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Vietnam’s seafood industry is projected to enjoy strong growth in the 2021-2030 period thanks to the increasing per capita seafood consumption in the world, according to a report published by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The Central Highlands province of Lam Dong eyes to welcome 5 million visitors, including 150,000 foreigners, this year, heard at the conference held by the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism on January 23.

Buddhists on January 23 began to mourn Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh who passed away at Tu Hieu pagoda in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on the previous day.

New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria said students would be tested twice weekly for the Omicron variant when classes resume next week.

An additional 14,978 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number of patients with over 2,900 cases, the Ministry of Health has reported.

Vietnam is to focus on the development of 6G – the sixth generation standard currently under development for wireless communications technologies – in 2022.

The first flight on Vietravel Airlines’ new route linking Ho Chi Minh City to the south central province of Binh Dinh’s Quy Nhon city took off on January 21.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on January 22 pressed a button kick-starting a project on Dien Bien airport expansion in north-western region of Vietnam to receive larger aircraft in future.

Overseas Vietnamese (OV) who have made great contributions to the home country's COVID-19 fight and development, were honoured in a meeting on January 22 within the framework of the annual “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme 2022.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has underlined the need to further promote and scale up multilateral diplomacy, and external activities must be implemented with sincerity, trust, equality and respect, with an willingness to listen for effective cooperation and common development.

An additional 15,707 Covid-19 cases were confirmed in Vietnam on Saturday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number of patients with over 2,900 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hanoi has announced it will not allow festive activities that attract large crowds on the coming Lunar New Year or Tet Festival.

Miss Vietnam 2020 Do Thi Ha has been selected among top 40 contestants of Miss World 2021.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and the US set a new milestone, hitting 111.56 billion USD in 2021, up nearly 21 billion USD over the previous year, according to the General Department of Customs.

Head coach Park Hang-seo has announced his 24-player Vietnam squad for the away clash with Australia in the final round of the FIFA World Cup 2022 Asian Qualifiers.

Dantri/DTiNews readers have donated VND212.11 million (USD9,143) to a poor family in the southern province of Ben Tre in which an eight-year-old girl has to take care of her ailing grandmother and brother.

Passengers including children under 12 years old will no longer need to show a negative Covid-19 test result when going on domestic flights from January 22 according to the latest regulation announced by the Ministry of Transport.

Thich Nhat Hanh, the Zen Buddhist monk, poet and peace activist who in the 1960s came to prominence as an opponent of the Vietnam War, died on Saturday aged 95.