VOV.VN - Thousands of people, including organisers, reporters, security officers, and staff working at the ongoing 13th National Party Congress have had their samples taken as part of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) tests following the latest detection of community cases in recent times.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Truong Son has called on localities nationwide to keep vigilance high as the new novel coronavirus (COVID-19) strain first detected in the UK can spread at a rate of over 70% faster than other variants.

VOV.VN - Every achievement and step forward enjoyed by Vietnamese people can be put down to the sound leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), said Sounthone Sayachak, head of the Lao Party Central Committee’s Commission for External Relations, during a recent interview granted to a VOV correspondent in Vientiane.

VOV.VN - The 13th National Party Congress continued discussions on January 29 on matters relating to personnel affairs during the plenary session which is underway in Hanoi.

Deeper integration into the global value chain while developing an increasingly independent and self-controlled economy are both a requirement and a solution to help Vietnam overcome the challenges to realise its goal of rapid and sustainable development, according to Party Central Committee and Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh.

Minister of Science and Technology Huynh Thanh Dat and Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, both of them members of the Party Central Committee, on January 28 called for greater investment in science-technology to push national digital transformation, e-Government, and the digital economy forward.

Ensuring social progress, equality, and welfare, and building a Vietnamese citizenry with characteristics that meet the requirements of the new era are the tasks set for the Ministries of Labour, Invalids and Social affairs, and Culture, Sports and Tourism in the time ahead.

The 13th National Congress marks the strong development of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), affirmed Pathet Lao newspaper of the Lao News Agency (KPL) in a front-page article on January 28.

VOV.VN - A spring festival opened in the Mekong delta province of Can Tho on January 28, two weeks ahead of the Lunar New Year festival, known locally as Tet.

Foreign reporters who could not come to Vietnam to cover the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) due to the COVID-19 pandemic have praised the country’s initiative to allow their online coverage.