.5 million).

VOV.VN - Six people, including an Indian expert, have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus during the past 24 hours in Vietnam, bringing the national tally of coronavirus infections to 2,637, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

A directory listing organisations and agencies offering support for women and child survivors of gender-based violence and abuse in Vietnam, the first of its kind, has been launched.

The Children’s Council model has helped Hanoi authorities and agencies understand aspirations and needs regarding the development of children, heard a recent event to review the Council’s operation in the city in 2017-2020.

The Prime Minister has approved a scheme for climate resilience development in urban areas in the next 10 years.

Dang Van Ghen, a farmer living in Ho Chi Minh City’s suburban district of Cu Chi, is the owner of a unique pink buffalo.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries, agencies and localities to take drastic measures to boost the development of the Mekong Delta region.

The Vietnamese health ministry along with the World Health Organization (WHO) office in Vietnam on April 3 launched a campaign to encourage smoke-free restaurants and hotels in Hanoi.

As of March, more than 6.4 million poor and near-poor households had won access to loans from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on April 4 reported the detection of a further 5 imported cases, all Vietnamese citizens, including three entering from Angola and two via Moc Bai International Border Gate in Tay Ninh province.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese netizens have taken to social media platforms to share information and pictures about a boycott of fashion brand H&M following the firm’s decision to post a map showing China's illegal nine-dash line, also known as the “cow's tongue”.

More than 10,000 jobs were offered at the job fair 2021 jointly held on April 3 by the Ho Chi Minh City Youth Employment Services (YES) Centre and Tuoi Tre (Youth) Newspaper.

VOV.VN - At least 4 people in a family were killed in a baby shop fire at 311 Ton Duc Thang street in Hanoi's Dong Da district on the early morning of April 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnam documented an additional six imported cases, all Vietnamese citizens, bringing the national infection tally to 2,626, including 1,603 domestically-transmitted cases, the Ministry of Health reported on April 3.

Ho Chi Minh City on April 2 presented VND590 million (US$25,653) to Champasak Friendship Primary School in Laos's Champasak province to buy school equipment, according to the city Committee on Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

VOV.VN - Bac Son Border Station in Quang Ninh province said on April 3 that they have moved to prosecute four suspects who played a role in assisting groups of people to illegally cross Vietnamese border into China.

VOV.VN - Can Tho International Airport welcomed the return of a repatriation flight on April 2 as a total of 426 Vietnamese citizens touched down in the country after travelling from the Republic of Korea (RoK).

VOV.VN - With the Vietnamese social network Zalo ranking third among the 16 most used social networks in the nation as of the end of January, the app was followed by a number of foreign social networks, including Instagram, Tik Tok, Twitter, and Skype.

VOV.VN - Members of the Overseas Vietnamese (OVs) community residing in Usti nad Labem region in the Czech Republic have donated gifts worth approximately CZK200,000, equivalent to more than US$9,000, to medical workers from the cities of Chomutov and Kadan.

VOV.VN - The nation’s drastic measures to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), including implementing quarantine and contact tracing, have helped it overcome the third wave of outbreaks in under two months, writes German journalist Johannes Giesler in an article published on Yahoo Nachrichten.

i-Speed, the first Made-in-Vietnam internet speed measuring app, was rolled out in Hanoi on April 2 by the Vietnam Internet Network Information Centre (VNNIC) and the Authority of Telecommunications under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Government Committee for Religious Affairs at the Ministry of Home Affairs and authorities in HCM City hosted a meeting with local Protestant leaders on April 2 as they celebrated Easter.