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The 15th NA's first extraordinary session opened on January 4 and was connected via videoconference to 62 delegations of NA deputies in centrally-run provinces and cities.

The total social investment capital disbursed in 2021 was estimated at nearly 2,892 trillion VND (126.5 billion USD), up 3.2 percent annually, reported the General Statistics Office.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has taken synchronous measures in order to remove the European Commission’s “yellow card” warning against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in Vietnam next year.

Đinh Thế Nam will take charge of the U23 Vietnam team at the 2022 U23 AFF Cup in Cambodia, replacing Park Hang-seo to allow the Korean more time to focus on the national team.

Sixty four traffic accidents took place nationwide during the three-day solar New Year holiday (January 1-3), causing 38 deaths, according to the Ministry of Public Security’s Traffic Police Department.

An additional 15,936 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Monday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with 2,100 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The northern province of Quang Ninh has just inaugurated a coastal road linking the cities of Ha Long and Cam Pha, which is expected to provide one of the best coastal road views in the region.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh signed a decision approving the National Rural Clean Water Supply and Sanitation Strategy by 2030, with a vision to 2045.

Many streets in Hanoi have been covered in the pink colour of peach blossoms as the Lunar New Year Festival or Tet nears.

Dantri/Dtinews has just transferred nearly VND230 million (USD 10,000) to help an elderly widow in Thai Nguyen Province cover medical treatment for her daughter who is suffering from serious burns.

The Hanoi municipal administration has decided to put on a fireworks display at an only one venue to welcome in the lunar New Year 2022 on January 31 evening.

People in the central city of Danang are earning good money collecting seaweed during the year-end.

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, has been freshly knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II of the UK for his contributions to the local fight against COVID-19.

Despite the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, Vietnam and the United States have enjoyed positive growth in their trade exchanges, with bilateral trade value hitting a record high of US$100 billion.

HCM City People’s Committee has just issued urgent guidelines for a five-step quarantine procedure for arriving passengers amid the emergence of the Omicron variant in Vietnam.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Sweden and North Europe plans to take European food importers to Vietnam to buy goods this year while popularising more Vietnamese products in the area.

An additional 16,948 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Sunday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number with over 2,000 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Hanoi-based Military Central Hospital 108 said on January 2 that Vietnam's first confirmed Omicron case has been discharged from the hospital on the same day after testing negative for coronavirus a day earlier.