VOV.VN - Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium will open its doors to vaccinated football fans when Vietnam are to take on Japan and Saudi Arabia as part of the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifiers next month.

VOV.VN - Foreign holidaymakers who have been fully vaccinated, recovered from COVID-19 at least six months and undergone a negative COVID-19 test are allowed to visit a number of major tourist attractions in Vietnam on a trial basis.

VOV.VN - The nation temporarily recognizes vaccine passports from 72 countries and territories, and is in the process of discussing with nearly 80 other partners about the recognition of each other's vaccine passports.

VOV.VN - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc presented ambassadorial appointment decisions on October 21 at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi to eight diplomats for the 2021 to 2024 term, detailing their tasks in Europe, Southern Europe, and Central Asia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese travel operators have revealed that tens of thousands of Russian tourists have booked tours to travel to the nation, according to Vietnamese news website Zing news.

Localities with high vaccination rates may consider stopping the "three-on-the-spot" production model, said Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on October 20.

While Vietnam is not out of the woods yet, it has enough pull factors to encourage investors to continue their business operations and even move their manufacturing operations to the country, according to Vietnam Briefing.

VOV.VN - Relevant agencies in Bac Ninh province, a former coronavirus hotspot in the north, have scrambled to cordon off residential areas in Que Vo district for contact tracing and testing after a cluster of COVID-19 infections were detected.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health on October 19 received a batch of 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 test kits donated by the Hungarian Government to help Vietnam combat COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City, the largest coronavirus hotspot in Vietnam, has yet to inoculate its children aged 12 to 17 against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, said Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the HCM City Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control at a press briefing on October 18.