The Ministry of Health has approved the list of 24 central and key hospitals eligible to join the national network for remote medical examination and treatment.

International routes will reopen in September 2020 after more than five months of suspension due to COVID-19 outbreak. This is expected to create a new boost to the quiet aviation market hit by two waves of COVID-19.

Vietnam reported no new Covid-19 cases as of 7 am, September 18, according the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Vietnam has gone through 15 straight days without any coronavirus infections in the community, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has recently approved the National Strategy on Ending AIDS by 2030.

Vietnam reported no new Covid-19 cases as of 7am, September 16, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

A total of 42 documents were adopted throughout the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and Related Meetings held from September 9-12 via video conference, a record for such meetings.

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The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings are expected adopt 40 documents.

Vietnam’s National Assembly has contributed actively and proactively to the development of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) over the last 25 years.

Vietnam ranked 42nd among 131 economies for the second consecutive year in the 2020 Global Innovation Index (GII), the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) has announced.

As reported by the General Statistics Office, Vietnam’s consumer price index (CPI) slightly went up 0.07 percent month-on-month in August due to the impacts of heavy rainfalls nationwide and rise in domestic rice and education service prices. The figure was down 0.12 percent from December and up 3.18 percent annually.

According to the General Department of Preventive Medicine, since the COVID-19 began in late January to 3:00 PM on August 24, 2020, Vietnam has conducted 1,009,145 RealTime RT-PCR tests. On August 24 alone, the number reaches 11,698.

With a growing population, increasing demand for water and the negative impacts of climate change, Vietnam faces major challenges in ensuring water security.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has recently had impressive positions in several provincial level rankings.