The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has approved a plan to allow an additional 680,000 students in secondary and high school grades to return to school on January 4.

The capital city of Hà Nội continued to record the highest number of infections with 1,914 new cases.

HCM City’s People’s Committee has approved a plan to allow an additional 680,000 students in secondary and high school grades to return to school on January 4.

According to the health ministry, more than 1.6 million doses were given on Thursday (December 30), bringing the total to more than 150.93 million doses, just six weeks after the country hit the 100 million mark on November 16.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam (CAAV) has asked relevant agencies to apply drastic measures to control the spreading of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2.

After much discussion, the municipal authority of Hà Nội has agreed to allow Hoàn Kiếm District to utilise sidewalks for food and beverage businesses, once COVID restrictions allow. 

The new instruction requires passengers going through countries, which have detected the new Omicron variant to take quick tests for SARS-CoV-2 before boarding and leaving the aircraft. 

A man in Hanoi was sentenced to five years in prison during a trial on December 31 on the charge of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The Vietnam Red Cross Society (VNRC) announced on December 31 that it and the Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank (MB Bank) have launched a campaign to help disadvantaged people enjoy a warm and happy Tet (Lunar New Year Festival).

Lê Quốc Minh, 52, member of the Party Central Committee, editor-in-chief of Nhân dân (The People) newspaper, has been re-elected chairman of the Việt Nam Journalists Association for 2020-25.

Passengers on flights from countries where the Omicron variant is present will no longer have to quarantine in centrally-controlled facilities on arrival in Hà Nội, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV).

HCM City’s Bình Thạnh District Police arrested Nguyễn Trung Kim Thái on Thursday night to investigate his behaviour relating to his 8-year-old daughter’s death on December 22.

On the centenary of Polish writer Stanisław Lem's birthday, the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Hà Nội together with Kim Đồng Publishing House (Việt Nam) and the Booka Publishing House (Poland) will introduce the comic book Con tàu bất bại (The Invincible) to Vietnamese readers.

Joining hands with the international community today is a new Vietnam that is confident and willing to shoulder international responsibilities for peace and sustainable development, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc said in a message on the occasion of Vietnam’s successful completion of its tenure as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2020-2021.

A further 14 people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Việt Nam.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade has urged oxygen suppliers to prioritise  medical facilities in the southwestern region and HCM City as many are struggling with supplies.

Deputy Auditor General of the State Audit Office of Vietnam Dang The Vinh was elected President of the Vietnam-Azerbaijan Friendship Association (VAFA) for the 2021-2026 tenure during the association's second national conference in Hanoi on December 30.

Ho Chi Minh City remains a top favourite destination of Vietnamese tourists during the New Year holiday for the second consecutive year, according to data from digital travel platform Agoda.

Pop star Mỹ Tâm will virtually hold a concert series called “Unstaged Music Show: My Soul 1981” on the streaming platform NEThub in January.