VOV.VN - Field hospital No. 12 has been re-established in Ho Chi Minh City to receive and treat people infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, especially those to be diagnosed with the new Omicron variant.

VOV.VN - The Management Authority for Urban Railways of Ho Chi Minh City (MAUR) is receiving four more trains shipped from Japan for its Metro Line No1 linking Ben Thanh Market in District 1 with Suoi Tien Tourist Park in District 9.

VOV.VN - All five students of the Hanoi Amsterdam High School for the Gifted have taken two gold, one silver and two bronze medals at the 14th International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics (IOAA) recently held in Colombia.

VOV.VN - Motorbike drivers are unlikely to hit the road in major districts of the capital city as Hanoi is planning to ban motorbikes starting in 2025.

A programme to implement the National Strategy on Gender Equality in the 2021–2030 period and the Vietnam Population Strategy by 2030 was launched by the Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labour on December 6.

The Vietnamese Party and State pay attention to issues relating to the elderly and their rights, said Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly (VAE) Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has requested localities nationwide to enhance their vigilance and tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures in the wake of the emergence of the Omicron variant, although the strain has yet to be detected locally.

The 12th National Vocational Skills Competition opened both in online and offline forms in Hanoi, Vinh Long and Quang Ninh on December 6.

The Vietnamese and French Communist Parties co-organised an online seminar on December 6 to discuss late Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh’s contributions to the French party and Marseille city.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi municipal administration is considering restrictions on non-essential services amid a skyrocketing number of coronavirus infections in the community.

VOV.VN - As many as 94 COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City died on December 6, the highest figure recorded in the city over two months, according to the municipal Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the detection of 14,591 new COVID-19 cases in 59 provinces and cities nationwide on December 6, representing a rise of 246 cases from one day earlier.

The first Vietnam Conference on Earth and Environmental Sciences was held both online and in-person on December 6 by the Meeting Vietnam (Rencontres du Vietnam) and the International Center for Interdisciplinary Science and Education (ICISE).

VOV.VN - Hoar frost covered Fansipan Mountain, the nation’s highest peak, on December 6 as temperatures dropped to as low as zero degrees Celsius.

VOV.VN - Roughly 50% of students from 30 districts and towns throughout the capital went back to school on December 6 following a long period of online learning due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 5 asked the Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to examine the possibility of giving children aged 5 and above vaccine shots against COVID-19.

Efforts must be exerted so nobody is left without food, clothes or shelter after the recent floods, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh ordered on December 5.

The Union of Vietnam Students in France (UEVF) convened its ninth Congress for the 2021 – 2023 term in Paris on December 4, during which changed its name to the Union of Vietnamese Youth and Students in France.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 14,314 new coronavirus infections in 61 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on December 5.

VOV.VN - An official of the southern province of Kien Giang on December 5 silenced rumours surfacing on social media platforms that Phu Quoc city had recorded the first Omicron case.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Education and Training on December 5 changed its plan on face-to-face learning for high school students due to the complicated nature of the COVID-19 outbreak locally.

The Department of External Affairs of HCM City in collaboration with the HCM City Youth Union and the Thai Consulate General in the city have organised a blood donation event marking 45 years of the Thailand-Vietnam diplomacy.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister released a telegram on December 4 requesting ministries, agencies and localities to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures against the possible spread of the mutated variant Omicron in the country.

The 27th Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum (APRSAF-27) was held virtually from November 30 to December 3 with the theme “Expand space innovation through diverse partnership.”

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) said on December 4 Vietnam has recorded 13,998 new coronavirus infections during the past 24 hours, with more than half of them detected in the community.

VOV.VN - Amid concerns about the rapid spread of the mutated variant Omicron across the globe, vaccination is an effective tool for bringing the pandemic under control, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

VOV.VN - The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has requested that the Ministry of Transport (MoT) suspend all flights, including relief flights, both to and from 10 African countries over concerns about the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh City on December 3 held a dialogue with foreign cultural and press officers and reporters residing in Vietnam.

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, was elected as President of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) for the 2021-2026 tenure at the fourth congress of the association on December 3.

Naomi Kitahara, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Vietnam, has called for joint efforts to ensure that all women and children in Vietnam, including the most vulnerable groups, can live a life free of violence.