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The Health Ministry announced a further 118,790 new COVID-19 patients on March 3 across all 63 cities and provinces, posting an increase of 8,500 cases from the previous day.

For the first time since the COVID-19 disease broke out, the daily number of new infections of the coronavirus in Vietnam has surpassed the 29,000 case mark, hitting 29,414 on February 14.

The Department of Professional Records and Archives (PRAD) under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) held a meeting on July 1 to review the public security professional records and archives sector’s performance of tasks in the first 6 months.

“Bong de” or “The Ancestral”, a film directed by Le Van Kiet, which may be officially released on May 14 in Vietnam, has been bought by 25 countries and territories so far.

Motorcycle sales in 2018 broke the record set seven years ago (3.3 million) with nearly 3.4 million vehicles sold in the domestic market during the year.

Hanoi’s population had spiralled out of control with the capital’s total number of residents already exceeding the target set for 2030, according to a report by the National Assembly.

The HCM City Book Street on Nguyen Van Binh Street in District 1 has attracted 2.4 million visitors this year, earning a turnover of VND50 billion (US$2.2 million), according to the Viet Nam Publishers Association (VNPA).

PSNews - According to the Foreign Investment Department, Vietnam lured USD 25.48 billion of FDI, marking a record number in the first 9 months of 2017. 

The State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) purchased more than US$100 million in the past two days, capitalizing on a slight strengthening of the Vietnamese dong.