HANOI, Vietnam reported 12,103 new COVID-19 cases yesterday, including 12,097 locally transmitted and six imported, according to the country’s Ministry of Health. The new infections brought the country’s total tally to 422,469, with 10,405 deaths, the ministry said. Most of the community cases were detected in southern localities, including 5,481
The final American evacuation flights from Afghanistan—likely Tuesday—will be the most perilous. They will carry the last detachments of rearguard U.S. troops out of the country and will have no friendly ground force to protect them, Western military officials say. They will have to depend on Taliban fighters to ensure
The diplomatic sector has made tremendous contributions to the cause of national defense, construction and development throughout the country’s history over the past more than seven decades, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son wrote in an article on the occasion of the ministry’s 76th founding anniversary (August 28, 1945-2021). He noted
Ho Chi Minh City on Friday received medical supplies and vehicles worth more than 7 million USD donated by the Truong Hai Automobile Joint Stock Company (THACO) in support of the city’s COVD-19 fight. The donation includes 500,000 rapid COVID-19 test kits, 30 specialised ambulances, 25 mobile vaccination trucks. “We
Vietnam was elected a member of the Postal Operations Council (POC) of the Universal Postal Union (UPU) for the 2022-2025 term. This is the first time Vietnam has run for the position. At the 27th UPU Congress in both in-person and online formats which concluded in the Ivory Coast on
US President Joe Biden said the US will continue tracing the roots of the COVID-19 pandemic that caused so much pain and death around the world. Biden made the statement after receiving a report from the US intelligence community conducting into the origins of COVID-19. He said critical information about
The US has struck back against ISIS-K, which claimed responsibility for Thursday’s devastating attack at the Kabul airport. The airstrike was launched from beyond Afghanistan less than 48 hours after the Kabul attack that killed 13 Americans and scores of Afghans with just days left in a final US withdrawal
