President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 19 attended a ceremony to open the main road of Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway, a key route linking the Mekong Delta with Ho Chi Minh City and localities in the southern key economic region.

The HCM City health department on Wednesday announced three Omicron cases in the community, the first cluster of the highly contagious variant to be discovered in Việt Nam.

The central province of Quảng Nam’s Culture, Tourism and Sports Department yesterday signed a cooperation agreement with Thiên Minh Group (TMG) to promote "Tourism Year 2022."

Farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta have begun to harvest giant river prawns they will sell during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) festival and hope to earn good incomes though prices have declined slightly due to the impact of the COVID – 19 pandemic.

If HCM City continues to see an increase in the number of dissolved private schools due to the pandemic, there will not be enough classrooms for students when schools resume in-person classes.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked the Ministry of Education and Training to coordinate with the Ministry of Health to hold a nationwide teleconference collecting feedback on a detailed roadmap to re-open schools and educational establishments nationwide.

As of January 15, seven provinces with low pandemic level had been offering face-to-face classes for students from kindergarten to high school levels.

In the quicker scenario in which digital transformation and development of the digital economy are strongly promoted, the digital economy will account for about 19.9 percent ​​of GDP by 2025, of which ICT, telecommunications and the internet economy account for about 13.1 percent.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 18 launched a project to develop a national digital population database in Hanoi. The project is to actualize a plan on building a population database and electronic authentication and identification, which was approved by the Prime Minister on January 6.

Having learned of the hard work of medical workers during their hospital stays, many recovered patients and their relatives are volunteering to take care of other COVID cases, giving support to doctors and nurses.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính on Tuesday chaired a meeting with representatives of relevant ministries, sectors and of Hà Nội, Bắc Ninh and Hưng Yên on the investment policy for the Ring Road No.4 project in the Hanoi Capital Region.

Film director Trần Hữu Tấn made a name for himself with thriller movies including Bắc Kim Thang (Home Sweet Home); Rừng Thế Mạng (Survive) and Chuyện Ma Gần Nhà (Vietnamese Horror Story). His latest movie, Vietnamese Horror Story will be released on February 11 nationwide. Reporter Nguyễn Bình spoke to Tấn about his work.

Simple coloured pencils may be just tools for children to create beautiful images, but they can also inspire artists to create stunning works.

Trần Văn Toan and his wife are among 200 outstanding platelet donors honoured by the National Institute of Haematology and Blood Transfusions (NIHBT) in 2021.

The Ministry of Health has asked cities and provinces nationwide to cancel firework displays for Tết (Lunar New Year), which falls on January 31, as concerns rise over a spike in COVID-19 cases.

Nearly 1,500 Tet gifts were presented to children orphaned by the COVID-19 pandemic in Ho Chi Minh City, and the southern provinces of Dong Nai and Binh Duong from January 16-18 under a programme launched by the Hope Foundation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has asked the Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) to partner with the Health Ministry to hold a nationwide teleconference collecting experts, scientists and localities’ feedback on a detailed roadmap to re-opening schools and educational establishments nationwide.

A Room to Read library for a semi-boarding ethnic minority elementary school in Minh Son commune, Bac Me district, the northern province of Ha Giang was inaugurated on January 18.

Average bonuses for both New Year and Lunar New Year (Tet) festivals 2022 in 60 cities and provinces were down slightly, reported the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Việt Nam on Tuesday saw 16,838 new COVID-19 patients, raising the total number to 2,062,128