Leaders of the Vietnamese Government have agreed on a set of criteria for the recognition and use of other countries' vaccine passports in Vietnam as proposed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, its Spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference via videoconference on October 7.

The Ministry of Transport has sent a document to the Hanoi People’s Committee, proposing two plans on the resumption of domestic flights between the capacity city and Ho Chi Minh City from October 10.

The Ministry of Health has asked localities to speed up the progress of vaccinations, stressing it will likely receive a large amount of COVID-19 vaccines by the end of this year as the country is now a third of the way through the national vaccine rollout plan.

Craft villages employ around one million labourers in rural areas with an average income of VNĐ5-6 million per month per person, according to Chí.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) has proposed the Ministry of Transport (MoT) re-open 10 domestic air routes from Sunday.

The planned launch of a satellite made entirely by Vietnamese engineers has been suspended for a second time.

Asia Injury Prevention (AIP) Foundation’s three-year AI&Me programme which applies AI, big data and digital technology to improve road safety has developed a ‘youth engagement app’ to offer young people an efficient way to identify and report high-risk road conditions.  

As non-essential services are still banned to prevent COVID-19, some bars and pubs in HCM City have been turned into mini-marts selling fruits and vegetables.

The Police Office of Ninh Kieu district in Can Tho city said on October 6 that its investigation police desk had launched legal proceedings against and detained Vo Hoang Tho, 36, to investigate the act of “taking advantage of the rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon State interests, legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals” in accordance with Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.

The Ministry of Health on Wednesday held a symbolic reception ceremony for 300,000 doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and medical equipment donated by the Australian Government that have arrived in the country last week.

Various activities are being held to celebrate the 67th anniversary of the capital city's liberation from French colonialists (October 10, 1954 - 2021).

Budget carrier Vietjet Air is expected to resume seven domestic routes on October 10, including those connecting Ho Chi Minh City to five other localities in the central and Mekong Delta regions.

Driver's license, social insurance, and COVID-19 vaccination certificate are among many documents to be incorporated into the new chip-based ID cards, the Ministry of Public Security’s police department for administrative management of social order has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on October 6 sent a thank-you letter to his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison for Australia’s donations of COVID-19 vaccine and medical equipment to Vietnam’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung co-chaired an online meeting with a number of Vietnamese diplomatic representative agencies abroad on strengthening cooperation to promote Vietnamese tourism in major markets.

Tens of thousands of migrants have left HCM City and other southern localities to return to their hometowns over the past few days after social distancing was eased. For many, the journey was long, but they were supported on the way by local police and voluntary groups.

Countries around the world are moving from living in zero COVID-19 to living safely with it and Vietnam is no exception, said Patrick Haveman, Deputy Resident Representative of the UN Development Program in Vietnam.

Thousands of people left HCM City for their hometowns in the last few days after the city lifted its lockdown on October 1, but many migrants have chosen to stay back to resume work or look for new jobs.

Being stranded abroad might be an unexpected experience to any travellers, but 17-month stay in Việt Nam due to COVID-19 pandemic was “worth every day” to Matija Babić.

Sotheby's Hong Kong auction house has announced it will withdraw a lacquered wooden screen which is suspected of being a copy of an artwork by Vietnamese painter, Nguyễn Văn Tỵ (1917-1992), from the upcoming sale on Sunday over concerns of its authenticity.