Blood donation feature to be launched on Facebook in Vietnam
Blood donation feature to be launched on Facebook in Vietnam

A feature for blood donations in Vietnam will be launched on Facebook social network on February 16, enabling donors to easily connect with blood reception facilities.

Blood donation feature to be launched on Facebook in Vietnam
OVs in France pray for peace
OVs in France pray for peace

A prayer for peace for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) living in Paris and surrounding areas was held on February 13 at Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Villebon-sur-Yvette, 25km south of the capital.

OVs in France pray for peace
Vietnam ready for vaccination campaign for children aged five to 11
Vietnam ready for vaccination campaign for children aged five to 11

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health is outlying procedures to immunise children aged five to 11 against COVID-19 in line with recommendations made by the World Health Organisation (WHO).

Vietnam ready for vaccination campaign for children aged five to 11
Night flower market crowded on the eve of Valentine’s Day 2022
Night flower market crowded on the eve of Valentine’s Day 2022

VOV.VN - Despite drizzle and cold, many people in the capital city of Hanoi still rushed to Quang An Night Flower Market in Tay Ho district on February 13 evening to buy flowers for their loved ones on Valentine’s Day 2022.

Night flower market crowded on the eve of Valentine’s Day 2022
Additional 26,379 new infections recorded across 58 localities nationwide
Additional 26,379 new infections recorded across 58 localities nationwide

VOV.VN - A further 26,379 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on February 13, bringing the national tally since the start of the pandemic to over 2.5 million.

Additional 26,379 new infections recorded across 58 localities nationwide
OVs in Belgium, Luxembourg look toward stronger EU-Vietnam ties
OVs in Belgium, Luxembourg look toward stronger EU-Vietnam ties

VOV.VN - More than 50 overseas Vietnamese in Belgium and Luxembourg gathered for a meeting held on February 11 in Brussels to celebrate the Lunar New Year festival or Tet.

OVs in Belgium, Luxembourg look toward stronger EU-Vietnam ties
Labour market recovery looks toward flexible, safe adaptation
Labour market recovery looks toward flexible, safe adaptation

Although it is put under control, the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic has hit all aspects of the social life, seriously affecting businesses and people.

Labour market recovery looks toward flexible, safe adaptation
PM urges effective implementation of socio-economic recovery, development programme
PM urges effective implementation of socio-economic recovery, development programme

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.

PM urges effective implementation of socio-economic recovery, development programme
Vietnam reports over 240 cyber-attacks during Tet
Vietnam reports over 240 cyber-attacks during Tet

Vietnam recorded more than 240 cyber-attacks between January 29 and February 5 when the nation was celebrating Tet, Vietnam’s traditional New Year holiday, according the Ministry of Information and Communications’ Authority of Information Security (AIS).

Vietnam reports over 240 cyber-attacks during Tet
Daily Covid-19 tally scales new high with over 27,000
Daily Covid-19 tally scales new high with over 27,000

VOV.VN - The number of COVID-19 cases nationwide continued to rise to a record figure of 27,311, including nine imported cases, an increase of 831 from the previous day, the Ministry of Health reported on February 12.

Daily Covid-19 tally scales new high with over 27,000
Cold spell to cause temperatures to drop as the north faces frosty conditions
Cold spell to cause temperatures to drop as the north faces frosty conditions

VOV.VN - A strong cold spell is forecast to hit the country's northern and north-central regions starting from February 13, bringing with it spells of rain, frost, and a drop in temperatures to below six degrees Celsius in some mountainous areas.

Cold spell to cause temperatures to drop as the north faces frosty conditions
Largest national blood donation festival launched in Hanoi
Largest national blood donation festival launched in Hanoi

VOV.VN - The 15th edition of the annual Xuan Hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival opened on February 12 at the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) in Hanoi.

Largest national blood donation festival launched in Hanoi
Thailand to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam and five others
Thailand to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam and five others

VOV.VN - Thailand’s Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) approved a proposal on February 11 aimed at donating up to 3.55 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine to six countries, including Vietnam.

Thailand to offer COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam and five others
Film screening in France calls for support for Vietnam’s AO/dioxin victims
Film screening in France calls for support for Vietnam’s AO/dioxin victims

A documentary was screened in Choisy-le-Roi, a city in the suburbs of France’s Paris, on February 10 to call for support for the victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in Vietnam.

Film screening in France calls for support for Vietnam’s AO/dioxin victims
Scholarships offered to Nguyen Du bilingual school students in Laos
Scholarships offered to Nguyen Du bilingual school students in Laos

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos in coordination with the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Vientiane on February 11 presented scholarships of Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City to 10 students of Nguyen Du Lao-Vietnamese Bilingual School.

Scholarships offered to Nguyen Du bilingual school students in Laos
HCM City wants Vietnamese expats’ help to boost post-pandemic recovery
HCM City wants Vietnamese expats’ help to boost post-pandemic recovery

A meeting was held by the Ho Chi Minh City Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs on February 11 to collect Vietnamese expats’ views on the city’s potential new directions and development post-COVID-19 from an economic perspective.

HCM City wants Vietnamese expats’ help to boost post-pandemic recovery
Daily COVID-19 caseload continues to rise with over 26,000 new infections
Daily COVID-19 caseload continues to rise with over 26,000 new infections

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 26,487 COVID-19 cases on February 11, an increase of 448 cases compared to the previous day, pushing the national infection tally since the start of the pandemic to over 2.45 million cases.

Daily COVID-19 caseload continues to rise with over 26,000 new infections
Workshop integrates women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars
Workshop integrates women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs hosted a workshop on mainstreaming women, peace and security agenda in ASEAN Community pillars in Hanoi on February 11.

Workshop integrates women, peace, security agenda into ASEAN Community pillars
VOV celebrates World Radio Day 2022
VOV celebrates World Radio Day 2022

VOV.VN - Radio Voice of Vietnam (VOV) held a ceremony on February 11 to celebrate the 11th edition of World Radio Day under the theme "Radio and Trust", with the participation of VOV leaders, heads of functional departments, and dozens of local radio and television stations nationwide.

VOV celebrates World Radio Day 2022
Customs procedures to go paperless from 2022
Customs procedures to go paperless from 2022

The customs sector will synchronously implement solutions to achieve the target of paperless customs in 2022, according to a directive recently issued by the General Department of Customs.

Customs procedures to go paperless from 2022
Vietnam joins Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility
Vietnam joins Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Finance, acting under the authority from the Government of Vietnam, on February 10 signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to become the eighth member of the Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility (SEADRIF).

Vietnam joins Southeast Asia Disaster Risk Insurance Facility
Vietnam working to ensure children’s all-round development
Vietnam working to ensure children’s all-round development

Protecting and caring for health of nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, the society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 10.

Vietnam working to ensure children’s all-round development
COVID-19: Daily count hits record high of more than 26,000 in Vietnam
COVID-19: Daily count hits record high of more than 26,000 in Vietnam

VOV.VN - The past 24 hours saw Vietnam detect 26,032 new coronavirus cases in 61 cities and provinces across the country, the highest caseload recorded in a single day, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

COVID-19: Daily count hits record high of more than 26,000 in Vietnam
Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to be put on trial run this year
Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to be put on trial run this year

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 linking Ben Thanh market and Suoi Tien Amusement Park is set to be given a trial run from Long Binh depot to Ben Thanh station before December 31, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Urban Railway Management Board.

Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line to be put on trial run this year
Hanoi kids return to school after nine months of online learning
Hanoi kids return to school after nine months of online learning

VOV.VN - Approximately 500,000 first and sixth graders in Hanoi’s outlying districts returned to school on February 10 after nine months of distance learning due to the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Hanoi kids return to school after nine months of online learning
Over 60% of parents with children aged 5-11 agree with vaccination: survey
Over 60% of parents with children aged 5-11 agree with vaccination: survey

Around 60.6% of parents with children aged 5-11 years said they agree to let their children get COVID-19 vaccine shots, according to a survey by the health ministry.

Over 60% of parents with children aged 5-11 agree with vaccination: survey
Winners of logo design contest marking 30 years of Vietnam-RoK ties announced
Winners of logo design contest marking 30 years of Vietnam-RoK ties announced

Winners of a contest to design a commemorative logo for the 30th founding anniversary of the Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic ties have been announced.

Winners of logo design contest marking 30 years of Vietnam-RoK ties announced
Vietnam daily COVID-19 tally reaches new high of nearly 24,000 cases
Vietnam daily COVID-19 tally reaches new high of nearly 24,000 cases

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of an additional 23,956 local COVID-19 cases across 61 cities and provinces nationwide on February 9, thereby pushing the tally during the ongoing wave to more than 2.39 million.

Vietnam daily COVID-19 tally reaches new high of nearly 24,000 cases
“Red Spring” festival to kick off on February 12
“Red Spring” festival to kick off on February 12

The 15th edition of the Xuan Hong (Red Spring) blood donation festival will take place from February 12 – 20, the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has announced.

“Red Spring” festival to kick off on February 12
Probe launched to search origin of fake news on peacekeeping officer’s death
Probe launched to search origin of fake news on peacekeeping officer’s death

The Vietnam Department of Peacekeeping Operations is joining hands with relevant agencies to identify a person who posted fake news on social media stating that a Vietnamese peacekeeper passed away in Uganda, the Department announced on February 9.

Probe launched to search origin of fake news on peacekeeping officer’s death