The entire nation is striving to mobilise 1.5 per cent of the population to donate 1.5 million blood units this year, according to a conference held by the national steering committee for blood donation on Friday.

Two books on late Professor Trần Văn Khê, a legendary musicologist, writer and teacher, as well as performer of Vietnamese music, will release in March in HCM City. 

Hàng Mã Street has had a bright makeover as Tết (Lunar New Year), the biggest and most important holiday of the year, is just around the corner.

The Tây Nguyên (Central Highlands) province of Lâm Đồng expects to harvest 1.4 billion stems of flowers for selling during Tết (Lunar New Year), 3.9 per cent up from last year.

Vietnam always opposes and does not accept all claims in the East Sea that are inconsistent with international law, including the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (1982 UNCLOS), spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang said on January 14.

Digital transformation is not just about technology, but also awareness and habit, said Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Huy Dũng at a seminar conducted by Việt Nam Women’s Academy in collaboration with The Asia Foundation,.

With stable and high demand for specialty rice from Asia, the European Union (EU) remains a highly potential market for rice exporters of Vietnam, the Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) reported.

The capital city of Hanoi will quickly restore its tourism activities when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control at home and abroad, said the municipal Tourism Department during its conference on January 14 to launch 2022 tasks.

The Investment Support Forum for Overseas Vietnamese (Invesfov) was launched at a ceremony in Hanoi on January 14.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) will work harder to raise public awareness of people-to-people diplomacy and improve operational quality, VUFO President Nguyen Phuong Nga said on January 14.

Ho Chi Minh City preschools will reopen after Tet (traditional Lunar New Year) after more than half a year of closure due to COVID-19 outbreak, but children’s attendance has been left to their parents’ discretion.

The capital Hà Nội surpassed 3,000 daily coronavirus cases for the first time, as 16,040 infections were recorded nationwide on Friday.

HCM City preschools will reopen after Tết, but children’s attendance has been left to their parents’ discretion.

The southern province of Đồng Nai has approved three routes at a cost of about VNĐ19.6 trillion (US$858 million) linking localities with Long Thành International Airport.

HCM City has announced the annual closure of certain roads in the downtown area to set up Flower Street and Book Street for Tết, which falls on February 1 this year.

All 12 COVID-19 patients in HCM City infected by the Omicron variant have been discharged from the field hospital No 12.

Minister-Chairman of the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs Hau A Lenh on January 14 led a delegation to pay a visit to ethnic minority groups in Than Uyen district of the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on the threshold of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has proposed resuming up to ten regular flights a week each to the UK, France, Germany and Russia.

The sixth congress of the Việt Nam Association of the Elderly (VAE) for the 2021-2026 tenure opened in Hà Nội on Friday.