VOV.VN - A livestream gala which will be the highlight of the Mottainai programme is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. on December 12 and will be broadcast on the website of the Vietnamese Women online newspaper at phunuvietnam.vn, aiming to raise funds to assist child victims of traffic accidents.

The Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange/Dioxin (VAVA) has raised more than VND1.5 trillion (US$64.44 million) in the last five years to support victims, according to association Vice President Dang Nam Dien.

VOV.VN - Nearly 350 Vietnamese citizens were flew home safely from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a flight conducted by national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines over the course of two days December 7-8.

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) on December 6 signed various Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) with investors of power projects in Laos to develop and purchase electricity from the neighbouring country in the time ahead.

The exhibition industry is expected to start recovering by the middle of next year and rebound in 2022 if the COVID-19 pandemic is brought under control in the next few months, industry insiders said.

Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith left Hanoi on late December 6, concluding his three-day visit to Vietnam to co-chair the 43rd meeting of the Vietnam-Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on bilateral cooperation at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam was ranked fifth in terms of global trade connectedness last year, up five places from the previous ranking in 2017, according to a report jointly released by the US’s New York University Stern School of Business and logistics giant DHL.

VOV.VN - Renowned local designer Bao Bao unveiled his latest Ao Dai fashion collection to those in attendance at Aquafina Vietnam International Fashion Week 2020 which recently took place in Ho Chi Minh City.

Vietnam will conduct the first phase of human trials of a locally made COVID-19 vaccine from December 10, Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long said at a meeting with Vietnamese vaccine producers on December 5.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has introduced the Flex Digital platform, a comprehensive solution to develop e-government in all fields on the basis of its components facilitating important activities such as online public services, online single window systems of ministries, sectors and localities, and digital data management