VOV.VN - Localities in the central region have tightened COVID-19 prevention and control measures, and simultaneously created conditions for residents to return to their hometowns for lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.

VOV.VN - Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced his organisation’s strong support for the Vietnamese Government’s strategy of living safely with COVID-19, giving top priority to protecting people’s health.

VOV.VN - Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has become the first foreign leader to make an official visit to Vietnam from January 8-10 at the invitation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

The Government has issued Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP on the main tasks and solutions for implementing the socio-economic development and State budget plans for 2022.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has decided to donate 1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine to Laos to help the neighbouring country combat the virus.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has lowered its COVID-19 alert level to green – the lowest in the four alert level system adopted by the Ministry of Health – thanks to its encouraging results in combating the virus.

VOV.VN - The prolonged COVID-19 outbreak in Ho Chi Minh City – Vietnam’s largest coronavirus hotspot – is showing signs of abating as the number of hospitalisations is decreasing considerably these days.

The Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) on January 6 presented 6.3 million syringes to the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology to serve the COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - The capital of Hanoi is working out a plan to treat 100,000 COVID-19 infections as the number of new infections is increasing these days, according to Mayor Chu Ngoc Anh.

VOV.VN - The Government should make a greater effort to effectively implement its post-pandemic socio-economic recovery programme, along with strictly controlling inflation and maintaining macroeconomic stability, says Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.