The EU and the French Development Agency (AFD) signed several agreements on December 1 to fund a project on improving urban infrastructure to mitigate climate change impact in four coastal provinces in north central Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations (HUFO) on December 1 hosted a get-together to mark the 102nd National Day of Romania (December 1, 1918 – 2020).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 1 decided to suspend all commercial flights to Vietnam, except for flights to repatriate Vietnamese citizens stranded overseas due to COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 1 asked Ho Chi Minh City to take tougher measures to halt the SARS-CoV-2 virus from spreading to the wider community after four local cases were detected.

The first-instance trial of the case on the theft of confidential State documents involving former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung will open on December 11 behind closed doors, the Hanoi People’s Court has announced.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc affirmed the nation’s readiness to boost closer coordination with other nations in containing the COVID-19 pandemic during his phone talks with his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte on November 30.

The Rencontres du Vietnam, a non-profit organisation and an official partner of UNESCO, is organising the 8th Vietnam Summer School of Science (VSSS) at the International Centre for Interdisciplinary Science Education (ICISE) in the central province of Binh Dinh.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Switzerland has recently chaired the fourth meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB) in 2020.

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) edged down 0.01% month-on-month in November on the back of weakening global fuel prices and declining electricity and water prices in the country, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The 2021 Lunar New Year holiday in Vietnam will last from February 10 to 16, according to the Prime Minister’s decision.