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The Ministry of Health has urged localities to prepare scenarios to respond to the new Covid-19 Omicron variant which can pose a high risk of community infection in Vietnam.

Thanh Hoa City and Quang Nam Province in the central region have called for people not to return home for Tet if unnecessary due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

On the morning of January 6 2022, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) donated 6,3 million single-use syringes to National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology.

The German naval vessel Bayern arrived at the port of Ho Chi Minh City on Thursday morning.

Vietnamese automaker VinFast announced on January 6 to stop producing internal combustion engine cars and switch to all-electric vehicle production from the end of 2022 at the Consumer Electronics Show CES 2022 in Las Vegas, the US.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just proposed to the Ministry of Transport to remove quick Covid-19 test requirements for passengers flying in from Omicron-hit countries following complaints from airlines.

The Military High Command in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s Da Huoai district is working with competent agencies to transport a wartime bomb recently unearthed by residents for safe detonation.

Though there will be pressure on inflation in 2022, experts forecast it will remain under control and the National Assembly's target of 4 percent target is still feasible.

Vietnam on January 5 handed over US$100,000 from the Vietnamese Government and people to support bereaved families of tornadoes that struck the US State of Kentucky last December.

The Ministry of Health’s Advisory Council on January 5 held a meeting on the licensing of three locally-produced Molnupiravir drugs.

The 2022 “Mua xuan cho em” (Spring for Children) programme will target children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, heard a press conference in Hanoi on January 15.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam on January 5 published a press release regarding Flight VN5311/NRT-HAN of national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, which had faced a security threat.

Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh will lead a high-ranking delegation of the Lao Government to pay an official visit to Vietnam from January 8 to 10 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Pham Minh Chinh.

Quynh Quyet Nghi, 53, has earned his living by picking tamarind fruit on HCM City’s streets for the past 15 years.

Transport Minister Nguyen Van The has approved VND3 trillion (USD129.31 million) for the maintenance of national railway infrastructure in 2022.

The US Embassy in Hanoi has announced the 2022-2023 Fulbright Distinguished Awards in Teaching Short-term Program.

The northern province of Lang Son has called for the transportation of goods to local northern border gates for export to China from now until the Lunar New Year due to slow customs clearance.

An additional 17,017 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Wednesday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with over 2,500 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Doctors have expressed concern that many people are ignoring Covid-19 prevention rules after being vaccinated against the virus.