The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has ordered airlines to improve security, flight safety and service quality, including to minimise delayed and cancelled flights, while maintaining COVID prevention measures, during the upcoming 2023 New Year and Lunar New Year (Tết) holidays.

The Vietnam Maritime Research and Rescue Coordination Centre (Vietnam MRCC) in the central city of Da Nang said on November 20 that it has rescued a sailor of a foreign ship, who suddenly fell ill while the ship was going through Vietnamese waters.

Digital transformation has been seen as an urgent need to help link small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with global trends.

Cao Lanh, the capital city of the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap, celebrated its membership in the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) with a ceremony on November 19.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan attended the opening of the 18th Francophonie Summit in Djerba, Tunisia, on November 19 (local time).

The Federation of Labour of Ho Chi Minh City plans to present 35,000 bus, train and plane tickets to trade union members and workers in disadvantaged circumstances to enable them to return to their home town for the 2023 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

Vietnam always treasures and stays determined to consolidate the fine neighborliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive, long-term and sustainable cooperation with Cambodia, said National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has stated that trade and investment benefits must harmonize with responsibility for environment protection and green transformation, and promotion of sci-tech and innovation.

A gathering in commemoration of deceased victims of COVID-19 took place in Ho Chi Minh City on November 19 with the participation of local officials, religious dignitaries, families of the victims, and people from all walks of life.

PM Phạm Minh Chính said education and training is the cause of the Party, State and the entire people and must be aligned with socio-economic development, national defence and sci-tech advancements.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his gratitude to over 1.6 million teachers nationwide at a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Vietnamese Teachers’ Day (November 20) in Hanoi on November 19.

The Ministry of Education and Training has allowed the British Council (Việt Nam) LLC – one of the two IELTS test organisers in Việt Nam, to resume the language examinations.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue arrived in Pochentong International Airport in Phnom Penh on November 19 morning, beginning his official visit to Cambodia and attendance in the 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc engaged in bilateral meetings with many foreign leaders while attending the 29th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Bangkok on November 17 and 18.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue left Hanoi on November 19 morning for the 43rd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA-43) and official visits to Cambodia and the Philippines.

"However, the infrastructure is still limited compared to the demand. It's still a bottleneck hindering the country's development," PM Chính said. 

Vietnam's Sapa in the mountainous northwestern province of Lao Cai has become one of the most 10 attractive snow-watching destinations in Asia, according to The Travel, a well-known travel site in Canada.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has ordered Party committees, organizations and competent agencies to continue with more drastic, rapid actions and stronger determination to fight corruption and negative phenomena.

For over seven years, Nguyễn Thị Ba has spread love in her charity class, which she developed using her own meagre income.

Director Lê Quý Dương has released a new bilingual book Nhịp Đập Sáng Tối (The Beats of Light and Shadow) comprising 30 poems written between 1996 and 2022.