VOV.VN - The Health Ministry reported the detection of a further 16,378 positive COVID-19 cases on January 15, with Hanoi continuing to record the highest number of local infections at 2,810.

VOV.VN - The Health Ministry confirmed the detection of a further 16,040 new COVID-19 cases on January 14 across 62 localities nationwide, pushing the tally during the ongoing wave to 1,985,320.

VOV.VN - The updated climate change scenarios and the national climate assessment report were released at a workshop held on January 14 by the Vietnam Institute of Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

VOV.VN - A total of 16,135 COVID-19 infections were confirmed by the Ministry of Health across 60 localities nationwide on January 12, with Hanoi remaining the locality recording the highest number of infections at 2,948.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade said on January 10 that China’s Guangxi province officially resumed customs clearance at border gates and border crossings in its Dongxing city bordering Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province, including bridges Bac Luan 1 and Bac Luan 2, and pontoon bridge Km 3+4.

VOV.VN - A total of 14,818 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed by the Health Ministry on January 11, including 9,396 detected in the community, marking a drop of 968 from the previous day.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has voiced his hope that the public security ministries of both Vietnam and Laos will continue to uphold tradition and augment closer co-operation in dealing with strategic issues and combating cyber and drug crimes.

VOV.VN - The past two years has seen the number of Vietnamese people going to work abroad fall due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

VOV.VN - At the end of the third quarter of 2021, Vietnam had 28.2 million people aged 15 years and older whose employment was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rate of underemployed people among working age people in the first quarter saw the highest increase for 10 years.