Việt Nam received two delegations of international visitors from Uzbekistan and Russia with “vaccine passports” on Saturday and Sunday.

The 13th National Party Congress, changes to the anti-pandemic strategy, and efforts to maintain some growth pillars are among the events that have shaped Vietnam in 2021. The following are the top 10 domestic events selected by the Vietnam News Agency.

The Ministry of Health has told four central-level hospitals – Chợ Rẫy, Huế Central, HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Thống Nhất – to provide training in resuscitation services to staff without these skills who work in COVID-19 healthcare facilities in HCM City.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 25 sent a letter to the population sector to commemorate its 60th anniversary (December 26).

Kon Ha Nung Plateau in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai, recognised as a world biosphere reserve by UNESCO at the 33rd session of its International Coordinating Council of the Man and the Biosphere Programme in Nigeria in September, is expected to create more opportunities to attract both domestic and international organisations to invest in conservation and development projects.

The tourism sectors of southern provinces and cities are exerting efforts to reform and diversify products to attract visitors while ensuring safety in the ‘new normal’, as the 2022 New Year and traditional Tet (Lunar New Year) holidays approach.

In addition to the Hà Nội districts of Đống Đa and Hai Bà Trưng, the city's three inner districts of Ba Đình, Hoàn Kiếm and Tây Hồ have to halt in-person dining and some non-essential services from Sunday after the city announced a new pandemic level assessment early Saturday.

The Government on December 16 issued Decree 114, which is designed to replace Decree 56 of last year and expected to improve efficiency of using official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans of foreign donors in the country.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has plans to support employees working in economic zones, industrial parks, and high-tech zones to work and participate in production recovery, especially migrant workers returning to work.

More than half of new virus incidences, 8,077, were community cases

Those eligible include people entering for diplomatic, official, or business purposes; investors; experts; skilled workers and families; people cited in agreements; and those having contact with those staying in Việt Nam for a short time.

On December 25, Quảng Ninh Department of Tourism held a conference in Ha Long City to review the work in 2021 and deploy tasks in 2022.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 25 had a working session with leading officials of the northern mountainous province of Tuyen Quang.

Vietnam’s target of bringing its GDP growth to 6-6.5 percent in 2022 as set in the recent session of the National Assembly is entirely possible if it can effectively control the COVID-19, and improve the supply – demand balance, an official of the World Bank has said.

While Lâm Đồng Province has its fair share of organic farms, Huy is one of very few farmers that were recognised as one of the “Outstanding Vietnamese Farmers in 2021”.

At 1,400 metres above sea level in Quế Hamlet, the life of the Cor people remains simple and almost isolated from the rest of the world.

The 2022 Hội An Lantern Festival, a special cultural and art event, will open on December 25 at the Hội An Memories Island to celebrate Christmas and welcome the New Year.

The mossy walls of an old apartment building in HCM City have been painted with giant murals as part of the Saigon Urban Arts 2021 project.

A lunch box or a loaf of bread costs very little, but it brings great sentimental value for COVID-19 patients and those severely affected by the pandemic.