HCM City (VNA) – The Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporters have won three prizes of the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism Press Awards 2020. They include a first prize in the category of photo reportage and two consolation prizes in radio - television and print - electronic newspaper categories. The first prize came to Hoang Tuyet and Manh Linh from VNA’s Tin Tuc Newspaper with a photo reportage entitled “More than 3,000 women join Ao Dai show on Nguyen Hue pedestrians’ street”. Meanwhile, the other two prizes came to reporters from VNA’s VNews television channel and VNA’s representative office in HCM City. This year, the awards received 141 entries from 24 media agencies across the country. Many reflected the reality of the tourism sector in 2020 and created positive effects. Meanwhile, many other introduced the cuisine and tourism of Vietnam and the city, gave recommendations on how to build a safe and friendly tourism sector, and … [Read more...] about Vietnam News Agency wins three prizes of HCM City Tourism Press Awards
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Rains to end scorching hot spell in northern region
According to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorology Forecasting, an Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone, which is being formed in the northern mountainous areas, can cause rains and strong winds in many northern localities. Northwestern mountainous areas, in particular, would face the heavier rains with rainfall of up to 100mm/24 hours. The northern region would face more rains on July 1-4. Hail and violent winds would happen during rains. The country’s average temperature in this summer has been predicted to be 0.5-1.5 degrees Celsius higher than that of previous years. Localities in the north and those from Thanh Hoa to Thua Thien-Hue provinces have seen the highest temperature rise of 1-2 degrees against previous years. … [Read more...] about Rains to end scorching hot spell in northern region
Doctors warn of alcohol poisoning as Tet nears
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No new COVID-19 cases reported on January 27
Hanoi (VNA) – No new COVID-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours to 6pm on January 27, keeping the total unchanged at 1,551, according to the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control. The total number of recoveries now stands at 1,430, while the death toll remained at 35. Among patients undergoing treatment at medical establishments across the country, 14 have tested negative for SARS-CoV-2 once, 10 others twice and 12 thrice. At present, 21,86 people who had close contact with COVID-19 patients or entered Vietnam from pandemic-hit areas are under quarantine across the country. The steering committee continues to require keeping in place monitoring and preventive measures to prevent the epidemic from entering the country or breaking out in the community./. … [Read more...] about No new COVID-19 cases reported on January 27
