VOV.VN - The country is poised to get the second part of human trials for the COVIVAX novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine underway in early January, with the vaccine notable for being developed locally by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC).

VOV.VN - As a responsible member state of the international community the nation is ready to co-operate with other countries in the fight against the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).

Amid difficulties caused by diseases and natural disasters, social and health insurance policies, Vietnam’s major social security policies, have been effectively implemented, said an official at a conference held on January 14.

VOV.VN - The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) presented personal protective equipment aimed at helping elderly people combat the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) to the Social Protection Department under the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs on January 14 in Hanoi.

VOV.VN - Delegates attending the 13th National Party Congress will have two samples taken as part of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) testing which will run from January 18 to January 23 in Hanoi.

The Yen Phong 1 Industrial Park in northern Bac Ninh province has become the first park in Vietnam to gain access to the 5G telecom network, with the new technology launched onsite by Viettel on January 14.

VOV.VN - Only Vietnamese citizens who are left stranded overseas due to COVID-19 but have urgent needs for returning to the homeland will be considered for repatriation from now till the Lunar New Year holiday (Tet).

Vietnam has recently taken various measures to protect citizens abroad, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular meeting on January 14.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) on January 14 confirmed an additional 10 coronavirus cases returning from overseas, bringing the country’s tally of coronavirus infections to 1,531.

The HCM City Department of Transport has asked the municipal People's Committee to approve five new subsidized electric-bus routes that will be operated by Vingroup and run on a pilot basis for 24 months.

VOV.VN - Police operating at the Cau Treo international border gate in Ha Tinh province have arrested a Vietnamese citizen allegedly smuggling a large quantity of drugs from Laos into Vietnam.

The British Council said on January 13 it has launched the GREAT scholarship programme for sustainable development for students from five countries, including Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese doctors have successfully completed the country’s first-ever pelvis transplant on a patient suffering from bone cancer.

The Australia Renewable Energy Agency has granted aid worth AUD1 million (US$750,000) for a new-generation solar cell development project of a research team headed by Vietnamese national Dr. Nguyen Trong Hieu from the Australia National University (ANU).

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.