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Check out the news you should not miss today: Society -- A female teacher at a secondary school in District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, has been hospitalized as she tried to commit suicide with medicine after being disciplined during a meeting on Thursday. -- Police in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong have arrested and initiated legal proceedings against five girls for assaulting another girl over a love conflict. -- The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) on Friday has proposed the Ministry of Transport stop receiving flights from 10 African countries to prevent the penetration of the new Omicron variant. -- Two men from Vietnam’s Mekong Delta have been sentenced to five years in prison for appropriating military weapons and intentionally causing injuries to a police officer. -- The National Sports Training Center of Da Nang on Friday has suggested the General Department of Physical Education and Sports cancel the National Kickboxing Championships of 2021 and …

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Nation faces severe blood shortage during pandemic The Central Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (CIHBT) has announced it is facing a severe shortage of blood which is enough for use only in the next few days without further supplies. Blood storage now stands at only over 4,000 blood units, according to the CIHBT. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the CIHBT had to cancel or postpone 80 blood donation drives in November with an expected reception of 25,000 units. When social distancing measures were eased and the nation started to implement the policy of safe and flexible adaptation to and effective control of COVID-19, the number of blood donations improved. However, after the number of new COVID-19 cases has increased recently in many localities, blood donations started to decline. Director of the CIHBT Bạch Quốc Khánh said the appearance of new cases in localities forced blood donation campaigns to be postponed or cancelled. The CIHBT receives just 300-400 blood …

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Vietnam Design Week to nurture creativity from traditional culture With the theme "Awakening Tradition", from November 27 to December 3, Vietnam Design Week 2021 will take place at the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam (Temple of Literature Complex) relic site located in Dong Da district, Hanoi. Tea pressed into cakes, printed with "Khue Van Cac" (Literature Pavilion) image, a souvenir product designed on the basis of traditional culture dedicated to the Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam relic site. This event is organised by the Vietnam National Institute of Culture and Arts Studies under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism and partners. Design is an activity that involves many areas of life. Currently, serveral countries in the world have been considered as "creative design countries", when design elements are promoted to apply within their economic and social development. Therefore, Vietnam Design Week aims to encourage a change in design thinking, considering traditional values as an …

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The Ministry of Health documented 13,670 new coronavirus infections across Vietnam on Friday, in addition to 1,149 recoveries and 200 deaths. The latest cases, including nine imported and 13,661 domestic transmissions, were recorded in 59 provinces and cities, the ministry said, elaborating that 8,628 patients were infected in the community. Ho Chi Minh City confirmed 1,311 of the latest infections, Can Tho City 982, Hanoi 791, Soc Trang Province 791, Binh Thuan Province 581, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province 560, Dong Nai Province 496, Khanh Hoa Province 450, Binh Duong Province 302, Hai Phong City 198, Thua Thien-Hue Province 128, Da Nang 119, Lam Dong Province 98, Quang Nam Province 67, and Quang Ninh Province seven. Vietnam had registered 13,677 locally-acquired infections on Thursday. The country has found 1,275,518 community transmissions in all its 63 provinces and cities since the fourth virus wave erupted on April 27. A combined 1,003,642 of them have recovered from COVID-19. …

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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc meets embassy's staff in Russia President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy and representative agencies in Moscow, Russia, on November 30. The President said that he had just had very successful talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The two leaders discussed 20 issues related to cooperation between the two countries, upon which they reached high consensus, he said, adding that the Russian President supported many issues raised by Vietnam. The two leaders agreed to issue a joint vision statement on the Vietnam-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership until 2030. While appreciating the preparations for the visit made by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant agencies, and especially the staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia, the President asked the agencies to perform well the tasks assigned by the Party and the State as well as to nurture the good relationship between the two countries. He also underlined …

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Việt Nam’s trade value was estimated at $537.3 billion in the first ten months of this year. —VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — Despite the lingering effects of the pandemic, the Ministry of Industry and Trade forecasts that Việt Nam’s total trade value this year may reach a new record of between US$640 - 645 billion, with a slight trade surplus. The ministry attributed the results to the great efforts of the business community in overcoming the difficulties of the COVID-19 pandemic to maintain and restore production. In particular, major industries such as textiles, garments, leather and footwear are on track to achieve their business targets earlier than expected, despite the pandemic. From now until the end of the year, all industries have an opportunity to try and regain a growth rate close to before the pandemic broke out. Industries with high exports, such as phones, electronics, machinery and components, are likely to post export growth rates of between 15 per cent and 25 per cent …

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Vietnam reported an additional 13,670 Covid-19 infections on Friday with over half of the number found in the community, according to the Ministry of Health. According to the ministry's report, 13,661 of the new patients are locally-transmitted cases confirmed in 59 out of 63 localities in the country including HCM City (1,311), Can Tho (982), Hanoi (791), Soc Trang (791), Tay Ninh (779), Dong Thap (608), Binh Thuan (581), Ben Tre (571), Vinh Long (564), Ba Ria - Vung Tau (560), Dong Nai (496), Ca Mau (489), Binh Phuoc (477), Khanh Hoa (450), Kien Giang (350), Bac Lieu (334), Binh Duong (302), An Giang (285), Tra Vinh (226), and Binh Dinh (204). There were nine imported patients confirmed today. The new infections showed a decrease of 16 cases compared to yesterday's figure. There were 8,628 infections found in the community. As of Friday evening, 1,275,518 infections had been reported since the new outbreak occurred in the country in late April. Some localities that have …

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The second Programme on the Prevention and Reduction of Child Labour for the 2021 ̶ 25 period was launched in Hanoi on Wednesday. Children at work. Photo nhandan.vn Approved by the Prime Minister through Decision No 782/QĐ - TTg on 27 May 2021, the programme was developed and launched by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) in collaboration with related departments and ministries, with technical support from the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF). With a long-term vision towards 2030, the programme has three core aims: to prevent and detect cases of child labour, and support and provide interventions for children engaged in and at risk of child labour; to raise awareness on child labour prevention and reduction; and to deliver training and capacity building on child labour prevention and reduction. The content of the programme builds on the successes and lessons learned from the first …

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The news about one more death in Binh Phuoc after a Covid-19 vaccination and the extension of expiry dates for two batches of Pfizer vaccines has caused concern among Hanoi parents. “After considering the pros and cons, I decided that my son needed a vaccination because of the the sharp increase in number of new infections in Hanoi and the appearance of a new coronavirus variant,” Hong Le, a parent in Ba Dinh, told VietNamNet. But she changed her mind when receiving a notice from the son’s teacher and reading an article on November 30 about the extension of expiry dates of two Pfizer vaccine batches. Manh Hung, a neighbor of Le, and his wife made the same decision. “We felt anxious when reading news about the deaths after vaccinations. We need to listen to the news before making a decision,” he said. Meanwhile, Nguyen Thi Lan in Dong Da district sighed with relief as she didn’t have to make a choice. Her daughter’s school on December 1 informed parents about the …

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has asked local authorities to strengthen surveillance to discover Covid-19 cases and any abnormal signs of clusters as a new coronavirus variant called Omicron has emerged. The World Health Organisation (WHO) on November 25, 2021 reported that the coronavirus variant it has named Omicron (B.1.1.529) was discovered in several African countries, such as South Africa and Botswana. The first patient was a 30-year-old man in South Africa. He had fatigue, body aches with a minor headache, and itching, but no sore throat, cough or loss of taste. According to scientists, the Omicron variant has 32 mutations in spike glycoprotein and is the most mutated of the SARS-CoV-2 viruses. It is predicted to spread faster than Delta. Omicron cases have been discovered on several continents. Though epidemiologists think that it’s too late to impose travel restrictions to prevent Omicron from spreading globally, many countries have banned passengers from the …

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