Vietnam has moved up four places to rank 79th in the United Nations-sponsored World Happiness Report 2021 which was released on March 19.

VOV.VN - Local photographer Ninh Manh Thang has won a gold medal and received an honourable mention in the child category of the Three Country Grand Circuit 2020 international photo contest.

The Vietnamese Government has made a great success in advancing gender equality, and the UN Women has accompanied the Government in the work, Elisa Fernandez Saenz, Country Representative of UN Women in Vietnam, has said.

The resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, adopted at the event’s closing session on February 1 morning, targets that Vietnam will become a socialist-oriented developed country by the mid-21st century.

VOV.VN - It is anticipated that the Vietnamese economy will enjoy spectacular growth over the coming 15 years, rising from the world’s 37th largest economy this year to 19th position by 2035, according to figures compiled by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR).

VOV.VN - Vietnam on December 27 registered another coronavirus infection, a Vietnamese returnee from the United States, according to the Ministry of Health.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on Dec. 25 confirmed six more imported cases of COVID-19, including a Brazilian expert, taking the country’s tally of coronavirus infections to 1,439.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Vietnam on December 22 signed a 5 million USD grant agreement, funded by the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Initiative (We-Fi), to support Vietnamese women-led small and medium-sized enterprises (WSMEs) whose access to finance has been weakened because of COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Looking ahead, Vietnam’s prospects appear positive as the economy is projected to grow by about 6.8% in 2021 and, thereafter, stabilize at around 6.5%, according to the latest World Bank’s economic update for Vietnam “Taking Stock” released on December 21.

VOV.VN - Four Vietnamese citizens returning from overseas have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus, bringing the national tally of coronavirus infections to 1,381, the Ministry of Health announced on December 9.