Amateur and professional photographers nationwide are encouraged to participate in a photo contest capturing Vietnamese people in the COVID-19 fight, has been launched by the HCM City Photography Association.

Nearly 700 teachers in Đắk Nông Province are very concerned, as they have been asked to pay back an allowance totalling VNĐ5.5 billion (US$241,788) by November 29.

Deputy Prime Minister Phạm Bình Minh yesterday attended a ceremony to celebrate the 91st anniversary of the Việt Nam Women’s Union and the award ceremony of the Women Startup Awards 2021.

Việt Nam must play its part in developing more “transparent, responsible, and sustainable” agri-food systems in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, said Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Lê Quốc Doanh.

HCM City will “carefully” reopen its economy in the “new normal” situation with a focus on ensuring sufficient medical staff, vaccines and medicine, a city official has said.

Newly published research by ActionAid, Public Services International and Education International warns that the IMF’s advice to cut public sector wage budgets will have a negative impact on healthcare and education worldwide.

The capital city of Hà Nội reported one new case. The Hà Nội Centre for Disease Control has assessed the pandemic level in the city as Level 1.

The Health Ministry held a symbolic reception in Hà Nội on Friday to celebrate the arrival of two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Poland and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has required businesses producing and importing COVID-19 test kits to promptly report to the ministry about information related to retail prices and supply capacity.

Japfa Vietnam donated medical equipment, including dialysis machines, handheld X-Ray machines, oxygen ventilators, to the COVID-19 Quarantine Area and Field Hospital of Bình Phước Province on October 13.

Several Vietnamese universities have been named in Times Higher Education (THE)’s two new subject rankings – Business and Economics, and Social Sciences – for 2022.

Ambassador of Belarus to Vietnam Vladimir Goshin on October 15 presented the Silver Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) to Professor Chau Van Minh, President of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), in recognition of his outstanding achievements in science.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on October 15 required ministries, agencies and localities to better implement policies promoting the development of women in general and female entrepreneurs in particular.

Restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, yoga, billiards clubs, cinemas and museums will reopen in the central city on Saturday, October 16, as no new community COVID-19 cases have been found in 14 consecutive days.

Although the Ministry of Health no longer requires COVID-19 testing for people travelling between localities, except for from high-risk areas, the authorities of some provinces and cities are still checking test certificates at checkpoints.

Vietnam is ready to coordinate with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and international partners to achieve the targets of this year’s World Food Day (October 16), an official has said.

Flooding causes great losses of life and properties in Vietnam every year. Now an automatic early warning system is being piloted in central Da Nang city to help people better prepare. Able to operate in harsh conditions, the system is hoped to provide a sustainable solution against the natural disaster.

越通社驻新加坡记者报道，由阮维玉上将、副部长率领的越南公安部代表团2月1日在新加坡出席了“编程技术解决方案，为人民提供优质的公共服务”展。此外，阮维玉上将一行还与新加坡智能国家和数字政府办公室(SNDGO)和新加坡政府技术局(GovTech)领导举行双边会谈。 ​

The Ministry of Education and Training has recently released a draft decree revising Decree 86 of 2018, focusing on regulations on management of joint education programs toward higher efficiency and transparency.