Society

Vietnamese intellectuals and students working and studying in Belgium, Switzerland and Luxembourg have applauded the country's achievements over the past five years under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

Boerse-online.de – a German securities news site, on January 30 ran an article highlighting the great potential of the Vietnamese market for foreign investment, saying that it is the time for investors to look to the Southeast Asian market.

Hanoi authorities have asked local schools of all levels to be temporarily closed from February 1 amid the new Covid-19 wave.

A number of cultural activities celebrating the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) in Hanoi have been postponed in the face of a new COVID-19 outbreak.

Delegates to the 13th National Party Congress cast votes to elect 180 official members and 20 alternate members to the 13th Party Central Committee.

14 new Covid-19 infection cases were reported in the past 12 hours in Vietnam, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,781, the Ministry of Health reported on Sunday morning.

28 new Covid-19 infection cases were recorded in the past 12 hours in Vietnam, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,767, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday evening.

More than 21 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands affected by a super-storm that made landfall in Mozambique last week, causing heavy flooding across swathes of southern Africa, the United Nations said.

Bilateral trade between Việt Nam and Hungary hit a historic record of more than US$1 billion in 2020, reflecting the enhanced relationship between the two countries in recent years.

Total investment to expand capital at existing projects in January rose by 41.4 percent on-year, while total investment increased by 51.7 percent, excluding the $4 billion LNG project in Bac Lieu province registered in last January.

The V.League 1 season will be paused after this weekend due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

The first-ever Mobile App named “S-Health” to provide free-of-charge health care information and services to older persons, their caregivers and family members has just been launched in Vietnam.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO to work with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism to take necessary steps in submitting dossiers seeking UNESCO’s recognition of “Ha Long Bay-Cat Ba

The Ministry of Health announced that they will roll out vaccines to healthcare workers and other urgent cases in the first quarter of 2021 at the regular government meeting.

Vietnam has vowed to contain the on-going Covid-19 outbreak in the next eight days if preventative measures are effectively carried out, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said.

Vietnam demands that relevant countries respect its sovereignty, sovereign right and jurisdiction in the East Sea, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked for extra efforts to quickly stamp out new COVID-19 outbreaks before the lunar New Year festival, which falls in mid-February.

The Party and State will double their efforts to provide better support and assistance for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) in the years to come, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Minh Khoi.

The northern provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh reported more Covid-19 community transmission cases on Saturday morning.