Petrol prices were slashed by over VND1,000 per litre across the board on September 12.

VOV.VN - Petrol prices fell further as of 3 p.m. on September 12 following the latest price review conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

The first half of this year saw a swift economic rebound as Vietnam’s pandemic restrictions eased following the adoption of a living-with-COVID strategy and a robust vaccination drive, according to an article published on the website of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), imf.org.

The scientific and educational organisation "Meeting Vietnam" on September 2 presented 230 Vallet scholarships worth VND4 billion (US$170,484) in total to outstanding students in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue.

Vietnam is currently one of four countries offering the best HIV/AIDS treatment in the world along with Germany, the UK and Switzerland, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son at a recent fundraising event for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

More than 339,000 employees affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have received a total of VND963 billion (US$41.12 million) from the unemployment insurance fund as of 5:30 pm on August 25.

A new partnership between the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam and the Mitsubishi Research Institute (MRI) was signed on August 25.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received Ambassador of Kuwait Yousef Ashour Al-sabbagh and Ambassador of Israel Yaron Mayer, who came to present their letters of credence on August 10 in Hanoi.

The northern mountainous province of Yen Bai has received and implemented 21 programmes and projects funded by the World Bank (WB) with total investment of VND4.67 trillion (US$199.65 million) since 2000, according to a local official.

VOV.VN - The retail prices of oil and petrol were adjusted down as of 3 p.m. on August 1 following the latest adjustments made by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.