VOV.VN - Floods triggered by heavy rains which hit the central and Central Highlands regions over the past few days have caused 18 dead or missing in Phu Yen, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Kon Tum, and Dak Lak provinces.

VOV.VN - Five Vietnamese higher education institutions have been named among the 2022 Best Global Universities Rankings which was recently released by the US News & World Reports.

VOV.VN - A large number of schools throughout Ho Chi Minh City are in the process of preparing to reopen school from December 13 following months of closure and online learning due to the damaging impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined the necessity of completing the second round of vaccinations for those aged 18 and over, with a focus on injecting children aged 12 and older so that they can return to school as normal.

Ensuring the rights of people with disabilities, particularly victims of wartime bombs and chemical toxics, is among top priorities of Vietnam, stated Deputy Minister of Labours, Invalids, and Social Affairs Nguyen Ba Hoan.

A number of enterprises are restoring production and recruiting more workers as the fourth wave of COVID-19 infections has been partly controlled, thus creating more opportunities for labourers.

VOV.VN - Renowned Vietnamese architecture Vo Trong Nghia and his team VTN Architects have been honoured at the LOOP Design Awards 2021 for their project "Viettel Offsite Studio", with the site being located in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Phuong Nga, president of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), held a working session on December 1 with leaders of the Eurasian People's Association within the framework of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to Russia.

The Australian-based Study Melbourne established an educational centre in Ho Chi Minh City on December 1, offering a vibrant and friendly space alive with opportunities to experience Melbourne.

The State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) chaired a webinar on November 30 to share experience in cooperative auditing on water resources management in the Mekong River basin.

The Vietnam Energy and Technology Forum 2021 was co-held by the Ministry of Science and Technology (MoST), Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) in Hanoi on November 30 to put forward policies and recommendations for Vietnam in energy technologies.

Awareness of digital transformation among Vietnam’s State agencies, businesses and people has been enhanced and digital transformation has been seen in activities of the Government and socio-economic sectors, heard the Vietnam DX Summit 2021, which opened on December 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recorded 14,507 new coronavirus cases with more than half diagnosed in the community during the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its coronavirus update on December 1.

VOV.VN - Death toll from the devastating floods that are hitting central Vietnam has risen to nine, while nearly 60,000 houses have been submerged, according to the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control at a meeting on December 1.

HIV/AIDS is still a burden on Vietnam with about 12,000 new cases diagnosed and about 2,000 deaths each year.

A seminar on marine pollution control was held in both in-person and online forms on November 30 by the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam (DAV) and the Embassy of France in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Health confirmed on December 1 that it has suspended COVID-19 vaccinations for two batches of shelf-life Pfizer vaccines that had extended expiration dates.

VOV.VN - The General Department of Vietnam Customs recently hosted a training course aimed at improving the leadership and management skills of 15 senior customs officials within the framework of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Trade Facilitation Program.

The Vietnam – Korea Training Cooperation Centre (VKTCC), based in Saigon Hi-Tech Park (SHTP), officially debuted on November 30.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 received nearly 5 million N95 medical face masks worth VND34.1 billion (US$1.5 million) presented by US company RAAS Nutritionals LLC. to support the city's COVID-19 fight.

VOV.VN - A woman living in the Central Highland province of Dak Lak has died after she was given a Vero Cell vaccine shot against COVID-19, local authorities confirmed on November 30.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has agreed with the Health Ministry’s proposal on suspending international flights to and from some African countries due to concerns over the Omicron variant.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Binh Phuoc has established a team of health experts to examine the cause of the passing of a 12-year-old boy after he was given a COVID-19 vaccine shot.

VOV.VN - At least four people have died and tens of thousands of houses have been submerged after heavy rain triggered severe flooding in central Vietnam, said the National Steering Committee on Natural Disasters Prevention and Control on November 30.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of 13,972 new COVID-19 cases on 30 November, marking a rise of 208 cases from the previous day, thereby pushing the total during the ongoing wave to 1,235,230.

Vietnam is working closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC) in its response to new coronavirus variant Omicron, according to Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.

VOV.VN - Heavy rains which hit the central region between November 28 and November 29 have left many areas in Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, and Quang Nam provinces submerged in flood water, causing great disruption to the daily lives of local people.

VOV.VN - Five local international airports have been granted Airport Health Accreditation (AHA) by the Airports Council International (ACI) for maintaining COVID-19 pandemic safety and prevention measures.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested that relevant ministries swiftly tighten control over people who have come from or transited in countries which have detected the Omicron variant in order to prevent the potential transmission of the new variant.

A delegation of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) had a working trip to the northern province of Yen Bai on November 29.