In Photos Life on Truong Sa Island District
The lives of officers and soldiers on Truong Sa island District are unique, with residents contributing to protecting the country’s sacred sovereignty
Vietnam News Today May 12 Vietnam regards Japan as strategic long term and leading important partner
Vietnam News Today (May 12) features headlines include Vietnam regards Japan as strategic, long-term and leading important partner, VN presents 100 ventilators to India, Ministry expects to provide 5G coverage nationwide in 2022 and Covid-19 update.
South Sudan s people send gratitude to Vietnamese peacekeeping forces
The Vietnam’s blue beret peacekeeping forces working at field hospitals in South Sudan have left strong impression on local people.
Vaccinated people nears 900,000 mark, as health ministry in talks for mRNA technology transfer
A total of 892,454 people in Vietnam have been given COVID-19 vaccine shots to date, according to Tuesday's morning report from the National Expanded Programme on Immunisation (NEPI).
Vietnam documents 27 more cases of domestic transmission
VOV.VN - The Health Ministry recorded a further 30 COVID-19 cases on May 11 afternoon, of which 16 were recorded in quarantine or locked-down areas, whilst three other cases were imported.
Vietnamese friendship association donates over 100 ventilators to India
VOV.VN - Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, who is also chairman of the Vietnam – India Friendship Association (VIFA), presented 100 ventilators to help India in their fight against the COVID-19 pandemic during an online meeting on May 11 with Indian Ambassador to Vietnam.
Hundreds of samples linked to COVID-19 cases come back negative
VOV.VN - As many as 230 samples taken from F1 cases linked to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Ho Chi Minh City, Ha Tinh, and Khanh Hoa provinces have come back negative for the SARS-CoV-2-virus.
COVID-19: 28 further community infections recorded in six northern localities
VOV.VN - Thirty eight new locally-infected cases were detected on the morning of May 11 in six Vietnamese localities, boosting the domestic infection tally to 486 since the resurgence of the virus on April 27, the Ministry of Health said.
French court rejects Vietnam-related Agent Orange lawsuit
VOV.VN - A French court on May 10 dismissed a lawsuit lodged by a French of Vietnamese origin against multinational companies that produced and supplied Agent Orange, containing dioxin sprayed by US troops during the Vietnam War, AP reported.
German newspaper: Consequences of Agent Orange lingers in Vietnam
Germany’s Frankfurter Rundschau (FR) newspaper on May 9 ran an article highlighting a lawsuit by Vietnamese-French Tran To Nga over multinational companies which produced and sold the toxic chemical Agent Orange (AO) containing dioxin sprayed by US forces during the war in Vietnam.
