Foreign managers, investors and highly skilled workers coming to work in the provinces of Tây Ninh, Bình Dương, Bình Phước, Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu, Đồng Nai, Long An, and Tiền Giang will be taken there for quarantine when they land at HCM City airport, according to the city Department of Health.

Việt Nam confirmed five new imported COVID-19 cases and one recovery on Friday evening, bringing the national count to 1,105 and total recoveries to 1,024, announced the National Steering Committee on COVID-19 Prevention and Control on Friday evening.

Việt Nam has done well on the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII), coming second within ASEAN, and ranking 77 out of 158 countries this year, according to a new analysis from Oxfam and the Development Finance International which was released on Thursday.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has issued a directive to accelerate the application of automated non-stop toll collection services nationwide.

Households who are allocated forest lands in Kiên Giang Province’s Hòn Đất District have protected them well but and also improved their incomes by exploiting their resources.

For the first time ever in Việt Nam, a happiness index has been included in a provincial plan for socio-economic development as a key indicator besides conventional metrics such as GDP, poverty rate, employment and social investment.

Thousands local residents in Long Biên District, Hà Nội have been making the most of a series of new flower gardens following the district's decision to invest in green spaces five years ago.

More companies in Việt Nam are carrying out programmes to reduce waste and achieve sustainable, environmentally-friendly operations.