PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation
PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has expressed his belief that the public and business community will actively support the building of national database on population and management of citizen ID cards, contributing to promoting national digital transformation in the next period.

PM believes in public, business support for national digital transformation
HCM City records first three Omicron cases in community
HCM City records first three Omicron cases in community

VOV.VN - Three local residents of Ho Chi Minh City have tested positive for the Omicron variant in the community, said doctors of Hospital April 30 under the Ministry of Public Security.

HCM City records first three Omicron cases in community
Children to be back to school in coming weeks
Children to be back to school in coming weeks

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Education and Training to consider reopening school to children nationwide at the earliest possible time after months of closure due to COVID-19.

Children to be back to school in coming weeks
More than 16,800 new infections detected nationwide on Jan.18
More than 16,800 new infections detected nationwide on Jan.18

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed the detection of 16,838 positive COVID-19 cases in 63 cities and provinces across the nation on January 18, thereby raising the total during the current wave tally to over two million.

More than 16,800 new infections detected nationwide on Jan.18
Legal foundations sought for tiger conservation in Vietnam
Legal foundations sought for tiger conservation in Vietnam

The Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV) on January 17 organised a seminar on tiger raising for conservation efforts in Vietnam.

Legal foundations sought for tiger conservation in Vietnam
Da Nang not to impose social distancing during Tet: official
Da Nang not to impose social distancing during Tet: official

Da Nang will not impose social distancing or shut down the city in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival, according to Ngo Kim Yen, Vice Chairwoman of the central city’s People’s Committee.

Da Nang not to impose social distancing during Tet: official
Winners of contest ‘Reporting on violence against women, girls’ announced
Winners of contest ‘Reporting on violence against women, girls’ announced

VOV.VN - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) and the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on January 17 announced winners of a joint contest ‘Reporting on violence against women and girls’ for media workers nationwide.

Winners of contest ‘Reporting on violence against women, girls’ announced
COVID-19: Daily infections and deaths all rise in Vietnam over 24 hours
COVID-19: Daily infections and deaths all rise in Vietnam over 24 hours

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 16,378 new coronavirus infections in 62 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, an increase of 682 cases from the previous day, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on January 17.

COVID-19: Daily infections and deaths all rise in Vietnam over 24 hours
VinFuture Prize: High expectations for Vietnamese sci-tech development
VinFuture Prize: High expectations for Vietnamese sci-tech development

VOV.VN - VinFuture Prize, with a Grand Prize worth US$3 million, is expected to make a positive change that is capable of impacting millions of lives by promoting scientific research and technological innovation.

VinFuture Prize: High expectations for Vietnamese sci-tech development
Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia holds Lunar New Year gathering
Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia holds Lunar New Year gathering

The Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia organised a Lunar New Year gathering on January 16 with the participation of Vietnamese diplomats, businesses, expatriates and students in the country.

Vietnamese Embassy in Cambodia holds Lunar New Year gathering
Greater efforts to be made to foster connections with Vietnamese community abroad
Greater efforts to be made to foster connections with Vietnamese community abroad

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event held for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival, will be held on January 22, or the 20th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Buffalo.

Greater efforts to be made to foster connections with Vietnamese community abroad
COVID-19 cumulative caseload crosses 2-million mark in Vietnam
COVID-19 cumulative caseload crosses 2-million mark in Vietnam

VOV.VN - As of 6 p.m. on January 15, Vietnam had recorded a total of 2,001,625 COVID-19 cases, including 1,715,147 recoveries during the fourth wave of the pandemic which initially began on April 27, 2021.

COVID-19 cumulative caseload crosses 2-million mark in Vietnam
COVID deaths fall to single digit in HCM City
COVID deaths fall to single digit in HCM City

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the recent COVID-19 outbreak in Vietnam, recorded 15 COVID-19 related deaths, including six severely ill cases earlier transferred from neighbouring localities for treatment.

COVID deaths fall to single digit in HCM City
Warning given to Party Delegation to Vietnam Red Cross Society
Warning given to Party Delegation to Vietnam Red Cross Society

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in Hanoi on January 15 to consider disciplinary measures against the Party Delegation to the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRCS) for 2017-2022 tenure and several officials.

Warning given to Party Delegation to Vietnam Red Cross Society
Vietnam’s infection tally crosses 2 million as 15,684 fresh cases detected
Vietnam’s infection tally crosses 2 million as 15,684 fresh cases detected

VOV.VN - An additional of 15,684 people across 61 localities nationwide were detected to be positive for the SARS-CoV-2-virus, representing a drop of 662 from the previous day, according to figures released by the Ministry of Health on January 16.

Vietnam’s infection tally crosses 2 million as 15,684 fresh cases detected
Director of Nam Phong Company arrested for raising test kit prices
Director of Nam Phong Company arrested for raising test kit prices

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Procuracy on January 15 decided to arrest and launch criminal proceedings against Director of Nam Phong Company Pham Vu Phong for “violating bidding regulations, causing serious consequences” and “giving bribe” in line with Articles 222 and 364 of the Penal Code 2015.

Director of Nam Phong Company arrested for raising test kit prices
HCM City halts operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals
HCM City halts operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has decided to stop the operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals No. 3, No. 5, No. 10 and Cu Chi from January 19.

HCM City halts operations of four temporary COVID-19 treatment hospitals
16,378 new COVID-19 cases detected, over 51,740 recover from COVID-19
16,378 new COVID-19 cases detected, over 51,740 recover from COVID-19

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the detection of a further 16,378 positive COVID-19 cases on January 15, with Hanoi continuing to record the highest number of local infections at 2,810.

16,378 new COVID-19 cases detected, over 51,740 recover from COVID-19
Proposal made to reopen regular flights to France, Germany, UK and Russia
Proposal made to reopen regular flights to France, Germany, UK and Russia

VOV.VN - The frequency of regular international routes to France, Germany, the UK, and Russia could be expanded to 10 flights per week for one-way tickets applicable to all airlines of each side for each respective market.

Proposal made to reopen regular flights to France, Germany, UK and Russia
Joint efforts to ensure warm Tet for labourers
Joint efforts to ensure warm Tet for labourers

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has devised specific solutions aimed at ensuring a warm Tet, known internationally as the Lunar New Year, for social policy beneficiaries, whilst supporting those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joint efforts to ensure warm Tet for labourers
HCM City's labour market remains active in flexible adaptation to COVID-19
HCM City's labour market remains active in flexible adaptation to COVID-19

VOV.VN - The COVID-19 pandemic has negatively impacted all aspects of social life, causing a range of difficulties for both local businesses and employees, thereby forcing them to flexibly adapt to and move into the "new normal".

HCM City's labour market remains active in flexible adaptation to COVID-19
VUFO raises awareness of people-to-people diplomacy
VUFO raises awareness of people-to-people diplomacy

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will work harder to raise public awareness of people-to-people diplomacy and improve operational quality, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga said on January 14.

VUFO raises awareness of people-to-people diplomacy
Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese established
Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese established

The Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese (Invesfov) was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 14.

Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese established
Vietnam Airlines resumes regular flights to Australia from January 15
Vietnam Airlines resumes regular flights to Australia from January 15

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will resume regular flights to Australia from January 15 following approval from authorities.

Vietnam Airlines resumes regular flights to Australia from January 15
Retailers’ alliance launched to help reduce use of disposable plastic bags
Retailers’ alliance launched to help reduce use of disposable plastic bags

An alliance of retailers who pledged to reduce the use of disposable plastic bags made its debut at a ceremony held by the Institute of Strategy and Policy on Natural Resources and Environment (ISPONRE) and Hanoi’s Department of Industry and Trade on January 14.

Retailers’ alliance launched to help reduce use of disposable plastic bags
COVID-19 caseload hits over 16,000, Hanoi tops with more than 3,000
COVID-19 caseload hits over 16,000, Hanoi tops with more than 3,000

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of a further 16,040 new COVID-19 cases on January 14 across 62 localities nationwide, pushing the tally during the ongoing wave to 1,985,320.

COVID-19 caseload hits over 16,000, Hanoi tops with more than 3,000
Da Nang customs seizes huge haul of ivory and pangolin scales
Da Nang customs seizes huge haul of ivory and pangolin scales

VOV.VN - Customs officials operating in Da Nang said on January 13 that they had successfully seized nearly seven tonnes of ivory and pangolin scales from a suspicious container which had recently been shipped from Nigeria to Tien Sa Port in the central city.

Da Nang customs seizes huge haul of ivory and pangolin scales
Updated climate change scenarios, national climate assessment report released
Updated climate change scenarios, national climate assessment report released

VOV.VN - The updated climate change scenarios and the national climate assessment report were released at a workshop held on January 14 by the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

Updated climate change scenarios, national climate assessment report released
Northern region to endure severe cold spell from Jan.14
Northern region to endure severe cold spell from Jan.14

VOV.VN - Northern and northcentral regions are anticipated to experience a severe cold spell last for roughly 10 days, bringing with it rain and a general drop in temperatures, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Northern region to endure severe cold spell from Jan.14
Programme on domestic violence prevention and control adopted
Programme on domestic violence prevention and control adopted

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam signed a decision on January 13 approving a programme on domestic violence prevention and control towards the year 2025.

Programme on domestic violence prevention and control adopted