As foreign-invested businesses always need high-quality human resources to apply new technologies, training skilled manpower is believed to help Vietnam attract more foreign investment.

The Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced on January 4 that it has sent a document urging businesses which had dispatched workers and apprentices to the Japanese prefectures of Ishikawa (especially the Noto Peninsula), Toyama, Niigata, and Fukui to promptly take protective measures for them in earthquake-affected areas.

The central province of Quang Tri has taken bold steps to live safely with bombs and mines left over from wars by 2025.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Japan on January 4 sent a working delegation, led by Minister Nguyen Duc Minh, to Ishikawa prefecture, which was hardest hit by the earthquake that occurred on January 1 to assess the situation and provide assistance for Vietnamese citizens facing difficulties there.

Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Van Nam, Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City High Command on January 4 visited and extended greetings to officials and staff of the Cambodian Consulate General in the city on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the Cambodian people and army's victory in overthrowing the Pol Pol genocidal regime (January 7, 1979-2024).

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has announced a "Black List" of 403 websites with signs of law violation in 2023.

VOV.VN - Abrupt weather changes have led to an increase in the number of people catching seasonal influenza and showing mild or severe symptoms.

VOV.VN - The increasing demand for trading and travelling during the Lunar New Year holiday will pose a high risk of disease outbreaks, especially those transmitted through the respiratory systems, according to the Center for Disease Control of Ho Chi Minh City (HCDC).

VOV.VN - The Fourth Regional Command of the Vietnam’s People’s Navy on January 3 met more than 100 reporters who would visit and produce stories about soldiers and islanders’ preparations for the coming lunar New Year (Tet) festival on the Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelago.

Generative AI is expected to contribute VND14 trillion (US$574.83 million) to the Vietnamese digital economy by 2030, Dang Huu Son, co-founder of LovinBot AI and Vice Chairman of the local digital human resources development alliance AIID, has said.

VOV.VN - Hoar frost blanketed the top of Mount Fansipan, the nation’s highest peak in the northern province of Lao Cai, in the early morning of January 3 following a new cold wave.

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has signed contracts with domestic vaccine producers on the supply of ten types of vaccines used for the national expanded programme on immunisation (EPI).

VOV.VN - As many as 30 people, including 28 passengers, on board a sleeper bus managed to escape the vehicle that suddenly caught fire in northern Ninh Binh province late on January 2.

An attention-grabbing object, suspected to be an ancient shipwreck, has vanished from the waters off Hoi An city in the central coastal province of Quang Nam, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Van Lanh has confirmed.

The Public Interest Foundation International Manpower Development Organization (IM Japan) has affirmed the safety of all Vietnamese interns under its management who are working in Toyama, Fukui and Ishikawa prefectures that were hit by the massive earthquake on January 1.

VOV.VN - As many as 38 defendants, including two former ministers of health and science-technology, were brought to court in Hanoi on January 3 in a trial related to the COVID-19 test kit overcharging scandal at Viet A Technologies JSC.

VOV.VN - A new cold spell is forecast to hit the northern region on January 3 before then affecting the central region, with temperatures set to plunge at night and in the early morning, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - The quality of the Vietnamese labour market has failed to drastically improve with a large portion of informal workers, although the employed population has increased, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

VOV.VN - The Lao Government has agreed upon the proposal put forward to upgrade Nongkhang airport, which will be funded and built by Vietnam in Huaphanh province in northern Laos, into an international airport, the Vientiane Times newspaper reported on January 2.

VOV.VN - Light traffic congestion was reported in various streets across the capital on January 2, the first working day back following the three-day New Year holiday.

VOV.VN - During the course of the three-day New Year holiday a total of 155 accidents claimed 56 lives and injured 131 others nationwide, according to figures released by the Ministry of Public Security.

VOV.VN - Dong Xuan Trade Center in Lichtenberg district of Berlin and Vietnamese businesses operating at the centre recently held a get-together to welcome the New Year.

As of 9 pm on January 1, there had been no Vietnamese people reported dead or injured in the 7.6-magnitude earthquake that hit central Japan earlier the same day, according to Vietnam Embassy in Japan.

VOV.VN - The central Quang Nam province hosted a ceremony on December 31 to reveal that its ancient city of Hoi An has joined the UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN).

VOV.VN - When the clock struck exactly 12.00 o'clock at midnight, revelers of all localities across Vietnam burst into cheers ‘Happy New Year’, marking the start of 2024.

Da Lat, an enchanting city nestled in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, marked its 130th anniversary and received the prestigious title of "UNESCO Creative Music City" at a ceremony on December 30.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has emphasised the need for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) to train and build a contingent of capable officials and public servants to fulfill the difficult and complicated tasks related to land, natural resources and minerals.

The People’s Committee of Da Nang city in central Vietnam on December 30 issued a decision to establish an integrated circuit (IC) and artificial intelligence (AI) research and training centre.

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee on December 30 announced a decision to set up the city’s Department of Food Safety – the first of its kind in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Several major tourist destinations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have been left packed on the first day of New Year holiday.