The media needs to keep working on improving its credibility by publishing “timely, accurate and comprehensive” stories, Deputy Minister of Information and Communications Phạm Anh Tuấn has said.

The Ministry of Health has distributed 200,000 tablets of the antiviral drug Molnupiravir in Hà Nội as the number of infections in the capital city continue to increase.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked localities to speed up COVID-19 vaccinations as the pandemic rages on across the nation and infections continue to rise.

The World Health Organization (WHO) will continue to work with the Government of Việt Nam to plan for and transition towards adaptation to an endemic COVID-19 and learning to ‘live safely with the virus’ in the long term, even when there are new surges in the future.

Businesses in HCM City are expected to recruit an additional 33,000-42,000 employees until the year end, with part-time and seasonal jobs accounting for a majority, according to the city's Centre for Human Resource Forecast and Labour Information.

Every Christmas the Catholic neighbourhood in District 8’s Pham The Hien Street and other of its similar areas across HCM City are filled with colourful decorations and nativity scenes set up by religious families. This year although some families have skipped creating the colourful scenes, others are still decking their halls with boughs of Holly.