As many as 110 people, including foreigners, were fined VND300 million (US$13,800) for not wearing masks in Ha Noi’s Hoan Kiem district during the four-day holiday from April 29 to May 2, according to Bui Van Dang, deputy head of the district’s police department.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has decided to give a fine to those who do not don face masks in public places, starting on April 27, in an effort to nip in a bud a possible resurgence of a new coronavirus outbreak in the community.

The authorities in the central province of Thanh Hoa has fined a foreign-funded limited company VND335 million (US$14,527) for its violations of environmental protection regulations.

An art exhibition themed “Spring of the nation” will be organised at the Vietnam National Fine Art Museum in Hanoi to celebrate the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

The buffalo, the zodiac sign for 2021, is the theme of a painting exhibition that opened at the Da Nang Fine Arts Museum in central Da Nang city on January 21.

Vietnam expects to build a national brand for its lacquer art by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Air passengers who do not wear face masks while flying will be fined up to VND3 million each, according to a directive of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV).

The police in Hanoi's Hoan Kiem District and medical staff have started raising public awareness about COVID-19 and fined people that failed to wear face masks in the pedestrian streets.

A collection of 120 paintings and photos on the fights against COVID-19 will be displayed at an exhibition at the Fine Arts Museum in the central city of Da Nang on October 19-25.

Hanoi is striving to expand handicraft export markets for an annual growth of 8% in export turnover under a programme on promoting the city’s industrial development for the 2021-25 period. ​