VOV.VN - Vietnam logged 497 COVID-19 cases on April 13, representing a two-fold rise compared to the figure announced 24 hours earlier, the Ministry of Health said in its daily coronavirus update.

VOV.VN - The capital has been left buried under a blanket of thick fog over recent days.

VOV.VN - Northern localities are set to experience a high humidity level in the first two days of the new week before a new cold spell will hit the region, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - The number of foreign visitors coming to Vietnam by sea has increased considerably over recent months, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT).

VOV.VN - The pediatric department of Thanh Nhan Hospital in Hanoi has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of patients infected with respiratory syncytial virus (RSV).

VOV.VN - Vietnam’s export of several key agro-forestry-aquatic products endured a sharp drop on the impact of rising inflation globally, causing its first-quarter export turnover to decline by 14.4% year on year to US$11.2 billion, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance has developed several scenarios to gauge Vietnamese inflation this year, with the ultimate figure likely to be kept at between 3.9% and 4.8%.

VOV.VN - A heat wave, the first of its kind this year, is spreading northern and central regions of Vietnam, causing temperatures to rise sharply to 36 - 39℃.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Dominica will work closely together to ramp up cooperation both bilaterally and multilaterally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Bui Thanh Son and Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Business, Trade and Energy of Dominica Vince Henderson agreed during their talks in Hanoi on March 20.

VOV.VN - The first-ever book festival on gender equality is being held from March 4 to March 11 at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi.