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Here are today’s leading news stories: Politics -- Vietnamese State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Hanoi on Saturday night for an official visit to Cuba, which is scheduled to run from September 18 to 20. COVID-19 Updates -- The Ministry of Health documented 9,373 COVID-19 cases, including 4,237 in Ho Chi Minh City, on Saturday evening, raising the country’s tally to 677,023, with 448,368 recoveries and 16,857 deaths. -- The National Ethics Committee in Biomedical Research on Saturday approved the mid-term evaluation report of the third phase of clinical trials for Vietnam's homegrown Nano Covax COVID-19 vaccine. -- The central city of Da Nang recorded no local infection for the first time in 70 days on Saturday even though authorities had been conducting mass testing over the past days, according to the municipal steering committee for COVID-19 prevention and control. -- The Ministry of Health has required authorities in …

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The last train of the second urban railway project in Hanoi was shipped from France to Hai Phong Port on Thursday and will be transported to the capital city soon, the Hanoi Metropolitan Railway Management Board (MRB) reported. This project, the Nhon - Hanoi railway station route, has a rolling stock of 10 trains designed by French manufacturer Alstom, with the first train delivered to the port of Hai Phong City on October 18, 2020. Each train, with a designed speed of 80 kilometers per hour and a commercial velocity of 35 kilometers per hour, can carry 944 to 1,124 people, with a density of about 6.6-8 people per square meter. The trains, each of which has four carriages, can operate continuously on the standard gauge railway of 1.435 meters. The train body is made of aluminum alloy, which is light, durable and environmentally friendly. With their low floors, the trains are convenient for passengers to get on and off, especially those bringing luggage or using wheelchairs. …

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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 State Bank of Vietnam, which is the country’s central bank, has issued a new fiat to restrict an e-wallet user’s monthly transactions to no more than VND100 million (US$4,324). This payment cap is stipulated in Circular 23/2019/TT-NHNN dated November 22. The order will take effect on January 7, 2020. A user’s transactions to pay for legitimate goods and services and tranfer money between e-wallets powered by the same company are limited to VND100 million a month, according to the circular. The central bank has crossed out a proposed article capping the transactions’ value at VND20 million ($865) a day. Such abolition of a daily cap will spur cashless payment, e-wallet service providers said. The fiat also requires that users top up their e-wallets via checking accounts, debit cards, or transfers from their peers, who use the same e-wallet service. Users are permitted to use e-wallets to pay for goods and services, transfer money to other users, and credit their …

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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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Robots, ventilators and vaccines Under the direction of the government and Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, the Ministry of Science and Technology urgently mobilized leading scientists and experts in Vietnam to seek solutions for the pandemic’s control as soon as it broke out. Many research projects have been applied in the pandemic’s control The Vietnamese sci-tech sector has been working with researchers in other countries to exchange and test equipment, technologies and pandemic control products. At the same time, it has taken on accelerated epidemiological research, created a SARS-CoV-2 detection kit, developed treatment regimens and production of monoclonal antibodies, robots, ventilators and Covid-19 vaccines. These efforts have resulted in encouraging achievements. The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) successfully cultivated and isolated the SARS-CoV-2 virus, contributing to further research on the virus, and provided materials …

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