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.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently signed off a national action programme for children for 2021 - 2030, aiming to ensure the realisation of children’s rights and their all-round development and create a safe, healthy, and friendly living environment for them.

VOV.VN - With white snow falling on many roads throughout Y Ty commune in Bat Xat district of the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, local residents were reminded of beautiful images of Europe, although this was the first time in living memory that snow has come to the area.

A group of university students recently invented QQueue - an app that allows patients to virtually wait in line, reducing waiting time and the chance of groups gathering in public spaces.

The Hanoi People’s Court has decided to open a first-instance trial on January 22 against 12 defendants on the charge of violating regulations on investment in construction works, causing serious consequences at a petrochemical and bio-fuel plant project in the northern province of Phu Tho.

After telecoms carriers conducted commercial 5G trials in big cities like Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, many provinces have sent recommendations to the Ministry of Information and Communications to allow the carriers to deploy 5G in their urban areas, industrial zones and key areas.

How to improve air quality was the main topic of a seminar held in Hanoi on January 9 within the framework of a clean air project supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese woman returning from Japan has been infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing the country’s total number of coronavirus infections to 1,514, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved a proposal by several ministries to restrict inbound flight numbers from now till the lunar New Year holiday (Tet) due to the emergence of the new COVID-19 variant.

VOV.VN - Northern Vietnam will continue to have freezing temperaturea in the coming days as another cold front is expected to hit the region.

Vietnam spent a total of VND12.6 trillion (US$545 million) on bomb and mine detection and clearance during the 2010-2020 period, the Standing Office of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance and Toxic Chemicals revealed at its conference in Hanoi on January 8.

VOV.VN - About 10 people were injured on January 9 after a man lost control, driving his car into a makeshift market in Thuy Nguyen district, Hai Phong city of northern Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 8 told 2020 International Olympiad winners to study hard to ‘improve themselves and pursue the career they love’.

Vietnam develops a sound legal framework to promote gender equality, according to Naomi Kitahara, UNFPA Representative in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - An Austrian expert is among three people who have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, the Ministry of Health (MoH) said on January 8.

The Government recently issued Decree No. 152 featuring regulations on foreigners working in Vietnam and the recruitment and management of Vietnamese working for foreign organisations and individuals in the country.

The Vietnamese Government Office and the Embassy of Japan in Vietnam on January 8 co-hosted an online seminar entitled “Sharing Experience and New Policies of Japan to Promote e-Government, towards Digital Government” in Hanoi.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) plans to offer over 12,000 packages of Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor households and welfare facilities at a total cost of over VND14 billion (US$606,519), according to Vice President of the VFF Central Committee Truong Thi Ngoc Anh.

A strong cold spell engulfed the entire northern Vietnam on January 8 and expanded to the north central and central regions, causing medium to heavy rains in several areas, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Health has ordered stricter implementation of anti-pandemic measures at ports.

The Central Executive Board of the Hoa Hao Buddhist Sangha held a ceremony in the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on January 7 to mark the 101st birthday of the founder of Hoa Hao Buddhism, Huynh Phu So.

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has rolled out various measures to improve air quality amidst the alarming pollution level in the city in recent days.

Hanoi’s localities must tighten supervision of people arriving from abroad and fix loopholes in regulations at quarantine facilities, in a bid to prevent community transmissions of COVID-19 at all costs, Vice Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung has said.

VOV.VN - Heavy frosts set in up Mau Son Mountain Peak in the northern mountainous province of Lang Son early on January 8 as the ongoing cold spell caused local temperatures to drop to minus 1 degree Celsius.

VOV.VN - The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic cast a long shadow over the tourism industry in 2020, causing it to fall short of ambitious targets set for the year.

VOV.VN - Doctors of the Hanoi-based Central Hospital of Tropical Diseases are considering applying the ECMO therapy for a COVID-19 patient who is suffering from severe pneumonia.

VOV.VN - Vietnam confirmed four fresh imported COVID-19 cases on January 7, raising the total number of infections to 1,509, according to the Ministry of Health.