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Vietnam has stood firm amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, which is battering many countries, including superpowers with the strongest economies as well as healthcare systems.

The Prime Minister has just issued Directive No.16/CT-TTg on the implementation of urgent measures to prevent and combat the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

In the middle of the night of the Lunar New Year, aboard a flight just landing at the Van Don International Airport in the northern coastal province of Quang Ninh was a group of Vietnamese expatriates hiding their smiles behind facemasks, filled with happiness and hope.

Border guards have been persistently performing their tasks to keep strict control of the borderline in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, and their efforts deserve respect from people nationwide.

Hai Son commune in the northeastern border province of Quang Ninh is a low-lying area with about 20 days of rains a month. Fighting COVID-19 pandemic, day and night, soldiers of Po Hen border post patrol along a 3km stretch of Ka Long border river, some places only ankle-deep where anyone can pass easily. Their uniforms are wet almost every day.

Vietnam’s health workers have been grappled with life-threatening challenges to fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam has to date successfully treated all 16 cases of the acute respiratory disease caused by the new strain of SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19).

More than 90 years ago, the Red Workers' General Union in Northern Vietnam – the predecessor of the Vietnam General Confederation of Union – was established in connection with the coming into being of the Communist Party of Indochina in Hanoi.

The acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) was first detected in China’s Wuhan city in early December 2019. It has spread to many cities across China as well as 26 countries and territories outside mainland China.

Migrant labourers are closely associated with the market economy and the economic integration process. They are an indispensable part of the country’s socio-economic development.

It has been 35 years since the death of artist Nguyen Phan Chanh, father of silk-painting in Vietnam. He has made a major contribution to Vietnamese modern paintings in the early twentieth century.

Impressed by the successful launch of the Vietnam's first national car brand, NHK, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, has published an article titled ‘Fast and serious: Vietnam's first national car brand

Like many other traditional crafts, the change in people’s demand when the country switched to the market economy has caused numerous difficulties and challenges to the Dong Ho folk painting genre.

Ca Mau is the southernmost coastal province of Vietnam. Boasting a special location with three sides bordering the sea, Ca Mau is the sole location in Vietnam’s mainland which enables people to watch