Many spring festivals in the capital city of Hanoi will be halted as it is applying COVID-19 preventive measures.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the Ministry of Education and Training to consider reopening school to children nationwide at the earliest possible time after months of closure due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Dragon fruit businesses of Binh Thuan, Long An and Tien Giang are due to attend an online conference jointly hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in India and the Ministry of Industry and Trade to promote the export of this fruit to India.

VOV.VN - A senior Government official in charge of tourism suggested Vietnam should fully reopen the door to international tourism in April 2022 in order to speed up its ongoing tourism recovery.

The first meeting of chiefs of delegations (CDM) to the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) took place in Hanoi on January 18.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health confirmed the detection of 16,838 positive COVID-19 cases in 63 cities and provinces across the nation on January 18, thereby raising the total during the current wave tally to over two million.

VOV.VN - The export turnover of local enterprises based in Ho Chi Minh City grew by just 1%, with the major export markets experiencing a decline in turnover due to the COVID-19 pandemic last year, according to figures given by Ho Chi Minh City’s Department of Industry and Trade.

VOV.VN - The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and five international investment funds have expanded their funding package into the Southeast Asia Commercial Joint Stock Bank (SeABank), raising it from US$150 million to US$220 million.

VOV.VN - Developing logistics in order to facilitate export businesses was a recommendation made by businesses at a seminar held on January 18 to discuss solving difficulties faced by import-export enterprises and ways to boost trade facilitation amid COVID-19.

Ambassador of Israel to Vietnam Nadav Ashca spoke highly of Vietnam’s successful response to COVID-19 during a recent interview with the Vietnam News Agency, saying he is impressed to see the significant growth in the trade volume between the two countries over the last two years.