VOV.VN - The local garment and textile sector is targeting an export turnover of US$39 billion this year, marking increases of 11.2% and 0.2% compared to 2020 and 2019, respectively, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS).

VOV.VN - As many as 94 COVID-19 patients in Ho Chi Minh City died on December 6, the highest figure recorded in the city over two months, according to the municipal Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

VOV.VN - The Hanoi Department of Education and Training on December 5 changed its plan on face-to-face learning for high school students due to the complicated nature of the COVID-19 outbreak locally.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister released a telegram on December 4 requesting ministries, agencies and localities to tighten COVID-19 prevention and control measures against the possible spread of the mutated variant Omicron in the country.

VOV.VN - Authorities have moved to lock down a building of the Central Maternity Hospital in downtown Hanoi after 15 people tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus on December 3.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi will mobilise all resourses and fully tap into its available development potential in a bid to secure economic growth of between 7% and 7.5% next year, said Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh at the Municipal Party Committee’s year-end meeting on December 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 11,132 new coronavirus infections in 61 out of 63 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, an increase of 827 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in its coronavirus update on November 23.

VOV.VN - Vietnam sent a total of 43,584 workers abroad during the initial 10 months of the year, representing 48.42% of the yearly plan, according to the Department of Overseas Labour under the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

The first Vietnamese digital platform for retail necessities named G Market multi-function market was launched in Ho Chi Minh City on November 21.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s coming visit to Japan, slated for Nov. 22-25, is to realize the two countries’ free trade agreement commitments, according to Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam.