The Ministry of Health has launched a grassroots health information management app, a social network, and an individual health record platform as part of its Ehealth Vietnam Summit 2020 held recently in Hanoi.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat has laid stress on the Party and Government’s policy of building Hoa Lac hi-tech park into a smart ecosystem for science-technology development, contributing to the national socio-economic development.

Doan Le Hoang Tan, 33, deputy director of the Centre for Innovative Materials and Architectures under the Vietnam National University-HCM City, was recently honoured as one of the 10 outstanding young scientists, making him one of the 2020 Golden Globe Award winners.

VOV.VN - With 2020 considered a special year for Vietnam due to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic having a huge impact on all aspects of life, the Party's correct direction and the Government's prompt, effective measures have led the country to bring the pandemic under control.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese customs officers at Ho Chi Minh City's Tan Son Nhat International Airport have found and confiscated 4.72kg of marijuana transported from Canada to Vietnam.

Hanoi has set a target of cutting the number of road and rail accidents next year, especially those caused by drink-driving, by between 5% and 10%.

The tests of all of the 100 samples of imported frozen food in Ho Chi Minh City have turned out negative for the corona virus SARS-CoV-2, the municipal Food Safety Management Authority said on December 30.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced nine imported cases of the coronavirus on Dec. 31, raising the total number of infections in the country to 1,465.

VOV.VN - An estimated 3,002 babies are to be born nationwide on New Year’s Day, according to data collected by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF).

VOV.VN - Thousands of people have been flocking to bus stations throughout Hanoi on December 31 as they are about to return home in order to celebrate New Year’s Eve with their families.

VOV.VN - Temperatures in Sa Pa resort town in northern Lao Cai province plummeted to two degrees Celsius during the early hours of December 31, with weather conditions also bringing a combination of drizzle and frost.

Camera systems have been installed along the border line to monitor and detect the illegal trespassing amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Major General Le Quang Dao, Vice Commander and Chief of Staff of the Border Guard High Command, has revealed.

The number of services provided via the National Public Service Portal has reached 2,700 after four new ones made debut on December 30, expected to help save VND8 trillion (US$346.9 million) each year.

A leader from the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho and Indian Consul General in HCM City Madan Mohan Sethi have expressed a wish to boost bilateral ties across education, health care, and information technology.

A seminar reviewing 70 years of Vietnam – Russia defence training cooperation took place in Hanoi on December 30.

The Party Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education has presented certificates of merit to 30 collectives, including the World News Department of the Vietnam News Agency, and 16 individuals for their outstanding performance in the external information service and communications about seas, islands, and land border.

Workers, especially in industrial zones, are encountering dual challenges amid the COVID-19 pandemic: keeping their job in uncertain times while continuing to demand that their rights and entitlements remain protected, the deputy head of cooperation at the EU Delegation to Vietnam said.

VOV.VN - An additional two imported COVID-19 cases were confirmed on December 30, all of which involved people returning from abroad who had been placed into quarantine, according to information released by the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - A fierce cold snap, widely considered to be the strongest of this winter, struck Hanoi on December 30, forcing the capital’s residents to don an extra layer of clothing as a way of keeping warm amid the chilly conditions.

VOV.VN - A webinar with the theme of “Resources from Motherland” has taken place in an online format with the aim of connecting the Vietnamese start-up eco-system in Australia.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese man has been arrested for being in charge of arranging illegal border crossings for individuals attempting to enter the country by crossing the northern border with China, according to officials of the Chi Ma border gate in the northern province of Lang Son.

VOV.VN - Close to 280 Vietnamese citizens arrived home safe and sound from Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland and Sweden on a repatriation flight conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on December 29-30 as the joint efforts by competent agencies from both Vietnam and the host nations.

Lieut. Gen. Le Phuc Nguyen, former Editor-in-Chief of the Quan doi Nhan dan (People’s Army) newspaper and a former student in Russia, has won first prize in a writing contest about Russia.

A project named “Humanitarian Aid and Post-Flood Recovery in Central Vietnam”, funded by the Dutch Relief Alliance under the Foreign Ministry of the Netherlands, was launched in the central province of Quang Nam on December 29.

ASEAN+3 countries must work together to complete a legal framework for cyber security, looking towards building common ASEAN rules and standards for information security based on voluntary codes of conduct, said Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam.

VOV.VN - As the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, the nation has led the efforts of the ASEAN member states in promoting a response to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the website https://moderndiplomacy.eu/.

VOV.VN - Four of the six Vietnamese people who illegally entered the country from Myanmar have been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

Minister of Public Security General To Lam suggested the Government apply measures to prevent people illegally returning to Vietnam given the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam requested on December 29 that Vietnamese people who have relatives living abroad provide relevant information on the current situation at home and do their upmost to persuade their relatives not to enter the country illegally.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 recorded another COVID-19 patient who is one of the six people illegally entering Vietnam from Myanmar.