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An area in Viet Hung Ward, Long Bien District was put under lockdown yesterday after a suspected COVID-19 case was detected. VNA/VNS Photo HÀ NỘI — The daily increase of COVID-19 cases dropped below 10,000 on Saturday, more than 2,000 less than the previous day. The total number of new infections in the past 24 hours was 9,373 - the first time the figure fell below 10,000 in the past two weeks. The total number of cases seen in Việt Nam now stands at 677,023. Just 13 of the new infections were imported and the rest community transmissions. There were also 220 COVID-related deaths taking the total number of fatalities to 16,857, while 14,903 patients were given the all-clear, bringing the amount of recoveries to 448,368. HCM City recorded the highest number of infections with 4,237, followed by Bình Dương (2,877), Đồng Nai (939), Long An (236), Tiền Giang (197). The other cases were detected in Kiên Giang (168), An Giang (143), Đắk Lắk (91), Đắk Nông (70), …

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The new infections include 13 imported and 9,360 locally transmitted cases which were confirmed in HCM City (4,237), Bình Dương (2,877), Đồng Nai (939), Long An (236), Tiền Giang (197), Kiên Giang (168), An Giang (143), Đắk Lắk (91), Đắk Nông (70), Tây Ninh (66), Quảng Bình (45), Bình Định (45), Cần Thơ (43), Đồng Tháp (30), Khánh Hòa (28), Quảng Ngãi (23), Bình Thuận (21), Hà Nội (19), Ninh Thuận (14), Bình Phước (10), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (10), Quảng Trị (9), Phú Yên (8 ), Bạc Liêu (8 ), Trà Vinh (5), Nghệ An (4), Thanh Hóa (4), Cà Mau (3), Quảng Nam (3), Bến Tre (1), Lào Cai (1), Thừa Thiên Huế (1), and Lâm Đồng (1). Details to follow shortly. …

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Hoi An ancient city in Vietnam’s central province of Quang Nam has been named among the 15 best cities throughout Asia by U.S. popular magazine Travel + Leisure. The magazine’s World’s Best Awards survey was open for voting for the top tourist attractions from January to May, as destinations around the globe were gradually lifting COVID-19 restrictions, Vietnam News Agency reports. Accordingly, Hoi An earned 86.98 points out of 100 to rank 13th in the list of 15 top cities in Asia. The ancient city has been placed above Singapore and Mumbai, which scored 86.93 points and 86.61 points, respectively, Hoi An has previously been honored by Travel + Leisure many times, such as the world's best city in 2019, one of the 50 best places to travel in 2019, one of the top 10 Asian cities in 2018, among others. Located on the central coast, Hoi An ancient town is a paradise for tourists and lovers of photography and food. In 1999, the city was recognized by the UNESCO as a World …

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The quartet of newly minted citizen astronauts comprising the SpaceX Inspiration4 mission safely splashed down in the Atlantic off Florida's coast on Saturday, completing a three-day flight of the first all-civilian crew ever launched into Earth orbit. SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, dubbed Resilience, parachuted into calm seas around 7 p.m. EDT, shortly before sunset, following an automated re-entry descent, SpaceX showed during a live webcast on its YouTube channel. Within an hour the four smiling crew members were seen emerging one by one from the capsule's side hatch after the vehicle, visibly scorched on its exterior, was hoisted from the ocean to the deck of a SpaceX recovery vessel. Each of the four stood on the deck for a few moments in front of the capsule to wave and give thumbs-up to the cameras. Each was then escorted to a medical station onboard for checkups they were to undergo at sea. Afterward, the amateur astronauts were to be flown by helicopter back to Cape …

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The Abdala vaccine has been approved with conditions for use in Việt Nam. — AFP/VNA Photo HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Health (MoH) on Friday gave conditional approval for Cuba's Abdala COVID19 vaccine for emergency use in Việt Nam. It is produced by the AICA Laboratories Company and Base Business Unit (BBU) AICA in Cuba. The Centre for Immunisation Vaccines Polyvac in Việt Nam asked for permission for the vaccine to be used. The MoH insisted on a number of conditions before granting approval. It has stated that the Drug Administration of Vietnam is responsible for licensing Abdala vaccine based on regulations for importation and quality management. The Department of Science, Technology and Training has been given responsibility for selecting a unit that is qualified to evaluate the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness. The General Department of Preventive Medicine is in charge of injecting the vaccine. And finally, the National Institute for Control of …

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With Chef Lê Đức Hải of Ngon Garden Restaurant in Hà Nội Ingredients: Seaweed: 100gr Shrimp: 100gr Scallops: 50gr Chicken egg: 1 Coriander:10gr Cornstarch: 20gr Water:  600ml Salt:  ½ tsp Sugar: ½ tsp Broth mix: 2 and ½ tsp Seafood soup with seaweed How to cook the dish: Soak the seaweed in water for half an hour and wash it clean. Boil it for several minutes to remove the fishy smell before cooking. Remove the shrimp shells and head, and slice off the tail and cut into two before putting them into a pot of boiling water with a little of salt to remove fishy smell. Boil the scallops in the same way. Cut into pieces and fry in cooking oil with garlic. Boil a pot of water, put in the broth mix and sugar and stir in the cornstarch, then pour into the pot and continue to stir the mix well before putting the chicken egg in and stir it until the soup becomes slightly dense. The last step is to add the fried shrimps, scallops and seaweed into the …

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For the Rơ Ngao people in Kon Trang Long Loi Village, the wicker basket is a cultural symbol of the entire ethnic community. VNA/VNS Photo Khoa Trương Throughout Việt Nam there are various traditional crafts in need of preservation, such as the Văn Lâm embroidery in Ninh Bình Province, Bát Tràng pottery in Hà Nội, and basketry of the Rơ Ngao ethnic group in the Central Highlands' Kon Tum Province. For the Rơ Ngao (a branch of the Ba Na ethnic minority), basketry is considered absolutely central to the very soul of their cultural identity. A Yak, 62, learnt to make baskets from his father as a young boy. It was during trips to the local forests that he became entranced by his father’s stories about the art and craft of basketry. When he was just 12 years old he wove his first basket, a skill that is essential for any Rơ Ngao man to gain a wife. “For us Rơ Ngao people, for a man to be considered the head of a family he must be a skillful weaver who can make …

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Dr Lê Quỳnh Chi Urban regeneration, a process of improving buildings and land to reverse structural decline, is now in the limelight, taking a significant role in urban planning discussions and projects. In Việt Nam, urban regeneration remains a new concept. Việt Nam News talks about the issue with Lê Quỳnh Chi, who has a doctorate in urban planning at Tokyo University, Japan, and is vice-head of the Urban Planning Department at the National University of Civil Engineering in Hà Nội. Inner Sanctum: Could you please explain the concept of urban regeneration? Every city has pockets of underused and underutilised land or distressed and decaying urban areas. These pockets of underused land weaken the city’s image, livability and productivity. Urban regeneration is a complex process that tackles these aforementioned issues, usually requiring the collaboration of various stakeholders, including the public sector, private sector and NGOs. Young people join a dancing …

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Documentary 'Con Đường Đã Chọn' (The Chosen Path) gives a panoramic view of national history. Photo courtesy of People's Army Cinema by Minh Thu A new epic documentary about Việt Nam’s wartime history is set to be subtitled in English for the first time so that foreign audiences can have a panoramic view of the Vietnamese people's victorious struggle and their huge sacrifices during their wars of resistance in the 20th century. The 22-episode documentary Con Đường Đã Chọn (The Chosen Path) has already had several screenings on television to celebrate the Việt Nam National Day, September 2. Though many documentaries have been produced featuring the wars, The Chosen Path is different as it systematizes the historical events of the resistance wars to defend the country, showing how Vietnamese people chose the path they did to emerge victorious. The documentary uses a vast treasure trove of documents, photos and other materials, much of them previously unseen, to …

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