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State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 23 visited and presented gifts to the Catholic Church of the Hanoi Archdiocese on Christmas and New Year 2022.

An additional 16,377 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Thursday and Hanoi continued to record the highest number of cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

Hundreds of households in the central province of Quang Ngai have been isolated for nearly a month after the recent floods.

The Miss World Vietnam 2022 pageant officially got underway with a press conference held by Sen Vang Entertainment Company in Ho Chi Minh City on December 22 to launch the contest.

The northern province of Quang Ninh plans to reopen to international tourists from the first week of next year.

Miss Vietnam 2020 Do Thi Ha who will represent the country at Miss World 2021 in Puerto Rico has tested positive for Covid-19.

The Vietnam-Germany Innovation Network (VGI) and Bach Khoa Hanoi Technology Investment and Development One Member Company Limited (BK-HOLDINGS) signed an agreement on December 22 to strengthen co-operation in the fields of science, technology, and innovation.

Christmas is just two days away but Christian communities in HCM City haven't set up decorations or planned for gatherings and festivities due to fears of the pandemic.

Having faced strong rivals such as Japan, Australia, and Saudi Arabia in the recent third 2022 World Cup qualifying round has helped Vietnam hone in skills in clashing with regional rivals like Thailand.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has requested the ministries of Public Security, Transport, Health, Foreign Affairs, and Information and Communications to urgently perform their assigned tasks to carry out a pilot plan that will resume international commercial

The Ministry of Transport has announced plans to begin work on eight key traffic projects between now and early next January.

Authorities in Hanoi have decided to restore an old French villa at 49 Tran Hung Dao Street.

The Son Tra Peninsula and Beaches Management Board in the central city of Danang are seeking local authority approval to tighten control over beach sports after two people went missing while kayaking off the peninsula.

Vietnam and Cambodia have issued a joint statement on the occasion of the State visit of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to Cambodia on December 21-22.

An additional 16,555 Covid-19 infections were confirmed in Vietnam on Wednesday and Hanoi has become the country's new epicentre, according to the Ministry of Health.

A Covid-19 treatment facility has been opened at Tan Binh Industrial Park in HCM City amid the city’s rising new infections.

While some land plots in the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in Thu Duc City have just been auctioned at extremely high prices, thousands of apartments at other plots here have been facing slow sales for many years.

Vietnam's import and export value had reached US$633 billion by mid-December, with the country posting a trade surplus of approximately US$1.7 billion, according to statistics given by the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

A strong cold spell has been forecasted to sweep through the northern and northern central regions of Vietnam this week.