The Poor Patient Sponsor Association of Quang Binh province on January 24 held a ceremony to transfer two hemodialysis machines to the Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital in Dong Hoi city, the central province of Quang Binh.

Despite a raft of challenges, the country recorded relatively comprehensive socio-economic achievements, standing out as a bright spot in the region and the world as a whole.

Politburo member and National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vương Đình Huệ speaks to Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the Lunar New Year 2024.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang said the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control must proactively carry out its task to minimise damage to people and property.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.  

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Shanghai held a “Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) programme on January 23 to bring the warm Tet atmosphere to overseas Vietnamese (OVs) and Vietnamese citizens living, working and studying in the eastern region of China.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities and relevant ministries to take measure to urgently deal with the prolonged and severe cold wave that is affecting people and agricultural production.

Under Hà Nội Department of Education and Training’s regulations, preschools and elementary schools across the city notified parents not to send their children to school when the temperature dropped below 10 degrees Celsius.

The HCM City Department of Health has reported that the city's infectious disease surveillance system has detected the emergence of sub-variant JN.1 of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in hospitalised patients in December last year in the locality.

Director of the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) Dinh Viet Thang has issued a directive, asking airports, air traffic service suppliers, airlines and aviation service providers to adopt Level-1 aviation security measures during the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival from February 6-16.

Vietnam brought a kaleidoscope of tourism offerings to the Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) Trade Fair, part of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2024 in Vientiane, Laos from January 22-27.

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring), the biggest cultural event for overseas Vietnamese (OVs) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet), will take place from February 1-2 (the 22nd and 23rd days of the last month in the Year of the Cat) in Ho Chi Minh City with various activities, according to the organising board.

In Việt Nam, with a population of 100 million, only 10 brain-dead people donate organs each year, the lowest in the world.

Construction of the third passenger terminal at HCM City’s Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport is around 50 per cent complete.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 23 issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities and relevant ministries to take measure to urgently deal with the prolonged and severe cold wave that is affecting people and agricultural production.

The southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau will intensify measures to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, heard a January 23 meeting to review the work in the locality.

Over the last three decades, Vietnam has witnessed the strong development of the voluntary blood donation movement, which reflects not only people’s solidarity and humanity but also awareness improvement in society.

In the proposal from Hà Nội's authorities, the project will be put into operation by 2029 – 14 years later than the original deadline of 2015 – with two additional years for training, operation, and maintenance.

Việt Nam will launch first "Made in Việt Nam" radar satellite into orbit in early 2025, according to the Việt Nam Academy of Science and Technology.