VOV.VN - Three local footballers won’t be able to join the Vietnamese men’s national football team to compete in the upcoming game against China on February 1, which is set take place as part of the Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Japan will promote comprehensive cooperation from policy, technology to financial issues with Vietnam to help it realise a zero-carbon society, Japanese Ambassador to Vietnam Yamada Takio has affirmed in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet).

International railway freight transport service posted positive growth last year and in January, according to the Vietnam Railway Corporation.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Cambodian People’s Party and Prime Minister Hun Sen on January 29 phoned Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, extending his greetings to the Party leader and other Vietnamese leaders on Vietnam’s lunar New Year holiday.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has confirmed 15,150 new coronavirus infections in 61 cities and provinces across the country during the past 24 hours, an increase of 221 cases compared to the previous day, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

VOV.VN - Vietnam raked in US$29 billion from exports but spent US$29.5 billion on imports in January, resulting in a trade deficit of US$500 million, the General Statistics Office (GSO) said on January 29.

VOV.VN - Party and State leaders on January 29 paid a floral tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh – the founder of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) – to mark the 92nd anniversary of the CPV (February 2).

VOV.VN - There are favourable conditions for reopening all international air routes ahead of the April 30 schedule, according to an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of Transport.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 28 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aiming to deal with the complex challenges of climate change and environmental pollution.

One major “side effect” of the COVID-19 pandemic, amidst the unprecedented toll that it has exacted, is that it has catalysed digital transformation across all sectors, particularly in financial services.