The second national congress of Vietnamese ethnic minority groups is scheduled to take place from December 2-4 in Hà Nội with the participation of 1,600 delegates.

Associate Professor, Dr Trần Sơn, former head of the Japanese language faculty under the Foreign Trade University (FTU), has been awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun, Golden Rays.

Natural disasters have claimed 280 lives and caused a total loss of approximately VND29.9 trillion (close to US$1.29 billion) to Việt Nam since the beginning of this year, according to the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control.

During the rainy season from May to October, the city experiences regular flooding. A combination of high tides in the Sài Gòn and Đồng Nai rivers, heavy rains and land subsidence puts HCM City in the list of 10 cities most vulnerable to sea-level rise.

According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam, four domestic airlines will be conducting the flights – with more than half of them, 32 flights, to be done by the flag carrier Vietnam Airlines, 12 by the budget carrier Vietjet Air, five by Bamboo Airways and five by Pacific Airlines.

Provinces in the Mekong Delta have seen a decrease in the number of tourists due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new red-alert system implemented at hospitals in Hà Nội to quickly detect and treat at risk patients is already saving lives, online newspaper Vietnamplus reported.

Việt Nam Social Security launched the application VssID at an online meeting with 20,000 participants in 63 provinces and cities on Monday afternoon.

Employers’ recruitment demand in HCM City in the last months of the year is expected to see a 34 per cent decline compared to the same period last year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.