A photo book about Vietnamese islands and seas has been published to help younger generations better understand the Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

The Border Guard Command of Vietnam's central Quang Binh province and the Military Command and police of the Lao province of Khammouane on January 13 looked into border defence, entry and exit management, and the COVID-19 fight.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has ordered ministries, sectors and localities to thoroughly review COVID-19 prevention and control measures and scenarios ahead of the 13th National Party Congress scheduled to take place from January 25 to February 2.

All Vietnamese people who joined a survey in December last year said that they fully support and give the Vietnamese Government approval on how it had worked to control the pandemic, according the Bangkok-based ScandAsia magazine.

VOV.VN - A 27-year-old Vietnamese woman entering Moc Bai International border gate was the only COVID-19 case recorded in the nation, the Ministry of Health reported on January 13.

VOV.VN - Border forces operating in Dien Bien province have moved to strengthen patrols and border control amid the current cold spell in order to prevent illegal exit and entry to the country amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

VOV.VN - A group of three volunteers are scheduled to receive their second shot of the 25mcg dose of the local novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine Nanocovax on January 14 as part of ongoing human trials, according to the Military Medical Academy.

VOV.VN - Despite it being over 50 years since the United States stopped spraying Agent Orange (AO) throughout various parts of Vietnam, people are still suffering from the severe hereditary defects caused by the chemical to this day, according to a recent article published by German daily newspaper Frankfurter Rundschau (FR).

VOV.VN - The nation has shown an effective response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, even when there was no vaccine available, wrote Helge Berger, assistant director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s Asia and Pacific Department, in an article recently published on Indian online newspaper ThePrint.

VOV.VN - The capital is set to test all of the 100 samples of imported food for SARS-CoV-2 in order to ensure safety for local people during the upcoming 13th National Party Congress, according to Khong Minh Tuan, deputy director of the Hanoi Center for Disease Control (CDC).

VOV.VN - Vietnamese architect Vo Trong Nghia and his colleagues bagged a silver medal in the environmental design category at the DFA Design for Asia Awards after their efforts to build an environmentally-friendly home in Ho Chi Minh City.

Ho Chi Minh City will limit the construction of new residential high-rises in districts 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and Phu Nhuan, under a housing development plan for the 2021-2030 period.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on January 12 confirmed five more coronavirus cases who are Vietnamese citizens returning from abroad.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will rapidly develop into an information and communication technology (ICT) hub providing that the ongoing “Make-in-Vietnam” strategy is successfully implemented, according to Minister of Information and Communication Nguyen Manh Hung.

VOV.VN - Border forces stationed in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau have worked hard against the freezing cold to stop illegal entry into the country and hold the COVID-19 virus at bay in the community ahead of the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations has called on foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to fund sustainable development projects which remain in need of assistance in the city and in Vietnam as well.

The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City announced on January 11 that it had approved the Investigation Security Agency’s decision to begin legal proceedings against a 28-year-old flight attendant, who is COVID-19 Patient No. 1,342, for “spreading contagious disease to others”.

VOV.VN - More than 200 cattle, including buffaloes and cows, have died over the past two days due to the severe cold spell which has hit northern Vietnam.

The Cabinet has approved an action plan on manpower production and development, with an emphasis on seven career fields connected with the growth of Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) project.

VOV.VN - Two Russian citizens were confirmed to have tested negative for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) on January 12, two days after initially relapsing.

The number of people voluntarily joining the social insurance network has grown by 750,000 over the last two years, three times higher than a decade ago, heard an online conference held by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on January 11 to introduce tasks for 2021.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) stands ready to support its Indonesian counterpart with regard to the recent plane crash, said CAAV leader.

Vietnam was one out of 30 countries applying the multidimensional poverty reduction criteria during 2015-20.

The authorities of the northern province of Hoa Binh on January 11 held a ceremony to rebury remains of 23 martyrs who laid down their lives during the anti-French resistance war in a martyrs’ cemetery in Luong Son district’s Trung Son commune.

Two Russians have tested positive for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 again after they were given the all-clear and completed quarantine on January 7.

VOV.VN - A 57-year-old Polish expert entering Vietnam from Qatar became the latest imported case of COVID-19 in the country, the Ministry of Health reported on January 11.

VOV.VN - A group of three volunteers are set to receive the first shot of a 75mcg dose of the Nanocovax vaccine on January 18, the highest quantity of the vaccine which will be trialed on participants.

VOV.VN - Temperatures in the northern mountainous province of Yen Bai dropped to as low as three degrees Celsius on January 11, causing frost to negatively impact the daily lives of local residents.

VOV.VN - The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently handed out 6,903 dignity kits to the Central Committee of the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) as a means of supporting women and girls who are at risk of violence in the country’s five flood-hit central provinces.

VOV.VN - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the nation among the countries with the highest rate of cancer fatalities and new cancer cases worldwide.