Việt Nam News

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Kiên Giang, the country’s largest rice producer, aims to increase the added-value of agricultural produce by 2 – 3 per cent a year from now to 2025.

Typhoon Rai, the ninth typhoon of this year, is forecast to reach the northwest of the Hoàng Sa (Paracel) Archipelago at 10 am on Monday with wind speeds of 120-150kph, said the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính asked Lạch Huyện Container Port in Hải Phòng City to apply digital technology in management, modernise administrative models and create an unpolluted environment.

Police have arrested and initiated legal proceedings against Phan Quốc Việt, general director of Việt A Technologies JSC, for allegedly raising the price of COVID-19 test kits.

The capital city of Hà Nội recorded 1,405 COVID-19 infections on Sunday, as Việt Nam posted a daily rise of 16,093 cases.

HCM City’s Thủ Thiêm Tunnel between District 1 and Thủ Đức City will be closed on the nights of December 19 and 20 for a construction audit and maintenance.

The Ministry of Health has proposed that all non-essential activities, entertainment and festive activities in localities with a high risk of COVID-19 resurgence are suspended during Tết holidays.

The People’s Committee of Hà Nội’s Hai Bà Trưng District has ordered the temporary halting of on-site dining at restaurants, outdoor exercise, and in-person study, from 12pm of December 19.

Hà Nội registered a record 1,244 COVID-19 cases on Saturday, the highest the city has ever posted in a single update, with a total of 15,895 infections confirmed nationwide.

Training, workshops and seminars, research, projects, exhibitions, studios, and community initiatives were organised throughout this year as part of the SMARTCITY+ programme organised by the University of Economics HCM City that wrapped up on Friday (December 17).

A Chăm ethnic man in the coastal province of Ninh Thuận surprised his friends and neighbours by successfully turning barren, dry land into ponds for breeding giant freshwater prawns.

The southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu is applying advanced farming standards to its key agricultural produce and using organic cultivation techniques to increase quality.

The number of COVID-19 infections in Việt Nam surpassed 1.5 million, as the country reported 15,236 new cases in 59 provinces and cities on Friday.

The HCM City People’s Committee has asked the Ministry of Health to send more medical personnel to the city amid a surge in hospitalisations of COVID-19 patients.

The People’s Court of HCM City on Friday sentenced two Taiwanese men to death for illegally trafficking 606kg of drugs.