The HCM City Fine Arts Association is hosting its first virtual exhibition themed Sắc Màu Bình Yên (Colours of Peace) featuring works by 63 artists from the association.

Thủ Đức City together with 21 districts and 312 wards and communes across HCM City are rushing to review data of eligible recipient groups. Aiming to support citizens affected by COVID-19, the VNĐ7.347 billion package is expected to provide for more than 7.3 million people living in the city regardless of their residence status.

Nano Dragon, the first satellite made in Việt Nam, has boldly gone where no satellite made in Việt Nam has ever gone before.

Professor Đặng Vũ Khiêu, noted for influential in-depth research works on Vietnamese culture, passed away Friday noon in Hà Nội at the age of 105.

As an associate of the Việt Nam Women’s Association, TYM will give priority to projects which employ women with disabilities, women with or affected by HIV/AIDS and disadvantaged women.

Relic sites in the UNESCO-recognised Complex of Huế Monuments are offering a 50 per cent discount on entry fees. 

The capital city reported one case after going five straight days with no reported community cases.

Australia’s donation of another 300,000 doses of a COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Việt Nam on Thursday, bringing the total from the country to 700,000, Australian foreign minister Marise Payne said in a tweet.

Residents will be able to travel within HCM City without permits beginning Friday, and barriers at checkpoints within the city will be removed as the city relaxes lockdown measures.

The novel The Mountains Sing of Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai has won the runner-up prize at the 2021 Dayton Literary Peace Prize in the US

Starting 6:00pm on September 30, Ho Chi Minh City will further revise COVID-19 preventive measures in the direction of gradually easing social distancing rules, in accordance with the local development of COVID-19 and the Ministry of Health's guidance on risk assessment, the city’s Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said at a press conference on September 30 morning.

The national unified COVID-19 prevention and control app PC-Covid Việt Nam, was made available on iOS’ App Store and Android’s Google Play Store for smartphones on Thursday.

The World Bank (WB) and partners on September 29 launched a project aiming to reduce economic and health vulnerability of older persons in Vietnam, under a 2.75-million-USD grant, funded by the Government of Japan through the Japan Social Development Fund.

The Hue Monuments Conservation Centre in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue has announced that it will re-open a number of tourist sites such as the Hue Imperial Citadel (Dai Noi), and Minh Mang, Tu Duc and Khai Dinh mausoleums to visitors on October 1.

Healthcare services that were closed temporarily can resume operating on October 1, according to the city Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held an online discussion on September 30 to look into the characteristics of the world amid the COVID-19 pandemic and impacts on Vietnam.

The country’s pandemic hotspot HCM City has officially announced plans to gradually reopen its economy from October 1.

The Ministry of Health has proposed allowing passengers to travel by air, train and waterways without negative COVID-19 tests, if they are travelling after three weeks being injected with the first vaccine or have recovered from the disease within six months.