Việt Nam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) held a ceremony in Hà Nội to hand over the remains of a US serviceman who died during the war in Việt Nam. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Việt Nam Office for Seeking Missing Persons (VNOSMP) on Friday handed over to the US the remains of a US serviceman who died during the war in Việt Nam. The handover ceremony was held at Hà Nội’s Gia Lâm Airport with US Chargé d’Affaires of the US Embassy in Hà Nội Christopher Klein, and representatives from the Defence POW/MIA Accounting Agency and…
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With Sa Đéc General Hospital in Đồng Tháp Province being locked down since July 6, free meals are being provided to patients. VNA/VNS.Photo Chương Đài MEKONG DELTA — Many provinces and Cần Thơ City in the Mekong Delta have tightened COVID-19 preventive measures as the pandemic continues to rage. Đồng Tháp and Long An provinces lead in the number of cases. In Đồng Tháp, the worst hit with 478 cases as of July 9, Châu Thành District alone accounts for 240. Authorities are carrying out widespread testing in the district. The province has set up two teams for…
A resident in HCM City receives groceries from a Grab shipper after ordering from a supermarket on Friday. — VNA/VNS Photo Xuân Khu HÀ NỘI — HCM City People’s Committee sent an urgent notice announcing support regarding the provision of food and cooked meals as the city banned takeout services during the ongoing 15-day lockdown starting Friday. The supermarkets and suppliers (SaiGon Co.op, Satra, MM.Mega Market, Bách Hóa Xanh, VinMart, Family Mart, AEON, Vissan) are asked to increase and diversify the offerings of safe and hygienic prepared meals and food on their shelves, as well as coordinate with online shipping and other direct…
A shipment of AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan to Việt Nam arrived at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Friday morning. Photo Consulate General of Japan in HCM City HCM CITY — A shipment of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Japan to Việt Nam arrived at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Friday morning. This is the third batch of COVID-19 vaccines Japan has donated to Việt Nam after the first batch with nearly one million doses arrived in Hà Nội on June 16 and the second batch with nearly…
A shipment of 600,000 AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan to Việt Nam arrived at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Friday morning. Photo Consulate General of Japan in HCM City HCM CITY — A shipment of 600,000 does of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine donated by Japan to Việt Nam arrived at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport on Friday morning. This is the third batch of COVID-19 vaccines Japan has donated to Việt Nam after the first batch with nearly one million doses arrived in Hà Nội on June 16 and the second batch with nearly 400,000…
Athletics Hoàng Thị Ngọc poses with her gold medal and mascot won at the 30th SEA Games’ women’s 4x400m event in 2019 in the Philippines. Photo svvn.tienphong.vn HÀ NỘI Running is tough. Running as a pro and studying for a master’s degree at the same time is even tougher. But try telling that to Hoàng Thị Ngọc, who is both a SEA Games champion and has a master’s degree in pedagogy. Born in 1995 in Quảng Bình Province, Ngọc dominated her local track and field tournaments for students in the 200m and 400m. Scouts invited her to the provincial sports training centre for…
TEAM WORK: England players celebrate Harry Kane’s winner against Denmark in the semi-final. AFP/VNA Photo Paul Kennedy I’d like to think England manager Gareth Southgate is an avid reader of Việt Nam News in general, and this column in particular, but I doubt it. I’d also like to think after seeing what I’ve written over the past few weeks about my ‘couldn’t-care-less’ attitude to all things international football, he used my words as inspiration to gee up his players. “Let’s put that Paul Kennedy idiot in his place lads,” Gareth probably never said…
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Vũ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Vũ talks to the press about efforts to deploy “vaccine diplomacy” to find vaccine sources as well as solutions to successfully implement the Government’s vaccine strategy. The shortage of COVID-19 vaccines is not only a problem for Việt Nam, but has become a global emergency. Could you tell us how Việt Nam is going about finding sources of vaccines? Việt Nam is no exception when it comes to the complicated picture of the global pandemic. So far, the international…
China’s largest-ever oceanographic research and training vessel “Sun Yat-sen University” is seen off the coast of Shanghai, June 26, 2021. — Photo from CGTN HÀ NỘI — All research activities in the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) islands without Việt Nam’s express permission are illegal, spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Lê Thị Thu Hằng, said at a press briefing on Thursday. It has been reported that China plans to deploy one of its “largest-ever” oceanographic research and training vessels, named the Sun Yat-sen University, in October of this year. The vessel, characterised as “a mobile laboratory at sea” took some 20…
SEA Games Artists perform during the closing ceremony of the 30th SEA Games in 2019. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in Hà Nội should be postponed, the SEA Games Federation advised yesterday. The announcement was made after an online meeting of the SEA Games Federation attended by sports officials of all 11 participating nations. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the biennial sports event, originally scheduled to take place from November 21 to December 2, may be delayed until 2022. But the final decision still rests with Việt Nam…