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The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has asked cities and provinces nationwide to cancel festivals and firework displays celebrating Tết (Lunar New Year), as concerns rise over a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Vietnam will attend the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022, themed “a Community of Peace and Shared Future” in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, from January 16 – 20.

Artemis DNA has become the first US firm to place an order to purchase 100 electric cars of VinFast following the Vietnamese automaker’s new model debut at the technology exhibition CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the United States.

An additional 15,779 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with over 2,800 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Authorities in Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces are taking measures to store water for irrigation and household use during the 2021-22 dry season.

The Vietnamese tourism sector has set a target to serve 65 million visitors in 2022, 90 percent of which would be domestic travellers.

The Hanoi Transportation Corporation has witnessed a considerable decline in public bus passengers last year due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Project for Human Resource Development Scholarship by Japanese Grant Aid (JDS) 2021, which uses non-refundable aid from the Japanese Government, has been officially launched.

A series of six minimarts were opened in Phu Nhuan, Go Vap, Tan Binh, Hoc Mon and Cu Chi districts in Ho Chi Minh City, to provide zero dong necessities for disadvantaged people to welcome the Lunar New Year 2022.

Ho Van Y of Vietnamese futsal club Thai Son Nam has been nominated for the Best Goalkeeper in the World in 2021 by futsalplanet.com.

A plant to generate electricity from waste in Hanoi, with a capacity of handling 4,000 tonnes of solid refuse daily, is expected to become operational by the end of this month.

Ho Chi Minh City, the epicenter of the recent COVID-19 outbreak, has lowered its COVID-19 alert level to green – the lowest in the four alert level system adopted by the Ministry of Health – thanks to its encouraging

An additional 16,553 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Saturday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with nearly 2,800 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

As the number of Covid-19 patients soars in Hanoi, many residents have been unable to get instructions and medicine from local authorities as regulated.

Three rare monkeys have been voluntarily handed over by households in the central province of Quang Binh to the local Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park Management Board.

A bomb weighing 227 kilos has been discovered at a family garden in the central province of Quang Tri.

Many streets in Ho Chi Minh City have been covered in a haze of dense pollution and local people have been advised to take measures to protect their health.

Politburo member and Prime Minister of Laos Phankham Viphavanh arrived in Hanoi on January 8 morning, begining his official visit to Vietnam from January 8-10 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Since the pandemic took a grip on the country, many stories have emerged of the amazing and selfless acts of everyday people.