VOV.VN - The number of 5G subscribers nationwide is expected to reach a figure of 6.3 million by 2025, with the deployment of 5G services anticipated to help Vietnamese mobile service providers increase their annual revenue by US$300 million, according to network equipment provider Cisco.

VOV.VN - As many as 310 Vietnamese citizens were flew home safely from Germany on a flight conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines over the course of two days December 17-18.

Safe housing was hailed as one of the successes of the Green Climate Fund (GCF), a project to improve the resilience of Vietnam’s vulnerable coastal communities to climate change-related impacts, a conference held to review project implementation this year and discuss plans for 2021 heard.

A submarine of the Vietnamese navy rescued a Russian cargo vessel experiencing engine failure around 120 miles northeast of Cam Ranh Bay in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on December 9, said spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

An official from the Ministry of Health’s General Office for Population - Family Planning has emphasised the need to join hands in further supporting and protecting migrants, especially in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has brought the COVID-19 outbreak under control since the virus was detected in late January 2020. Let’s look at the fight against the disease in Vietnam during the past year.

VOV.VN - A spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Dec. 17 that Vietnam is verifying information about the concentration of radiation iodine-129 which is abnormally high in the East Sea, internationally known as the South China Sea.

VOV.VN - The Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Sharifah Norhana Syed Mustaffa on Dec. 17 handed over donations from the Malaysian Government and businesses to help victims of the recent serious flooding in central Vietnam.

Thirty trains and other related components of Hanoi’s Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway have been completely assessed and obtained a certification for technical safety and environmental protection.

A service was held at a martyrs’ cemetery in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on December 17 to rebury the remains of 262 Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in Cambodia during wartime.

VOV.VN - The cumulative number of coronavirus infections in Vietnam has increased to 1,407 after two more imported cases were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on Dec. 17.

VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes initiatives that contribute to the rational, equitable and sustainable management and use of the Mekong River’s water resources.

VOV.VN - The Japanese Government is set to establish a fund worth approximately U$2.4 billion in support of smart-city projects to be undertaken by Japanese firms in Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, according to business news publication Nikkei Asia.

VOV.VN - The first trio of volunteers were injected with Nano Covax, the first Made-in-Vietnam novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, on Dec. 17 at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi.

The People’s Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City on December 16 commenced legal proceedings against Tat Thanh Cang, former permanent vice secretary of the municipal Party Committee, to investigate for “violations of regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses”.

The The Gioi (World) Publishing House and the Vietnam-France Friendship Association held an event on December 17 to introduce the book titled “La Campagne Ho Chi Minh au cœur de Paris" (The Ho Chi Minh Campaign in the Heart of Paris).

A photo book on Vietnam’s war to defend its northern border in 1979 by photographer Tran Manh Thuong has recently been introduced to the public.

Thirty-two international organisations have donated some US$25 million for people affected by natural disasters in Vietnam’s central region this year, heard at a conference held on December 16.

BASF Virtual Lab, an online platform that allows children to do a variety of interactive chemistry experiments, has added two experiments in Vietnamese.

The Vietnam Register Authority under the Ministry of Transport announced it has completed the assessment and issued technical safety and environmental protection certification for 13 trains and other related components of the Cat Linh-Ha Dong urban railway, Hanoi’s long-delayed first metro project.

VOV.VN - First human trials of Made-in-Vietnam for COVID-19 are set to begin at the Military Medical Academy in Hanoi on December 17.

VOV.VN - Chung Ang University (CAU)’s Hospital, in collaboration with Doosan Vina Heavy Industry (DoosanVina) of the Republic of Korea, donated two packages of medical equipment on December 16 to the central province of Quang Ngai.

VOV.VN - Local people have been donning extra coats and lighting bonfires throughout the capital amid temperatures falling to close to freezing.

VOV.VN - As many as 200 people have registered to participate in clinical trials for the locally-produced Nanocovax vaccine, with screening underway to select 60 people aged between 18 and 50 for the first phase, said Nguyen Ngo Quang, deputy director of the Department of Science, Technology and Training under the Ministry of Health on December 16.

VOV.VN - National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines in coordination with Vietnamese competent agencies and those from over 30 nations across Europe, Africa and South America conducted a repatriation flight on December 15-16 to bring home close to 350 Vietnamese citizens left stranded overseas due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Protecting and promoting human rights in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic was discussed at a workshop jointly held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Hanoi on December 15.

The Presidium of the central board of the Committee for Solidarity of Vietnamese Catholics (CSVC) convened a meeting in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on December 15 to discuss a draft agenda for the upcoming plenary session of the committee, and a draft report on the central board’s performance in 2020 and orientations for 2021.

VOV.VN - All five Vietnamese students competing in the International distributed Physics Olympiad (IdPhO 2020) have won medals, including four silvers and one bronze, following the conclusion of the event.

VOV.VN - A photo exhibition opened in Bali, Indonesia, on December 15 in both an online and offline form to mark the 65th anniversary of Vietnam-Indonesia diplomatic relations.

VOV.VN - With Vietnam being considered one of the world’s safe nations it is currently doing well in terms of public health in relating to novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and treatment activities in three phases, before, during, and after the pandemic.