Health Ministry underscores stronger countermeasures amid Omicron threat
Health Ministry underscores stronger countermeasures amid Omicron threat

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has asked localities nationwide to outline scenarios and plans to combat the COVID-19 pandemic amid the ongoing surge of Omicron cases globally.

Health Ministry underscores stronger countermeasures amid Omicron threat
Action programme aims to promote overseas Vietnamese-related affairs
Action programme aims to promote overseas Vietnamese-related affairs

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a resolution on the issuance of a government action programme to continue accelerating the implementation of the Politburo's directions regarding overseas Vietnamese (OV) affairs in the 2021-2026 period.

Action programme aims to promote overseas Vietnamese-related affairs
German medical professor honoured
German medical professor honoured

German medical professor Horst Klinkmann has been decorated with an Order of Friendship in recognition of his remarkable contributions to Vietnam’s healthcare sector and the Vietnam - Germany relations.

German medical professor honoured
Decree stipulates rights, obligations of expellees
Decree stipulates rights, obligations of expellees

Foreigners who commit administrative violations within Vietnam’s territory, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone and continental shelf will be expelled from the country under a decree recently issued by the Government.

Decree stipulates rights, obligations of expellees
No Vietnamese labourers sent to work abroad at all costs
No Vietnamese labourers sent to work abroad at all costs

VOV.VN - Vietnam's policy is not to send workers to work abroad at all costs, but instead to ensure support and the best possible conditions for them to work overseas and seek suitable positions after returning home.

No Vietnamese labourers sent to work abroad at all costs
Vietnam donates US$100,000 to US to overcome tornado consequences
Vietnam donates US$100,000 to US to overcome tornado consequences

VOV.VN - Vietnam on January 5 handed over US$100,000 from the Vietnamese Government and people to support bereaved families of tornadoes that struck the US State of Kentucky last December.

Vietnam donates US$100,000 to US to overcome tornado consequences
Man threatens to shoot down Vietnam Airlines aircraft over Tokyo Bay
Man threatens to shoot down Vietnam Airlines aircraft over Tokyo Bay

VOV.VN - A Vietnam Airlines plane was forced to be diverted to land after a man through a phone call threatened to shoot down the plane over Tokyo Bay on January 5.

Man threatens to shoot down Vietnam Airlines aircraft over Tokyo Bay
Viettel’s technological inventions earn exclusive patents in US
Viettel’s technological inventions earn exclusive patents in US

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has recently recognised the exclusive patents in the US for two applications of the Viettel High Technology Industries Corporation (VHT) – a member of the Viettel Military Industry and Telecoms Group.

Viettel’s technological inventions earn exclusive patents in US
Can Tho, US university foster cooperation in high-quality human resource training
Can Tho, US university foster cooperation in high-quality human resource training

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on January 5 had a working session with representatives of the northern branch of the American University in Vietnam (AUV).

Can Tho, US university foster cooperation in high-quality human resource training
Improvements in traffic safety recorded nationwide in 2021
Improvements in traffic safety recorded nationwide in 2021

Traffic safety was improved considerably nationwide in 2021 with sharp declines recorded in the number of accidents, deaths and injuries, reported the National Committee for Traffic Safety (NCTS).

Improvements in traffic safety recorded nationwide in 2021
COVID-19: Daily caseload surpasses 17,000 mark again in Vietnam
COVID-19: Daily caseload surpasses 17,000 mark again in Vietnam

VOV.VN - After having gradually fallen to more than 14,000 cases over the past few days, the daily number of new infections surprisingly hit the 17,000 mark again on January 5, rising to 17,017, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update.

COVID-19: Daily caseload surpasses 17,000 mark again in Vietnam
Hanoi capital plans to treat 100,000 COVID-19 cases
Hanoi capital plans to treat 100,000 COVID-19 cases

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is working out a plan to treat 100,000 COVID-19 infections as the number of new infections is increasing these days, according to Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh.

Hanoi capital plans to treat 100,000 COVID-19 cases
Vietnam, Laos break ground on friendship school in Khammouane
Vietnam, Laos break ground on friendship school in Khammouane

VOV.VN - A ground-breaking ceremony for the Vietnam – Laos Friendship Vocational School was held in Nong Bok district of Khammouane province on January 5.

Vietnam, Laos break ground on friendship school in Khammouane
Bilingual COVID-19 testing forms to be applied for passengers at airports
Bilingual COVID-19 testing forms to be applied for passengers at airports

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked relevant agencies to issue forms for COVID-19 pre-testing and test results of passengers at airports in both Vietnamese and English.

Bilingual COVID-19 testing forms to be applied for passengers at airports
German frigate "Bayern” to dock at HCM City port on Jan.6
German frigate "Bayern” to dock at HCM City port on Jan.6

VOV.VN - Germany’s frigate "Bayern" will enter the port of Ho Chi Minh City on January 6 morning, marking the first visit of a German Navy ship to Vietnam, according to the German Embassy in Hanoi.

German frigate "Bayern” to dock at HCM City port on Jan.6
HCM City to reopen bars, dance clubs from next week
HCM City to reopen bars, dance clubs from next week

Ho Chi Minh City will reopen bars, dance clubs and karaoke parlors from January 10 after a period of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

HCM City to reopen bars, dance clubs from next week
HCM City to have over 300,000 job vacancies this year
HCM City to have over 300,000 job vacancies this year

Understaffed companies and factories in Ho Chi Minh City will need up to 310,000 workers this year if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control, according to a survey of the Ho Chi Minh City Center of Forecasting Manpower Needs and Labor Market Information (Falmi).

HCM City to have over 300,000 job vacancies this year
Government reports on wrongdoings related to COVID-19 test kit developer
Government reports on wrongdoings related to COVID-19 test kit developer

The Government, in its report on the COVID-19 prevention and control submitted to the National Assembly (NA) on January 4, affirmed that the Viet A Technologies JSC had took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to seek illegal profit.

Government reports on wrongdoings related to COVID-19 test kit developer
Local Molnupiravir manufacturers to be licensed soon
Local Molnupiravir manufacturers to be licensed soon

VOV.VN - Health professionals of the Ministry of Health are due to meet on January 5 to consider licensing local pharmaceutical companies that produce Molnupiravir for COVID-19 treatment.

Local Molnupiravir manufacturers to be licensed soon
14,861 new infections confirmed, Hanoi reaches new high of nearly 2,500
14,861 new infections confirmed, Hanoi reaches new high of nearly 2,500

VOV.VN - A total of 14,861 new COVID-19 infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health across 60 localities throughout the country on January 4, as Hanoi capital's number peaked at 2,499.

14,861 new infections confirmed, Hanoi reaches new high of nearly 2,500
Vietnamese expats in Europe long for resumption of international flights
Vietnamese expats in Europe long for resumption of international flights

Vietnamese expats living in Europe hope authorities from both sides to work together so as to soon resume international flights, allowing them to visit family back home, according to Hoang Dinh Thang, Chairman of the Union of Vietnamese People Associations in Europe.

Vietnamese expats in Europe long for resumption of international flights
Schools in HCM city welcome back senior students
Schools in HCM city welcome back senior students

VOV.VN - Students in grades 7, 8, 10, and 11 in Ho Chi Minh City returned to school on January 4, three weeks after grades 9 and 12 went back to school.

Schools in HCM city welcome back senior students
Locals rush back to Hanoi, HCM City after New Year holiday
Locals rush back to Hanoi, HCM City after New Year holiday

VOV.VN - Crowds of people returned to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City on the afternoon of January 3 which marked the end of the three-day holiday for the New Year, in order to resume work and study, resulting in crowded situations to occur at the entrances of the cities.

Locals rush back to Hanoi, HCM City after New Year holiday
Three killed in Hanoi gas explosion
Three killed in Hanoi gas explosion

VOV.VN - Three people were killed following a gas cylinder exploding at their rented house in Hanoi on the evening of January 3.

Three killed in Hanoi gas explosion
Vietnam reports nearly 16,000 new infections, over 24,460 recoveries
Vietnam reports nearly 16,000 new infections, over 24,460 recoveries

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed a further 15,936 new COVID-19 cases nationwide on January 3 to bring the national tally since the start of the pandemic up to 1,778,976.

Vietnam reports nearly 16,000 new infections, over 24,460 recoveries
Traffic accidents kill 38 during three-day New Year holiday
Traffic accidents kill 38 during three-day New Year holiday

Sixty four traffic accidents took place nationwide during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), causing 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

Traffic accidents kill 38 during three-day New Year holiday
Strategy approved to boost vocational training development until 2030
Strategy approved to boost vocational training development until 2030

Vocational training development will be boosted to meet the diverse demands of the labour market and the higher requirements in human resources quality for national growth in the new period under a new Vocational Training Development Strategy in the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2045.

Strategy approved to boost vocational training development until 2030
Vietnam strengthens int'l cooperation to promote renewable energy development
Vietnam strengthens int'l cooperation to promote renewable energy development

By strengthening international cooperation in energy and completing mechanisms and policies in the field, Vietnam is working to improve the efficiency, sustainability and adapting capacity for the national energy sector.

Vietnam strengthens int'l cooperation to promote renewable energy development
Transport infrastructure development provides leverage for GDP growth
Transport infrastructure development provides leverage for GDP growth

The Ministry of Transport is coordinating with relevant ministries and agencies to develop a portfolio of transport projects and specific mechanisms for the implementation of the projects which will form part of the Government’s socio-economic recovery and development programme post-COVID-19.

Transport infrastructure development provides leverage for GDP growth
COVID-19: Daily count rises again to nearly 17,000 in all 63 localities
COVID-19: Daily count rises again to nearly 17,000 in all 63 localities

VOV.VN - The daily number of new coronavirus infections suddenly rose by nearly 2,100 on January 2 to 16,948 in all 63 cities and provinces across the country, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update.

COVID-19: Daily count rises again to nearly 17,000 in all 63 localities