The Defence Ministry held a ceremony on March 23 in Ho Chi Minh City to send off the staff of the third Level-2 Field Hospital, who will participate in the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

The Vietnamese version of the French musical Les Misérable will be restaged at Hanoi Opera House in Hanoi in mid-April.

VOV.VN - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has hailed the country for its remarkable progress in combating tuberculosis (TB) over the course of the last year in a letter sent to Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam to mark World TB Day on March 24.

VOV.VN - A 25-year-old Vietnamese citizen was reported to carry the SARS-CoV-2 virus after entering Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on March 9, the Ministry of Health said in its March 23 COVID-19 update.

VOV.VN - Both the nation and Canada are believed to gain additional benefits in terms of bilateral trading ties as more countries become involved in the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) moving forward.

The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted economies and commodity markets globally, including Vietnam, and domestic prices will continue to fluctuate and be more closely linked to the fluctuations of raw material and fuel prices on the world market.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health recorded no fresh COVID-19 case on March 21, with the overall number of infections standing at 2,572, including a total of 908 domestic cases detected since the resurgence of the virus in late January.

A ceremony was held in Vientiane on March 20 to hand over the new National Assembly Building to the Lao legislature, which is a gift from the Vietnamese Party, State and people.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines is preparing to co-ordinate efforts with competent agencies to research, build a vaccine passport testing scheme in the step-by-step roadmap aimed at restoring the international flight network.

VOV.VN - Local shrimp enterprises have heavily invested in building processing facilities and raw material areas for their long-term development after recording double-digit growth last year, despite the COVID-19 pandemic, whilst capitalising on opportunities from new-generation free trade agreements (FTAs).