VOV.VN - A countdown has been launched for Earth Hour 2021 due to take place on March 27 to encourage local people to turn off lights in support of nature, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 23 launched a tree planting campaign in the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang which is a former revolutionary base.

The marine economy has become key to Vietnam's economic structure and exploitation of the country's seas and islands has created a new driving force for development amid deep international integration, experts have said.

The Prime Minister has recently promulgated the national product development programme to 2030.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Thailand recently presented a haul of 18,000 medical masks to the Vietnamese community in Thailand to help them deal with the complicated nature of COVID-19 developments in the country.

VOV.VN - Finland will provide more than US$100 million for public investment projects in Vietnam, starting from 2021, under a bilateral Framework Agreement on the use of Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF) backed and guaranteed by the Finnish Government.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked ministries and People’s Committees of centrally-run cities and provinces to step up the implementation of programmes and tasks on air quality control.

VOV.VN - British Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam Marcus Winsley says that Vietnam can be viewed as a nation full of determination, with the UK hoping that the country shows the world its high level of commitment in tackling common challenges.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has recently warned its citizens not to travel to places that have confirmed cases of the latest novel coronavirus (COVID-19) variant, with the next strain thought to be up to 70% more transmissible.

VOV.VN - The United States Embassy in Hanoi hosted an inauguration ceremony for a mural painting at the American Club in Hanoi on January 15 amid the presence of US Ambassador to Vietnam Daniel Kritenbrink.