The Health Ministry held a symbolic reception in Hà Nội on Friday to celebrate the arrival of two million doses of AstraZeneca vaccines donated by Poland and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has required businesses producing and importing COVID-19 test kits to promptly report to the ministry about information related to retail prices and supply capacity.

Japfa Vietnam donated medical equipment, including dialysis machines, handheld X-Ray machines, oxygen ventilators, to the COVID-19 Quarantine Area and Field Hospital of Bình Phước Province on October 13.

Several Vietnamese universities have been named in Times Higher Education (THE)’s two new subject rankings – Business and Economics, and Social Sciences – for 2022.

Ambassador of Belarus to Vietnam Vladimir Goshin on October 15 presented the Silver Medal of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (NASB) to Professor Chau Van Minh, President of Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST), in recognition of his outstanding achievements in science.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on October 15 required ministries, agencies and localities to better implement policies promoting the development of women in general and female entrepreneurs in particular.

Restaurants, coffee shops, gyms, yoga, billiards clubs, cinemas and museums will reopen in the central city on Saturday, October 16, as no new community COVID-19 cases have been found in 14 consecutive days.

Although the Ministry of Health no longer requires COVID-19 testing for people travelling between localities, except for from high-risk areas, the authorities of some provinces and cities are still checking test certificates at checkpoints.

Vietnam is ready to coordinate with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and international partners to achieve the targets of this year’s World Food Day (October 16), an official has said.

Flooding causes great losses of life and properties in Vietnam every year. Now an automatic early warning system is being piloted in central Da Nang city to help people better prepare. Able to operate in harsh conditions, the system is hoped to provide a sustainable solution against the natural disaster.

越通社驻新加坡记者报道，由阮维玉上将、副部长率领的越南公安部代表团2月1日在新加坡出席了“编程技术解决方案，为人民提供优质的公共服务”展。此外，阮维玉上将一行还与新加坡智能国家和数字政府办公室(SNDGO)和新加坡政府技术局(GovTech)领导举行双边会谈。 ​

The Ministry of Education and Training has recently released a draft decree revising Decree 86 of 2018, focusing on regulations on management of joint education programs toward higher efficiency and transparency.

河内是统计局透露，2024年1月，该市吸引外资金额达8.66亿美元，其中，获得投资许可证的项目10个，注册资本总额8.59亿美元；增资项目6个，新增资本510万美元；外企合资，购买股份7次数，合资总额达230万美元。

The Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City (VNUHCM) has been placed among the Top 601+ group worldwide at the Times Higher Education (THE)’s 2022 World University Rankings for the subjects of Social Sciences and Business - Economics.

The Ministry of Justice has proposed a draft law revising ten laws concerning investment, aiming to remove obstacles and speed up investment activities.

Bà Đài Village's wooden boat industry was recognised in 2015 as an important cultural heritage of Việt Nam, but now the 100-year-old tradition is under threat from a double whammy of climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Health establishments in HCM City and medical workers still have enough capacity to treat COVID-19 patients after medical workers from other parts of the country were recalled around October 15.

The Việt Nam Pavilion in the Expo 2020 Dubai complex impresses international visitors with with 800 nón lá (conical hats) hang at the front area and miniatures of 18 artworks created by renowned Vietnamese contemporary artists.

The COVID-19 pandemic is leaving many children without parents and many older people without adult caretakers in HCM City.