Pham Thị Thanh Thúy, doctor at HCM City’s Trưng Vương Hospital, is feeding a seven-month-old baby girl. The baby is among 81 infected children under treatment at the hospital. Photo courtesy of Thanh Thúy HCM CITY — In the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, many doctors in frontline hospitals have become nannies to take care of child patients. Pham Thị Thanh Thúy, a doctor at HCM City’s Trưng Vương Hospital, recently shared a photo showing her in full PPE holding a seven-month-old baby girl in her arms and bottle-feeding her. The baby girl has been hospitalised for COVID-19…
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To achieve a 6.5 per cent growth rate this year under the second scenario, the country must reach growth of 7 per cent in the third quarter and 7.5 per cent and above in the fourth quarter. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) has devised two growth scenarios for the second half of 2021, said Deputy Minister Trần Quốc Phương. At a press conference following the Government’s regular meeting in Hà Nội on Thursday, Phương said under the first scenario with a growth target of 6 per cent for the whole year, growth in…
WELCOME HOME: Svetlana Nguyễn holding her freshly baked sourdough bread in front of her restaurant. Photos courtesy of the cafe by Nguyễn Mỹ Hà This week, Svetlana Nguyễn’s personal story made headlines online. “Ukrainian lady who spent 20 years helping her husband recover from strokes” was the article that went viral. Svetlana took her husband’s family name, but she still cannot speak Vietnamese. Svetlana Nguyễn and her husband Nguyễn Văn Thắng got married in Kiev in 1988 before the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991. They settled in Ukraine until Thắng decided to come back to Việt…
A train pulling in an elevated station in Cầu Giấy District, Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The dynamic testing phase of the Nhổn-Hà Nội Railway Station line began yesterday. The capital metro project will test the train fleet, telecommunications, signal and electrical systems. The test route, which runs from Nhổn to the S8 Station in Cầu Giấy District, will cover a distance of 8.5 kilometres. Testing will be carried out to test the trains’ functionality, the accuracy of the positioning system, telecommunication capacity and the stability of the electrical networks. This is only the first phase, the trains…
A vial of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. — AFP/VNA Photo Trọng Kiên Việt Nam News asked Pfizer Việt Nam about the deal to supply 31 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Vietnamese health ministry. The company reaffirmed its commitment to sell at non-for-profit prices and fulfil deliveries to the country. Can you give us more information regarding the supposed shipment of first Pfizer doses to Việt Nam in July? The amount, a more specific timeline of delivery for the shipment and for subsequent shipments? Can you confirm that 31 million doses will be delivered to…
Football Nguyễn Tiến Linh runs ball during Việt Nam match against the UAE at the 2022 World Cup Asian qualifier on July 15. — Photo zing.vn HÀ NỘI — Just over two weeks ago, Việt Nam’s Nguyễn Tiến Linh latched onto a through ball and slotted past Emirati goalkeeper Ali Khaseif to score his fifth goal in seven 2022 World Cup qualifiers. Việt Nam lost the match 3-2 but for the first time advanced to the third and final round of qualification for the World Cup. The 23-year-old’s strike equalled midfielder Nguyễn Hồng Sơn’s Vietnamese record…
Aircraft at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City. — Photo vnfinance.vn HÀ NỘI — The race to reduce air fares by airlines is directly benefiting consumers, but there is also concern that price reductions could distort the market in the long run. The Minister of Transport last weekend issued a decision to set up a working team with Vietnamese airlines on the observance of legal provisions on the Competition Law and Law on Pricing with domestic air transportation service prices. Accordingly, the team will develop plans and work with Vietnamese airlines to promptly correct and handle violations or propose handling and…
Việt Nam’s fastest runner Lê Tú Chinh, Photo nld.com.vn Lê Tú Chinh is Việt Nam’s top sprinter. The 24-year-old has dominated the 100m in the Southeast Asian Games since 2017. As Việt Nam is to host the biennial Games for the second time later this year or in spring next year, HCM City-based Chinh is hoping to defend her title and regain top spot in the 200m as well. She talks with Thanh Hà about her dreams and future plans. Inner Sanctum: Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, few local races have been organised in 2020 and 2021.…
The final draw for the third round of World Cup qualifying in Asia. Photo the-afc.com HÀ NỘI — Việt Nam will face two fixtures against northern neighbours China as they attempt to qualify for their first-ever World Cup. At the draw held by the Asian Football Confederation on Thursday in Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur, coach Park Hang-seo’s men were placed in Group B to battle it out with five other teams for a spot in the Qatar 2022 tournament. The draw also pitted them alongside Asian football heavyweights Japan and Australia, as well as a pair of…
Workers at the Lộc An – Bình Sơn resettlement area in Đồng Nai Province. The area will be home to 28,500 people after leaving their old houses to make way for the Long Thành International Airport project. — VNA/VNS Photo Công Phong HÀ NỘI — Phase one of the Long Thành International Airport Project is scheduled to be officially put into operation in the fourth quarter of 2025. This was announced in a new decision by Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể. In Notice No 214/TB-BGTVT, Thể asked investors of four component projects of the Long Thành Airport Project to complete the construction and…