Vietnam expects to build a national brand for its lacquer art by 2030 under a project recently approved by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

VOV.VN - Qualifying matches in the group stage of the 31st Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2021 featuring the participation of the Vietnamese U22 men’s football team will take place at Viet Tri stadium in the northern province of Phu Tho.

Politburo member and Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has suggested that the northern midland province of Phu Tho turn tourism into a spearhead economic sector by enhancing the added value and quality of services and diversifying tourism products.

VOV.VN - The leading 15 entrants from the northern region who will progress to the grand final of Miss Vietnam 2020 have been announced, with the conclusion of the pageant scheduled to get underway in late November in Ho Chi Minh City.

Authorities of the northern province of Phu Tho and the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) put into operation an Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC) at a ceremony on August 30.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on August 20 morning reported one more fresh case of COVID-19, who is a 87-year-old man came to Hanoi from the northern province of Phu Tho for medical examination, taking the national infection tally to 994.

VOV.VN - Lockdown measures were placed on the E Hospital in Hanoi on the evening of August 19 following the detection of an individual who tested positive for the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) after travelling to the capital from neighbouring Phu Tho.