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The central province of Quang Binh has decided to offer between 20 to 50 percent discounts on entry tickets to many local tourism spots this year.

An additional 16,135 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Wednesday, raising the total number of patients in the country to over 1.95 million, the Ministry of Health has reported.

A garment company in the central province of Nghe An has been temporarily shut after 87 workers tested positive for Covid-19.

Thousands of workers in the southern province of Dong Nai stopped work after their company was slow in paying salaries.

Chinese authority has re-opened its Hekou International Border Gate – which pairs with Vietnam's Kim Thanh II border gate in the northern province of Lao Cai – for imported fresh fruits, including dragon fruit, and frozen foods from Vietnam.

Twelve people who had contracted the Omicron variant of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 after entering Vietnam from South Korea and the US have been allowed to return home for recovery.

Officials of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho have worked with representatives of the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam and Clear Rivers on implementing a pilot project to collect plastic waste in Hau river.

Indonesia kicked off its COVID-19 booster programme for the general public on Wednesday, as the world's fourth-most-populous nation hit an almost three-month high in cases amid the rise of the Omicron variant.

An eco-tourism site will be developed in Con Dao National Park in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau by Con Dao Resort Travel Joint Stock Company.

The Billboard Music Charts, one of the most respected and recognized music charts globally, will be officially launched in Vietnam on January 14, marking a historic moment for Vietnam’s music industry.

The government has rubber stamped the Ministry of Labour, War Invalids, and Social Affairs proposal for the nine-day Lunar New Year break for public employees.

The Vietnam Coffee and Cocoa Association has targeted a coffee export turnover of US$5-6 billion in 2030, doubling the export value at present.

Vietnam plans to set up and pilot the operation of a carbon trade exchange from 2025, according to a new Government decree on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and Ozone layer protection.

All 1,000 exclusive adventure tours taking visitors into the world’s largest cave of Son Doong in central Quang Binh province have been fully booked for the year ahead, according to Tourist Company Oxalis Adventure Tours.

Takeshi Kasai, Regional Director for the Western Pacific of the World Health Organization (WHO) has voiced his organisation’s strong support for the Vietnamese Government’s strategy of living safely with COVID-19, giving top priority to protecting people’s health.

Retail petrol prices have increased from 3 pm on Tuesday following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

An additional 16,035 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Tuesday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with over 2,800 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Seven countries and territories - the US, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, Thailand, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea - have basically agreed with Vietnam's proposal on a plan to resume regular international routes.

Vietnam hopes to send 90,000 guest workers abroad in 2022, focusing on markets with high and stable income.