A Vietnamese person consumed an average of 1.3 liters of wine and beer per month in 2020, higher than the 0.9 liter in 2018, despite the COVID-19 outbreak, according to the General Statistics Office.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 24 suggested establishing a COVID-19 vaccine fund to mobilise resources for the country’s vaccine strategy.

Bus companies, railway and airline firms have been struggling to survive amid the impacts of COVID-19 for a year and a half.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Huynh Kim Duyen is due to be the next contestant to represent Vietnam at the Miss Universe 2021 pageant scheduled to take place in Costa Rica this December.

Foreign news agencies and media outlets on May 23 ran articles highlighting Vietnam’s elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for the 2021-2026 term, which were declared to be a success despite complex developments of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam is among the top ten countries, where expats feel so happy to live amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from CNBC, a leading US news agency for business.

VOV.VN - The infection tally of Vietnam's fourth coronavirus wave rose to 2,164 after an additional 129 new COVID-19 cases of local transmission were confirmed by the Ministry of Health on May 23.

Vietnam has made considerable progress in promoting gender equality, which is shown in areas of education, employment and women’s engagement in the country’s political life, Moroccan Ambassador to Vietnam Jamale Chouaibi has said.

VOV.VN - The S&P Global Ratings has maintained the country’s sovereign credit rating and moved to improve the nation’s economic outlook to 'positive' from 'stable'.

Endar T.D. Retnoastuti, a member of the Indonesia-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, has emphasised the significance of the upcoming general elections to the Vietnamese National Assembly, especially amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.