VOV.VN - The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has provided a sum of VND12.3 billion to 465 households in Nghia Hanh district of Quang Ngai province in order to contribute to repair work and to reinforce local houses that were damaged by typhoons and flooding last year.

VOV.VN - The first doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine produced in the Republic of Korea (RoK), will be injected into local people from March 8, said Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC) unveiled on the morning of March 5 that they have begun the process of receiving registrations from volunteers to participate in the initial phase of clinical trials for the second domestically-produced COVID-19 vaccine known as Covivac.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is collecting ideas on a draft proposal to the Government in which the National Wage Council suggests it not raise the region-based minimum wage in 2021 after considering the socio-economic circumstances.

More subjects of Vietnamese universities have been added into the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) ranking 2021.

VOV.VN - The nation detected no additional COVID-19 infections on the morning of March 5, leaving the overall number of cases unchanged at 2,488, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - Mayor of Hanoi capital Chu Ngoc Anh has directed the Hanoi Police to urgently investigate and strictly handle sexual assaults against foreign women in the West Lake area in Tay Ho district.

VOV.VN - A COVID-19 patient given treatment at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases in Hanoi is currently receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), a sophisticated form of therapy aimed at saving individuals who are in a critical condition.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has surpassed the likes of Bhutan to rank fifth among a total of 140 countries worldwide in the Happy Planet Index results, coming in second in the Asia-Pacific region.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded six more locally transmitted coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, all living in Hai Duong province, the epicenter of the country’s fresh coronavirus outbreak, the Ministry of Health said in its 18.00hrs update.

Foreign tech giants like Facebook, Google, and YouTube will have to pay taxes in Vietnam under a draft circular, after years of invoicing their revenues out of the country.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Preah Sihanouk has called on Vietnamese-Cambodians and Vietnamese people working in the province to be cautious given the local spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, while following prevention and control measures set by authorities, in particular reducing travel in the current context.

All passengers have to make e-health declaration before boarding flights at airports across Vietnam as requested by the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV), part of efforts to prevent COVID-19 transmission.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City and other localities throughout the south are in the midst of a long heat wave with temperatures reaching up to between 35 and 36, even 38 degrees Celsius.

VOV.VN - With International Women’s Day just around the corner on March 8, gold-plated roses, jewelry, or mixed organic fruit & veggie bundles are among the special gifts that can excite women on their special day.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Education and Training has recently announced a pilot scheme to teach both Korean and German at schools, considering the two foreign languages compulsory subjects.

VOV.VN - Vietnam brought home 390 citizens from Myanmar on two flights operated by Vietnam Airlines, both of which departed on March 4.

VOV.VN - Police forces in Hanoi are currently investigating a string of sexual assaults against foreign women in Tay Ho district, although several victims claim that similar attacks have happened for years.

Bluezone is a Bluetooth-based app that helps determine whether or not a person has come into contact with a COVID-19 patient.

Thailand has received the first 200,00 doses of COVID-19 vaccine from China’s pharmaceutical manufacturer Sinovac Biotech, and the Government has worked out a plan for COVID-19 vaccine management and distribution.

The administration of Russia's St. Petersburg city on March 3 virtually held the second international travel forum with Vietnam to boost tourism between the two sides.

On the occasion of World Wildlife Day on March 3, the non-governmental organisation Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) launched a short film called “Su lua chon sang suot” (A smart choice), to promote the use of modern medicine instead of the consumption of products from wild animals to treat ailments.

A dead whale weighing about one tonne has been found washed up on a beach in the central province of Quang Binh, a local official said on March 3.

VOV.VN - Border forces stationed in the nation’s southwest region have been strictly managing and implementing patrols in an effort to prevent illegal border crossings, thereby combatting smuggling and slowing the potential spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in the Mekong Delta province of Long An arrested five Chinese citizens on March 2 after they had entered the nation illegally.

VOV.VN - A further five community cases of COVID-19 were detected in the biggest coronavirus hotspot of Hai Duong, taking the total number of local transmissions in Vietnam to 1,566, the Ministry of Health reported on March 3 afternoon.

VOV.VN - Located in the northern province of Quang Ninh, Van Don International Airport reopened after being closed for one month on March 3, with strict novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention measures being enforced at the site.

VOV.VN - The Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), working in co-ordination with the Hanoi Medical University, has prepared training ahead of the first phase of clinical trials to test the effectiveness of the home-grown Covivac vaccine for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in mid-March.

VOV.VN - A ceremony took place on March 2 in Ho Chi Minh City to see off as many as 4,600 young people who join the military service.

The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City on March 2 said it has received an investigation conclusion and other documents linked to a case of “spreading contagious disease to others” involving a 29-year-old flight attendant, who is Patient 1,342.