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A discussion of draft documents on Party building and national development took place under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 27 as part of the ongoing 13th National Party Congress.

The northern region of Vietnam is set to face another cold spell, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.

Ninh Binh, a tourist destination in Vietnam’s northern region and host of the National Tourism Year 2021, has released its plans for the annual programme, which feature myriad tourism, cultural, and sporting events.

The central province of Quang Tri, which has the greatest amount of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in the country, is working to clear about 3,000ha of land each year to become the first Vietnamese locality to be safe from UXO

The Vietnam Music Copyright Protection Centre last year collected VNĐ150 billion (US$6.4 million) in royalties for registered composers and songwriters, an increase of 12 per cent over 2019.

Ambassador Phạm Hải Anh, Vietnamese Chargé d'Affaires to the UN, has urged the UN Security Council to remain united and demonstrate its leadership in building a more comprehensive and robust strategy to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesia's Covid-19 cases topped the one million mark on Tuesday, as the archipelago launches one of the world's biggest vaccine drives to clamp down on a soaring infection rate.

The Central Power Projects Management Board successfully energised and put into operation AT1(220/110/22kV-125MVA) transformers at Muong La 220kV substation in Muong La district, Son La province on January 26.

Politburo member and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc delivered the opening speech at the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam on January 26.

An American man and a Vietnamese citizen who recently arrived in Vietnam have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, raising the total number of Covid-19 patients in the country to 1,551, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday evening.

UNFPA Vietnam on Tuesday handed over 3,704 Dignity Kits worth USD180,000 to support older persons in Vietnam’s floods-affected three provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Tri and Quang Ngai.

The Singapore Zoo has welcomed a lion cub named Simba to its animal kingdom following artificial insemination that officials said Tuesday was a first for the city-state.

The central city of Danang will organise fire-breathing and water-spraying shows on the Rong (Dragon) bridge on the Lunar New Year or Tet Holiday 2021.

Around 500 reporters, editors and technicians from more than 200 media outlets have covered the 13th Party Congress.

Japan's government said Tuesday it still planned to recruit 10,000 medical personnel for the virus-delayed Olympics, despite the heavy strain on the healthcare system caused by a third wave of infections.

The 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam officially opened at the National Convention Centre in the capital city of Hanoi in the morning of January 26.

HCM City and 13 cities and provinces in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta will step up efforts to foster tourism cooperation in the next five years, local authorities have said.

The domestic shipping industry needs support from the State to develop Vietnam’s fleet of cargo ships, according to the Ministry of Transport.

A live entertainment show entitled “Hoi An show – Gratitude”, which is considered an unprecedented tourism product, will be held on January 30 in the ancient city of Hoi An.