VOV.VN - 2021 represented an especially tough year for the entire world, including Vietnam, following the resurgence of new variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus which dealt a heavy blow to business production and negatively impacted people’s life.

VOV.VN - Vietnam recorded a further 17,000 new COVID-19 cases on December 30, representing an increase of 3,107 from the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health.

Rice production is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture, and how to reduce the emissions while still ensuring food security and raising farmers’ income in the Mekong Delta is now a hard nut to crack to many.

VOV.VN - The nation’s target of recording GDP growth of between 6% and 6.5% next year is entirely feasible, providing it can effectively control COVID-19 and ensure supply-demand balance, according to Jacques Morisset, lead economist and programme leader for the World Bank (WB) in Vietnam.

Three passengers from Vietnam found to be infected by coronavirus after arriving in Hong Kong were infected with the Delta variant, not Omicron, the Health Ministry said on December 14.

A scientific workshop was held both online and offline in Hanoi on December 10 discussing ways to tap the potential and advantages of the Mekong Delta in the new context for the region's rapid and sustainable development.

VOV.VN - The Mekong Connect 2021 forum is set to take place in Ho Chi Minh City for the first time on December 17, according to a press conference held on December 10 and co-hosted by the municipal Department of Industry and Trade and the Business Association of High Quality Vietnamese Goods.

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau is working hard to deal with shortcomings and limitations as recommended by the European Commission (EC), relating to the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Ke Sach district in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang recently shipped four tonnes of star apples to the United Sates, according to Nguyen Thanh Phuoc, head of the province's Plant Protection and Cultivation Sub-department.

VOV.VN - Although no Omicron cases have been reported in Vietnam, experts say the local health sector should be highly vigilant against the super-mutated variant that is spreading to a number of countries and territories globally.