Hà Nội is now the epicentre of COVID-19 in Việt Nam with thousands of new patients every day. In response, mobile medical stations have been set up to reduce pressure on hospitals. 

Border guards of central Quang Tri province successfully saved three fishermen in distress at sea on January 11.

The city of Hà Nội continues to be the locality with the most coronavirus cases in the country, registering a record 2,884 new daily COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, as a total of 16,035 transmissions were confirmed nationwide.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) expects to complete the connection of 100 percent of its administrative procedures with the National Single Window (NSW) system in the first quarter of 2022.

Recently, more than 5, 000 children and families in HCM City, who have been hit hard by the pandemic, received food and essential packages from the joint initiative “Delivery for Good” launched by Mastercard in partnership with Grab and UNICEF.

Seven countries and territories, including the United States, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia, South Korea and China’s Taiwan, have agreed to resume air routes to Việt Nam, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV).

Organisers expect to collect 45,000 - 50,000 blood units in the Chủ Nhật Đỏ 2022 (Red Sunday), a blood donation campaign that will officially open at the People’s Police Academy in Hà Nội on January 16.

WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai said on Tuesday he was impressed with Việt Nam’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign and the high vaccination rate.

The Fatherland Front Committee of the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on January 11 presented 300 million VND (13,205 USD) to support Vietnamese-Cambodians in six border localities in Cambodia prior to Tet (Lunar New Year).

An annual art performance by the Vietnam Farmers’ Union (VFU) Ho Chi Minh City raised more than 10.4 billion VND (457,746 USD) on January 11 in a bid to assist needy members of the organisation in the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet).

Many Vietnamese entities will be honoured at this year’s ASEAN Tourism Awards in four out of the five categories, namely ASEAN Green Hotel Awards, ASEAN MICE Venue Awards, ASEAN Clean Tourist City Awards, and ASEAN Sustainable Tourism Awards, according to the organisers of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2022.

Takeshi Kasai, World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for the Western Pacific, on Monday congratulated Việt Nam and highly appreciated its efforts in accessing COVID-19 vaccines and conducting the vaccination campaign. 

Some 120 scholarships of the Vu A Dinh Scholarship Fund were presented to disadvantaged students in ethnic minority-inhabited areas in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on January 10.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from the Immigration Department under the Ministry of Public Security.

HCM City tourism businesses are ready to welcome foreign tourists back as the city has received approval from the Government to reopen to foreign visitors this month.

Abstract paintings by artist William Phạm are on display at the exhibition The Voyage to Freedom held in HCM City.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as the country tentatively reopens its borders, according to a notice from Immigration Department.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh co-chaired the 44^th meeting of the Vietnam - Laos Inter-Governmental Committee on Bilateral Cooperation in Hanoi on January 10.

The dish was first cooked by Madame Tích Nghi in Vệ An Ward of Bắc Ninh Province in the 1970s. The porridge was so tasty that it became known far and wide.