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
Saigon Railway Station sees return of passengers to HCM City after Tet
Saigon Railway Station sees return of passengers to HCM City after Tet

VOV.VN - Saigon Railway Station has once again become bustling in recent days, a stark contrast to the deserted scenes during the pre-Tet period as many people choose to head back to Ho Chi Minh City by train.

Saigon Railway Station sees return of passengers to HCM City after Tet
Six dead and three injured as truck plunges off cliff in Gia Lai
Six dead and three injured as truck plunges off cliff in Gia Lai

VOV.VN - A truck carrying a total of nine people plunged off a cliff in Dak Somei - Ha Dong inter-commune route in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai on February 9, resulting in the death of six people and injuring three others.

Six dead and three injured as truck plunges off cliff in Gia Lai
Vietnam receives Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine donated by China
Vietnam receives Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine donated by China

The Ministry of National Defence received 300,000 doses of the Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine presented by the Ministry of National Defence of China at a ceremony held at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi on February 8.

Vietnam receives Vero-Cell COVID-19 vaccine donated by China
Deputy PM orders improved capacity of search, rescue, sovereignty defence
Deputy PM orders improved capacity of search, rescue, sovereignty defence

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh visited the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) on February 8, stressing the need for improving the search, rescue, and sovereignty safeguarding capacity.

Deputy PM orders improved capacity of search, rescue, sovereignty defence
COVID-19: Daily count skyrockets to nearly 22,000 in Vietnam
COVID-19: Daily count skyrockets to nearly 22,000 in Vietnam

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 21,909 new coronavirus infections in all 63 cities and provinces across the country over the past 24 hours, a rise of more than 5,000 cases compared to the previous day, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said in its coronavirus update on February 8.

COVID-19: Daily count skyrockets to nearly 22,000 in Vietnam
Localities asked to complete Abdala vaccine use in February
Localities asked to complete Abdala vaccine use in February

The Ministry of Health has urged the completion of using the Abdala vaccine against COVID-19 in February.

Localities asked to complete Abdala vaccine use in February
National biodiversity strategy to 2030 approved
National biodiversity strategy to 2030 approved

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the national biodiversity strategy to 2030 with a vision towards 2050.

National biodiversity strategy to 2030 approved
Students eager to return to school after months of distance learning
Students eager to return to school after months of distance learning

VOV.VN - Millions of students of various grades across 57 of 63 cities and provinces nationwide returned to school on December 7 after a long period of studying online due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Students eager to return to school after months of distance learning
Apathy could lead to fresh COVID-19 outbreak after Lunar New Year
Apathy could lead to fresh COVID-19 outbreak after Lunar New Year

VOV.VN - Health experts have warned that Vietnam is likely to run a high risk of the SARS-CoV-2 virus spreading rapidly within the local community as citizens are heading back to major cities to work after the Lunar New Year holiday.

Apathy could lead to fresh COVID-19 outbreak after Lunar New Year
Vietnamese “blue beret” soldiers join charity trip in South Sudan
Vietnamese “blue beret” soldiers join charity trip in South Sudan

The level-2 field hospital No.3 of Vietnam engaging in the United Nations peacekeeping mission together with Ghana’s Formed Police Unit (FPU) recently arranged the first charity trip of the year to Bentiu Central Prison in South Sudan.

Vietnamese “blue beret” soldiers join charity trip in South Sudan
Needy Vietnamese nationals abroad to get support to fly home
Needy Vietnamese nationals abroad to get support to fly home

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has requested relevant ministries, agencies and localities to create the best conditions for needy Vietnamese nationals living abroad wishing to fly back to their fatherland.

Needy Vietnamese nationals abroad to get support to fly home
Over 96% of Hanoi workers return to work after Tet holiday
Over 96% of Hanoi workers return to work after Tet holiday

As of 10am on February 7, or the first working day following the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, 90.24 percent of plants in Hanoi had resumed operations, and 96.13 percent of workers had returned to work, according to the Hanoi Federation of Labour.

Over 96% of Hanoi workers return to work after Tet holiday
COVID-19 infections rise to over 16,800 across 62 localities
COVID-19 infections rise to over 16,800 across 62 localities

VOV.VN - A total 16,815 new COVID-19 infections were recorded on February 7 across 61 cities and provinces nationwide, up more than 2,700 from the previous day, according to the latest report compiled by the Ministry of Health.

COVID-19 infections rise to over 16,800 across 62 localities