The Project on Accelerating Multi-dimensional Poverty Reduction and Socio-economic Development in Ethnic Minority Areas 2020-2025 (SEDEMA) was signed in Hanoi on Dec. 21.

Fifty foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Vietnam have received the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO)'s certificate of merit for their active contributions during 2020.

Bien Dong Petroleum Operating Company (Biendong POC) has set a Guinness Vietnam record by organising flag-salute ceremonies at the farthest oil and gas platform from the mainland.

A delegation led by Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Vu Quang Minh offered incense to fallen soldiers at the Vietnam - Cambodia Friendship Monument in Phnom Penh on December 21.

Japanese precision chemistry firm Fujifilm Corp. is planning to expand its production facilities in Vietnam to make SARS-CoV-2 antigen test kits to serve the global markets.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese boat crew member returning from Ukraine has been diagnosed with the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing Vietnam’s tally of coronavirus infections to 1,414.

VOV.VN - Branches of peach and soft pink peach blossoms have gone on sale at Quang An flower market in Tay Ho district of Hanoi, signaling the arrival of the festive period in the lead up to the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines on Dec. 20-21 conducted two flights to bring home nearly 700 Vietnamese citizens left stranded in Japan and the Republic of Korea due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has witnessed an overall decline in terms of the number of traffic accidents occurring over the past year, leaving 6,180 people dead and a further 9,959 people injured in such incidents. However, traffic collisions have still led to a number of catastrophic consequences during the year.

VOV.VN - Frost appeared to cover the peak of Fansipan mountain in Sa Pa tourist resort of northern Lao Cai province on Dec. 21 morning following the outdoor temperature dropping to below zero degrees Celsius.

More hospitals in Vietnam have begun using high technologies for digital transformation, which is expected to radically reform the healthcare sector.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan spoke highly of efforts by the central province of Quang Nam in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and successive natural calamities, during her visit to the province on December 20.

VOV.VN - Tropical storm Krovanh, the 14th of its kind to hit the East Sea this year, is moving towards the southernmost province of Ca Mau and is likely to weaken when it heads closer to the southern coast.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese leisure airline Bamboo Airways on Dec. 20 conduced a flight to bring home more than 240 Vietnamese citizens stranded in Singapore due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Social work has developed greatly at hospitals around the country, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son told a recent conference to review the last 10 years of its development held in HCM City.

A high-ranking delegation led by Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh extended Christmas greetings to the Hanoi Archdiocese and the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) on December 20.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on December 20 confirmed a further two new cases of COVID-19 imported into Vietnam, with one coming from Russia and one from Ukraine, bringing the national tally to 1,413.

A newly-found Swinhoe’s Softshell Turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) at Dong Mo lake in Hanoi's Son Tay district is good news for turtle conservation worldwide this year, representing the opportunity for Vietnam's to save this rare species of turtle.

Conglomerate VinGroup on December 20 launched the first Vietnamese-initiated international science-technology award named VinFuture Prize, which is among the annual awards with the highest prize money pool of the world.

A society of Vietnamese intellectuals in the UK and Ireland (VIS-UK) was established during a virtual inaugural conference held on December 19.

VOV.VN - The Central Steering Committee on Disaster Prevention and Control hold an urgent meeting on December 20 in Hanoi to discuss a range of solutions to respond to a tropical depression that strengthened into a storm, the 14th to hit the East Sea this year, with international name of Krovanh.

The trial on such frequency band is conducted from December 16, 2020 to June 30, 2021 in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, the two major cities of Vietnam.

Vice President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh visited and extended Christmas and New Year greetings to the Evangelical Church of Vietnam (South) and its President, Pastor Thai Phuoc Truong, in Ho Chi Minh City on December 19.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has instructed the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to provide seeds free of charge to four central provinces hard hit by flood this year, to help the localities restore agricultural production.

The Vietnam–France Friendship Association, a member of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO), celebrated its 65th founding anniversary (July 2, 1955 – 2020) in a Hanoi ceremony on December 19.

A cleft lip and palate surgery programme kicked off in Dak Lak province on December 18, expected to benefit children with the deformities in seven provinces in the central and Central Highlands regions.

VOV.VN - Areas throughout northern Vietnam are forecast to endure a significant cold period over the weekend, with temperatures throughout the region plunging to as low as 11 degrees Celsius from December 19 to December 20.

VOV.VN - The ASEAN Disability Forum (ADF) took place virtually on December 18 with a specific focus on protecting social security for persons with disabilities (PWDs) during and after the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

VOV.VN - The nation’s human development index (HDI) value for 2019 stood at 0.704, thereby putting the country in the high human development category and earning it a position of 117th out of 189 nations and territories globally.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Tran Thanh Man on December 18 extended his Christmas greetings to Catholics and Protestants across the country.