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.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam has asked the Ministry of Health to promptly review and amend guidelines on COVID-19 risk level assessment criteria.

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are encouraging farmers to expand smart rice farming since it helps adapt to climate change, is environment-friendly and offers higher incomes.

Development of safe and eco-friendly agritourism is a new direction for the central province Nghệ An after nearly two years of the pandemic badly affecting the tourism sector.

Fisheries Resources Surveillance Division No.4 said on January 10 that a fisheries resources surveillance ship had successfully rescued a fishing boat, which ran aground in the Truong Sa (Spratly) waters.

Treatment for COVID-19 patients, plan for the injection of third vaccine shots, and workforce supply following the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival were put under discussion during a periodic meeting in Ho Chi Minh City on January 10.

The capital Hà Nội again registered a record high, with 2,830 new daily COVID-19 infections on Monday, as the Ministry of Health reported 14,818 new cases of coronavirus nationwide.

One more imported case of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 was discovered in HCM City last Saturday (January 8), taking the city’s total number to 12.

The central city has opened APEC Sculpture Park – an extension of the 2017-built APEC Park – on the west bank of the Hàn River, promoting it a new architecture check-in and public destination for the tourism hub.

Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai and Ba Ria-Vung Tau provinces have allocated big budgets to provide aid for disadvantaged people and factory workers ahead of the upcoming Tet, Vietnam’s traditional Lunar New Year holiday.

An emergency relief project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society in Thua Thien-Hue province on January 10, targeting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam's central region.

Construction is expected to start this year on a section of the Dầu Giây – Liên Khương expressway project running through Tân Phú District in Đồng Nai Province to Bảo Lộc City in Lâm Đồng Province

People who have had primary vaccine doses of the Vero Cell COVID-19 vaccine produced by China's Sinopharm can receive AstraZeneca, Vero Cell, Pfizer or Moderna for the additional dose, according to the latest guidance from the Ministry of Health.

The Civil Aviation Administration of Việt Nam (CAAV) has called on the ministries of Transport and Foreign Affair not to arrange repatriation flights to land at Nội Bài and Tân Sơn Nhất airports to avoid overcrowding at airport rapid COVID-19 testing sites.

The suspect of an armed gun robbery in Hải Phòng on Friday was arrested on Sunday, after three days in hiding. 

A prayer vigil was held in downtown Hà Nội on Sunday to pay tribute to the eight-year-old girl who was abused to death by her father’s fiancée in HCM City last month.

The 2022 “Mùa xuân cho em” (Spring for Children) programme raised more than VNĐ104 billion (US$4.58 million) to support disadvantaged and pandemic-hit children.

A ceremony was held at Platform DK1/9 of Naval Region 2 on January 10 to pay tribute to soldiers who laid down their lives on Vietnam’s southern continental shelf.