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Politics

-- President of Sierra Leone Julius Maada Bio, his spouse, and the country’s high-ranking delegation arrived at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on Monday afternoon to begin a seven-day official visit to Vietnam, the Vietnam News Agency reported the same day.

Society

-- Director-General of WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus congratulated Vietnam on covering 90 percent of the country’s adults as well as over 75 percent of its population with COVID-19 vaccines – one of the highest rates in the world – in a video sent to Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine appreciation ceremony in Hanoi on Monday.

-- The Ministry of Health on Monday issued new guidance on COVID-19 patients under home quarantine which allows them to leave their room provided they wear face masks and keep a safe distance from others.

-- A video has recently gone viral as it captured a nanny allegedly abusing a 11-month-old girl while she was feeding her at home in Binh Dinh Province, located in south-central Vietnam.

-- Eight got injured in a violent conflict between local residents and workers over a hydroelectric plant project under construction in Sa Pa, Lao Cai Province on Monday afternoon.

Lifestyle

-- The eighth Japan - Vietnam Festival is expected to take place in Ho Chi Minh City in 2023 on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, Tsutomu Takebe, special advisor of the Japan – Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Alliance, said on Monday while leading a delegation to visit Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper in Ho Chi Minh City.

-- This year’s Five Films for Freedom, an annual global, online short film program in support of LGBTIQ+ rights held by the British Council in partnership with BFI Flare: London LGBTIQ+ Film Festival, will make five short films available for online audiences for free from March 16 to 27.

Sports

-- The PONY Japan Baseball Association (PJBA) wishes to strengthen cooperation with and support the development of baseball in Vietnam, Jin Matsubara, member of the House of Representatives of Japan and president of the association, made the statement at a ceremony to hand over gloves and baseballs to Vietnamese children's baseball clubs in Tokyo recently, the Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday.

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