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Authorities in the Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta have stepped up measures for preventing forest fires during the ongoing peak dry season when the threat is high.

Large parts of Asia including Vietnam have been sweltering under an unusually severe heatwave with record-breaking temperatures.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) is striving to mobilise 400 billion VND (17 million USD) for humanitarian activities during the Humanitarian Month 2023 starting from May 1.

The number of COVID-19 cases has increased rapidly since the beginning of April, said Prof Phan Trong Lan, director of the Department of Preventive Medicine under the Ministry of Health (MoH).

The Southern region including Ho Chi Minh City is expected to experience moderate and heavy rains and thunderstorms at night time of April 15.

The Mekong Delta province of An Giang is facing the fifth level of forest fire risk, the extreme danger level, according to the provincial Forest Protection Sub-department.

As Vietnam aims to build the longest flower path of its kind in the country, stretching over 3,000km along the North-South railway line, many experts and residents have applauded the plan as a potential tourist draw.

Vietnamese Ministry of Health yesterday night announced 261 cases of Covid-19 were recorded nationwide. This is the highest number of Covid-19 cases recorded in a day since December 2022.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City plan to spend more than 10.2 trillion VND (433 million USD) on a sustainable poverty reduction programme this year.

Low-income earners cannot afford social housing as the prices of these so-called affordable housing are so high.

Khmer ethnic people in Kien Giang province are currently in a festive atmosphere as their traditional New Year festival called Chol Chnam Thmay is nearing.

Many places in the Central region are sweltering through hot temperatures of up to 40 degrees Celsius.