The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee in Ho Chi Minh City on April 12 received over VND34 billion (US$1.47 million) from businesses, local residents and overseas Vietnamese to buy COVID-19 vaccines.

A meeting was held at the headquarters of the Communist Review in Hanoi on March 30 to collect local voters’ opinions about Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, who is nominated to represent the capital in the 15th National Assembly (NA).

Ho Chi Minh City’s Fatherland Front organised a second consultative conference on March 18 on the list of candidates for the upcoming elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly (NA) for the 2021-2026 tenure, where consensus was reached.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City must purchase a further five million doses of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine as it needs a total of 18 million doses, with the expected allocation by the Ministry of Health set to not be enough, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

The pilot organisation of urban administration in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang and the special mechanisms and policies for the development of Da Nang were discussed at a meeting of standing Government members in Hanoi on March 1.

Self-nominated candidates will have opportunities to secure a seat in the National Assembly - the country’s most powerful agency - in the upcoming election slated for May 23, said Hau A Lenh, Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee.

VOV.VN - The country’s northern provinces are set to endure a cold snap with foggy and drizzly conditions on March 2, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

VOV.VN - The nation’s northern region is forecast to endure a fresh cold front from February 27 to February 28, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Some 8.55 million poor and near poor people, AO/dioxin victims and disadvantaged workers nationwide have enjoyed a warmer traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday since they received support worth more than VND6.11 trillion (US$265.24 million) through the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) at all levels and trade unions.

VOV.VN - After enjoying a period of warm weather over the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet, the northern region is set to experience a new cold spell accompanied by drizzle from February 16, or the fifth day of the first lunar month.