The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) welcomes the Vietnamese Government’s plan to reopen schools at all levels after closures for months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, UNICEF Representative in Vietnam Rana Flowers has said.

The Ministry of Information and Communications has approved a programme promoting the development and use of national digital platforms serving digital transformation and building of e-Government, digital economy and digital society.

VOV.VN - The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City announced that 4,850 businesses in the southern city resumed operations in January, a year-on-year rise of 36.3% and up roughly 500% compared to the previous month.

The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.

VOV.VN - It remains imperative to focus on prioritising pandemic prevention and control measures to ensure people enjoy Tet in a safe, healthy, joyful, exciting, and economical manner, whilst also doing well with social welfare efforts to leave no one behind.

VOV.VN - Along with having to register for service provision activities in Vietnam, e-commerce exchanges must establish representative offices or appoint their authorised representatives in the country.

VOV.VN - In support of the Vietnam Government’s aspiring climate goals and COP26 commitment to become a net zero economy by 2050, HSBC Vietnam has announced its commitment to arranging US$12 billion of direct and indirect sustainable financing for Vietnam and corporate sector in Vietnam by 2030.

A national conference was held in central Da Nang city on January 17 to look into the continued promotion of judicial reform to serve the building and completion of a law-governed socialist state of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF), at its annual conference on January 8-9, approved VFF Vice President Tran Quoc Tuan’s nomination to take the helm of the national football governing body till the coming 9th VFF Congress.

The Government Office has issued a document regarding Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam’s guideline on the supply of medical oxygen for the treatment of COVID-19 patients.