The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has requested COVID-19-hit areas to cancel the organisation of festivals and cultural activities of mass gatherings in an effort to prevent the spread of the pandemic.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé d’Affaires to the UN, reaffirmed Vietnam’s support for a comprehensive political solution led and owned by Libyans on the basis of respecting its independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

Oversea Vietnamese (OVs) living in New York, the US, has expressed belief that the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam will set out judicious decisions to continue to boost Vietnam’s development in the future.

A children’s library named The Dream Plus Library was launched at the Hanoi Library at a ceremony held on January 27.

The Vietnamese sub-committee, as the Vice President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophone (APF) for the 2019-2021 tenure, attended the APF executive board's annual meeting, which convened virtually on January 25.

An art exhibition themed “Spring of the nation” will be organised at the Vietnam National Fine Art Museum in Hanoi to celebrate the 13th National Party Congress, the 91st founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

VOV.VN - The total number of infections in Vietnam rose to 1,549 following the detection of one imported case of COVID-19 from Indonesia, the Ministry of Health said on January 25.

VOV.VN - Boris Komotsky, editor-in-chief of Russian newspaper "The Truth" (Pravda), has stated that providing Vietnam stays firm in maintaining its socialist orientations, the nation will achieve fresh economic successes in the future.

VOV.VN - The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) has been a hot topic among media outlets throughout Southeast Asia in recent times, with the major political event running from January 25 to February 2.

VOV.VN - Four sailors from the Philippines have been rescued following their ship being left adrift at sea since January 23, with the vessel eventually being detected close to Son Ca island.