Việt Nam News

The HCM City People’s Committee has decided that students in kindergarten and from first to sixth grades can return to school from February 14.

The HCM City economy will recover this year and return to pre-pandemic levels, its People’s Committee chairman has said.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính attended the inauguration ceremony of the Tình Yêu (Love) Bridge, the first phase of the coastal ring road of Hạ Long – Cẩm Phả as well as the opening of Vân Đồn – Móng Cái Expressway in the north-eastern province of Quảng Ninh on Wednesday.

A person who came in contact with 13 imported cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant is the first recorded case of Omicron in the community.

Minister of Education and Training Nguyễn Kim Sơn has underlined the importance of reopening schools, stressing that sufficient conditions are in place to get children back to class.

The Hà Nội administration has permitted bus services to resume operations at full capacity from February 8, following an over-three-month hiatus caused by the pandemic.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the WorldShare organisation have recently signed a cooperation agreement to build 73 flood-resilient houses for poor households affected by storms in the central province of Quảng Bình.

The number of passengers passing through HCM City’s airport and bus stations has increased in recent days as the city has been a pandemic-free 'green zone’ for three consecutive weeks and Tết (Lunar New Year) is approaching.

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Trà Vinh will assist farmers in restructuring crops on a total area of 1,400ha this year to help them earn higher incomes.

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Minh Khái instructed ministries to complete the draft Resolution of the Government on the socio-economic recovery and development programme during a conference on Tuesday in Hà Nội.

There will be no inequality issues when universities start using international foreign language certificates such as IELTS or TOEFL as criteria for admission, according to the Director of University Education Department (Ministry of Education and Training) Nguyễn Thu Thuỷ.

Many pregnant women in Hà Nội who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 suffered serious complications after being admitted to hospital, according to Hà Nội Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital.

A cold spell combined with a strong north-east monsoon is forecast to cause temperatures in the northern region to drop sharply, with frost in mountainous areas between Friday and next Thursday – the Tết (Lunar New Year) holidays.

Vietnam Airlines on Tuesday conducted the first regular flight from London to Hà Nội after a gap of almost two years caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coca-Cola, through its partnership with the Vietnam Red Cross Society, is providing VNĐ5 million scholarship grants to around 100 secondary and high school students from pandemic-hit households in the province of Bình Phước and HCM City.

At the turn of the year 2021/2022, Việt Nam received 6.2 million additional COVID-19 vaccine doses from the UK and European partners via the COVAX Facility.

Total of 15,743 new cases were reported in Việt Nam on Tuesday, bringing the nationwide tally to 2,171,527, according to the Ministry of Heath.