The standing board of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) executive committee in the central province of Khanh Hoa on February 21 announced decisions to appoint three monks as heads of pagodas in Truong Sa (Spratly) island district.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese grandmaster Le Quang Liem recorded a victory over 2021 World Cup champion Jan Krzysztof Duda of Poland in the second day of the Airthings Masters online tournament.

VOV.VN - Local enterprises invested a total of US$36.9 million abroad in January, representing a 11.7 fold-increase compared to the same period from last year, according to figures given by the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

The United Associations of Vietnamese Students in New South Wales, Australia (UAVS-NSW) held a conference to review its operation in 2021 and sketch out its plans for 2022.

The Ministry of Transport announced that it had directed relevant agencies to provide information and documents related to the flights repatriating Vietnamese citizens from abroad to the Investigation Police Agency to serve the investigation into the “taking bribery” case at the Consular Department.

VOV.VN - Six more players of the Vietnamese U23 football team who are playing at the 2022 AFF U23 Championship in Cambodia have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-02 virus.

VOV.VN - Nguyen Quang Thieu, president of the Vietnam Writers' Association, has announced that he received a letter sent by the Nobel Committee asking him to select a Vietnamese nominee for the 2022 Nobel Prize in Literature.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to South Africa Hoang Van Loi recently undertook a fact-finding mission to Cape Town in order to seek new possibilities for Vietnamese commodities to penetrate deeper into the South African market.

VOV.VN - More than 10 major Vietnamese enterprises are set to attend the 2022 Seafood Expo North America, formerly known as the Boston Seafood Show, in the United States in March.

Vietnam has the highest demand for gold in Southeast Asia, Andrew Naylor, Regional CEO, Asia-Pacific (excluding China) and Public Policy of the World Gold Council, said during a recent virtual workshop on the Vietnamese gold market.