Society

The central city of Da Nang has maintained its leading position in terms of readiness for information and communications technology (ICT) development and application, after topping the Vietnam ICT Index rankings for the 12th consecutive year.

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching two new projects to help Vietnam contribute climate-positive actions toward addressing the global climate crisis.

The Asian Development Bank has raised its growth forecast for developing Asia this year on the rollout of Covid-19 vaccines and the strength of global export demand, but warned that resurgent virus outbreaks threatened the recovery.

The National Assembly Standing Committee has approved the government’s proposal on the expansion of Hue City.

Several people have been fined for not wearing face masks in public places in HCM City as local authorities started tightening monitoring over Covid-19 precautions on April 27.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has warned that flight slots that are unused for five weeks in a row since March 28 would be taken away.

Markets of the north-western mountainous region will be recreated at the Vietnam National Village for Ethnic Culture And Tourism for the Reunification Day Holiday from April 29 to May 3.

Hanoi has decided to suspend festivals, pedestrian streets and unnecessary gatherings due to a warning of a fourth Covid-19 wave in Vietnam.

The Ministry of Health has decided to urgently provide 15,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine for eight localities in the southwestern region.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has instructed the construction of a field hospital in the Mekong Delta City of Can Tho amid the high risk of Covid-19 infection.

Five more Vietnamese people have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, including four imported patients, raising the total number of infection cases in the country to 2,857, the Ministry of Health reported on Tuesday evening.

The Tu Tam Charity Group, Central Tien Phong Plastic Company and Dinh Vang Group have built seven bridges in the Mekong Delta Region as part of the VND2,740,800,000 (USD119,000) Love Connection Charity Programme.

Retail petrol prices rose from 3pm on April 27 following the latest adjustment by the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Finance.

Twelve crew members of a cargo ship that recently arrived in Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 virus according to local authorities.

Authorities in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have detained 12 people for illegally entering Vietnam from Cambodia.

Efforts to improve Vietnam’s business climate have continued despite COVID-19 but progress appears to have slowed down compared to previous years and differs between fields, according to the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

The first emergency medical supplies trickled into Covid-stricken India on Tuesday as part of a global campaign to staunch a catastrophic wave in the latest pandemic hotspot, with the United States also pledging to export millions of AstraZeneca vaccines.

Vietnam is anticipated to secure more tickets to the 2021 Tokyo Olympics in nine sports after gymnast Dinh Phuong Thanh officially qualified for the upcoming global sporting event.

The Danang International Fireworks Festival 2021 will be cancelled because the Covid-19 pandemic continues in many countries especially some Southeast Asian nations, an official has said.