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Thousands of tonnes of Vietnamese jack fruit have been sold off at a border gate in the northern province of Lang Son due to the slow customs clearance to China.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has just announced the resumption of regular flights to Japan starting from January 1, 2022.

Commercial airlines around the world canceled more than 4,500 flights over the Christmas weekend, as a mounting wave of COVID-19 infections driven by the Omicron variant created greater uncertainty and misery for holiday travelers.

The Vietnamese national team concluded the year in 98th place in the FIFA rankings, a total of 17 spots higher than regional rivals Thailand, according to the global rankings released by football’s governing body FIFA on December 23.

HCM City has planned to finish the third Covid-19 vaccine booster dose for people aged 18 and over before the Lunar Tet New Year Holiday.

An additional 16,157 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Friday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number of cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

The World Health Organization (WHO) is committed to maintaining close co-ordination with the Vietnamese Government in all aspects during the transition from COVID-19 control to “safe coexistence” with the virus as the pandemic turns into an endemic.

Con Dao Island district in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau is set to restore tourism activities and welcome back visitors arriving by air from now until February 15, 2022.

As many as 300 staff members at a hospital in HCM City have been infected with Covid-19.

Vietnam is looking to increase the average housing floor area per person to 27 sq.m by 2025, in which the floor area per person will be 28 sq.m in urban areas, and 26 sq.m in rural areas.

The Ministry of Health has provided Hanoi with an additional 200,000 doses of the Molnupiravir anti-Covid-19 drug.

Three children have died and one other injured in a landslide which occurred near a barite mine in the northern province of Tuyen Quang.

Vietnamese acrobat duo the Giang Brothers have made a new Guinness World Record when they climbed the stairs of the Cathedral of Girona in Spain with one sibling balanced atop the other using head-to-head contact.

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has been collaborating with the Long An Provincial Department of Natural Resources and Environment to carry out various waste treatment activities including piloting a model on waste separation at source; separately collecting

The World Records Union (WorldKings) has just recognised Vietnam as the largest producer and exporter of robusta coffee to the global market.

Hung Yen Province has granted a licence to Vinamilk to build a dairy plant worth 4,600 billion (199.3 million USD), which will be the company’s largest facility in northern Vietnam.

Vietnam lost 0 - 2 against Thailand in the first leg of the AFF Cup semifinals on December 23.

Many Hanoi streets around popular churches will be cordoned off for the public for Covid-19 prevention during Christmas

People who enter Vietnam from abroad should be exempted from being quarantined for Covid-19 prevention when they are fully vaccinated and test negative for Covid-19.