The Vietnam National University – Hanoi (VNU) climbed 15 places to rank 944th in the latest Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which was freshly announced by the Cybermetrics Lab, a member of the Spanish National Research Lab.

An exhibition entitled “Plastic Tale of River” opened in Hanoi on February 15, aiming to raise people’s awareness regarding the use of plastic bags and other single-use plastic products.

VOV.VN - Northern localities are set to endure a cold spell this weekend considered the strongest of the winter, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

The first electric-bus route in Ho Chi Minh City is scheduled to open within the first quarter of this year, the municipal Department of Transport has said.

VOV.VN - Tens of thousands of young people from across the country waved goodbye to their families and friends as they signed up for military service in ceremonies held on February 15 - 16.

The speedboat service between Vung Tau city to Con Dao island in the southern coastal province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau was restored on February 15 after a nine-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of a further 31,814 local COVID-19 cases across 62 cities and provinces nationwide on February 15, marking an increase of 2,384 cases from the previous day.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has been asked to coordinate with the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and relevant ministries and sectors to conduct research for setting up a renewable energy centre in the coming time.

VOV.VN - Thousands of people gathered at and around pagodas across the country on February 14, the 14th day of the first lunar month, as part of the annual prayer for peace.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Vietnam has called upon the community to take immediate actions to end child marriage on the occasion of Valentine Day (February 14).

VOV.VN - For the first time since the COVID-19 disease broke out, the daily number of new infections of the coronavirus in Vietnam has surpassed the 29,000 case mark, hitting 29,414 on February 14.

VOV.VN - Alok Kumar Sharma, president for the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), expressed his great appreciation for Vietnamese commitments in coping with climate change during a working session with leaders of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in Hanoi on February 14.

VOV.VN - Thousands of university students in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City returned to school on February 14 after months of studying online amid the country’s ongoing COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - Japanese authorities have identified a Japanese man suspected of threatening to shoot down a Vietnam Airlines plane over Tokyo Bay in early January.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.