16,141 new cases recorded on Saturday

Cases are recorded in Hồ Chí Minh (1.441), Bình Phước (1.164), Tây Ninh (903), Khánh Hòa (794), Bến Tre (756), Đồng Tháp (750), Cà Mau (722), Cần Thơ (689), Sóc Trăng (617), Vĩnh Long (576), Hà Nội (548), Tiền Giang (545), Bạc Liêu (505), Bà Rịa - Vũng Tàu (498), Trà Vinh (456), Bình Dương (418), Kiên Giang (409), Đồng Nai (390), An Giang (368), Hậu Giang (347), Bình Thuận (317), Bình Định (286), Thừa Thiên Huế (240), Bắc Ninh (213), Hải Phòng (212), Lâm Đồng (198), Đà Nẵng (186), Gia Lai (177), Thanh Hóa (148), Quảng Nam (139), Ninh Thuận (123), Hưng Yên (110), Nghệ An (92), Hà Giang (81), Đắk Nông (79), Long An (71), Quảng Ninh (69), Vĩnh Phúc (62), Phú Yên (45), Thái Bình (45), Thái Nguyên (40), Hải Dương (34), Quảng Ngãi (34), Quảng Bình (30), Phú Thọ (27), Nam Định (25), Hòa Bình (18), Kon Tum (15), Hà Nam (14), Lào Cai (14), Sơn La (13), Cao Bằng (11), Yên Bái (10), Bắc Giang (10), Hà Tĩnh (7), Điện Biên (6), Tuyên Quang (4), Quảng Trị (2), Bắc Kạn (1).

Winners of protecting Party’s ideological foundation contest announced

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Việt Nam attends international security meeting in Russia

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Government action programme cracks down on illegal fishing

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Vietnam Academy of Blockchain, AI Innovation debuts

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Airlines requested to increase flights during upcoming holiday

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Report flags more than 1,000 locations posing risk of railway accidents

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US donates further 4.4mln Pfizer vaccine doses to Việt Nam, Australia sends 1.1mln doses

About 131 million doses have been administered in the country, with first-dose and second-dose coverage in the adult population hitting 96.4 per cent and 76.5 per cent.

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Deputy PM agrees to restore regular international commercial flights from January 1, 2022

In the short term, flights will operate between Việt Nam and Beijing/Guangzhou (China), Tokyo (Japan), Seoul (South Korea), Taipei – Taiwan (China), Bangkok (Thailand), Singapore, Vientiane (Laos), Phnom Penh (Cambodia) and San Francisco/Los Angeles (USA).

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Special address of Former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Mr. Balkenende at the Vietnam Corporate Sustainability Forum (VCSF)

This Thursday, Jan Peter Balkenende, chairman of the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition (https://www.dsgc.nl/en) and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, congratulated Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính with his strong commitment at the COP26 Summit in Glasgow to make Việt Nam climate neutral by 2050

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14,839 new coronavirus cases recorded in Việt Nam on Friday

Authorities in Hà Nội recorded 637 new cases.

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HCM City seeks support from private pharmacies, requests military medical reinforcement

HCM City is calling for help from private pharmacies to help in the fight against COVID-19, and requesting more military medical staff amid a rising number of COVID patients.

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14,839 new COVID-19 cases, 216 more deaths reported on Friday

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Former Director of Bạch Mai Hospital detained on corruption charges

Nguyễn Quang Tuấn, former director of Hà Nội Heart Hospital and Bạch Mai Hospital, was arrested on Friday

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Đà Nẵng welcomes first MICE tourists after social distancing

Đà Nẵng City, the travel hub in central Việt Nam, welcomed the first 500 MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences, and events) tourists on Friday after a long social distancing period in response to COVID-19