The People's Committee of the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has asked the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to provide technical support in developing a dossier seeking UNESCO recognition for its Kon Tum plateau as a World Biosphere Reserve.

Australia's government agreed to give 490,600 doses of ‘5 in 1’ vaccine to Vietnam through the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Education and Training will hold a ceremony to honour Vietnamese students who have won medals at the international Olympiad and science and technology contests this year.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Health Department has warned of the potential risk of a COVID-19 resurgence in the city amid a wave of cases emerging in many Western-Pacific countries such as Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Guam, and Brunei.

VOV.VN - Northern localities of Vietnam will have another warm day on December 15 before a strong cold air wave is expected to hit the northern border on the following day.

A consultation workshop was held by the Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the UN Resident Coordinator Office in Hanoi on December 14 with a focus on policy choices to promote sustainable development in Vietnam.

Hoang Quoc Long, head of the Ministry of Home Affairs’ youth affairs department, and Lee In-hyuk, Director-General of the Korean Foundation (KF) ASEAN Culture House, signed an extension of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on cooperation in youth-related experience sharing and exchanges in Hanoi on December 14.

President Vo Van Thuong on December 14 visited the Archdiocese of Hue in central province of Thua Thien-Hue on the occasion of the upcoming Christmas and New Year.

A regional workshop on safe and diverse information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure took place on December 14 in Ha Long city, Quang Ninh province, as part of the Vietnam International Digital Week 2023.

Vietnam has reaffirmed the country’s strong commitments to promoting the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) with more efforts and actions to better ensure people’s political, economic, cultural and social rights, ensuring that no one is left behind.

Vietnam is among 45 out of 193 UN member countries whose deaths in road accidents decreased by over 30% in the 2011-2020 period, said Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Road Traffic Safety Committee.

VOV.VN - Making a total of 200 cakes made from rice and sticky rice has been recognised as the largest of its kind in the nation by the Vietnam Records Organization (Vietkings).

Energy transition is a "golden opportunity" for Vietnam to ensure and improve social security and promote green transformation, towards realising its commitment to net zero emissions by 2050, said Ingrid Christensen, Country Director of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Vietnam.

The annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest external and cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, will be organised in Ho Chi Minh City on February 1-2, 2024 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the 12th lunar month), according to the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs.

Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang chaired the 8th meeting of the National Steering Committee on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Prevention and Control in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on December 13.

A ceremony was held in Vientiane on December 13 to inaugurate a project upgrading the Lao People's Army History Museum at a cost of US$4.6 million funded from the Ministry of National Defence of Vietnam.

There are at least 40,000 deaths caused by tobacco-related diseases in Vietnam each year, heard a conference held by the Health Ministry in Hanoi on December 12 to review 10-year enforcement of the Law on Prevention and Control of Tobacco Harm.

VOV.VN - The authorities of Da Nang central city are planning to launch direct flights to Nagoya in Japan in the first quarter of 2024 in orderas part of efforts to boost investment, trade, and tourism.

VOV.VN - As many as 110 youth delegates from nine ASEAN member countries and Japan have arrived in Ho Chi Minh City for the 2023 ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival from December 12-15.

Five black-faced spoonbills migrating from Northeast Asia were discovered in the Tra O Lagoon in Phu My, the central province of Binh Dinh after a survey conducted by the environmental protection sub-department under the provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment.

There were some 13,900 cyberattacks in Vietnam in 2023, a year-on-year increase of 9.5%, according to a report announced by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) on December 12.

The National Innovation Centre (NIC) is building a project on developing human resources for the semiconductor industry as part of the country’s efforts to provide 50,000 engineers for the industry, according to NIC Vice Director Vo Xuan Hoai.

The Vietnam International Digital Week 2023 opened in the northern province of Quang Ninh on December 12.

VOV.VN - Prestigious website CNN Travel of the United States has released its annual “The Top 100 City Destinations Index 2023” according to global market research company Euromonitor International, with Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City among the top city destinations in the world.

More than 300 Vietnamese students in the Czech Republic participated in a career orientation conference held in Prague on December 10.

The strengthening of soft power through modern communication platforms was the focus of an international workshop held in Hanoi on December 11.

Vietnamese Professionals in Japan organised an event entitled "The Debaters" in Tokyo on December 10.

VOV.VN - A total of 38 defendants, including two former ministers, will go on trial in early January 2024 in a notorious graft scandal related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging case at Viet A Technologies JSC, according to the Hanoi People’s Court.

The People’s Committee of the northwestern mountainous province of Dien Bien in collaboration with the UN Women Vietnam on December 11 organised a ceremony in response to the National Action Month on Gender Equality, and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response 2023.

The ASEAN – Japan conference on gender equality will be held in Hanoi on January 9-12, 2024, under the theme of “Comprehensive approach for gender equality in and through sports”, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism said on December 11.