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Ho Chi Minh City will begin construction of Metro Line No. 2 in 2022, according to the municipal Department of Transport.

Forbes Magazine has named Vietnamese chairperson of TH Group Thai Huong among its top 50 Over 50 Asia 2022.

HCM City will not organise firework displays on Lunar New Year's Eve this year due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

Twelve people who had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 after entering HCM City from abroad have been discharged from hospital.

A serious landslide has isolated areas in the two districts of the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien, affecting traffic for many hours.

Cat Ba tourist site in the northern city of Haiphong has temporarily stopped receiving visitors due to a new Covid-19 outbreak.

Dozens of staff at the Tue Tinh Hospital in Hanoi have gone on strike to ask for their backdated salaries to be paid.

The World Bank (WB) has forecast that Vietnam’s economic recovery is likely to accelerate in 2022 as GDP growth is expected to rise to 5.5 percent from 2.6 percent in the year just ended.

An additional 16,725 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Thursday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with over 2,900 patients, the Ministry of Health has reported.

A poor couple in Hau Giang Province are in desperate need of financial support to help cover medical treatment for their son who is suffering from cancer.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on January 13 during which he requested China create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese farm products to enter its market.

Farmers in Hanoi's Tu Lien Village have introduced many unique bonsai kumquat trees for the Lunar New Year Tet decorations.

The northern province of Lang Son has announced to temporarily stop receiving container trucks transporting fresh fruits to local border gates for being exported to China from January 17 to the coming Lunar New Year or Tet.

The Republic of Korea will begin treating coronavirus patients with Pfizer's antiviral pills on Friday, health officials said, as concern mounts over the spread of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

The Ministry of Transport, in co-ordination with the administration of Hanoi, held an inauguration ceremony of Cat Linh-Ha Dong metro line on January 13 two months on from putting the line into commercial operation.

Some foreign financial organisations have issued relatively positive predictions for Vietnam’s economy this year, with growth expected at 6.5 - 6.7 percent.

Four people in a family have been killed in a traffic accident that occurred in the northern province of Thanh Hoa on Wednesday evening.

“For a Stronger South East Asia” has been chosen as the official slogan of the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) and the 11th ASEAN Para Games (ASEAN Para Games 11), with the international events set to be

Vietnam and Belarus have a reliable political relationship, and a lot of potential for cooperation in various fields, said Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son during his reception for visiting Belarusian Deputy FM Mikalai Barysevich in Hanoi on January 12.