Việt Nam News

Former Chairman of the Hà Nội’s People’s Committee Nguyễn Đức Chung was brought to trial on Monday, charged with “abusing position and power while performing duties"

HCM City’s health authorities on Monday rejected fake news circulating the internet about an Omicron variant case in the southern city.

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has called on the nation to do everything necessary to protect the most vulnerable against COVID-19 and reduce the number of deaths related to the virus.

With the number of internet users in the country rising to 68 million (two-thirds of the total population) in recent years, the Vietnamese are becoming more susceptible to falling victim to data breaches. 

Việt Nam is looking to increase the average housing floor area per person to 27sq.m by 2025, in which the floor area per person will be 28sq.m in urban areas, and 26sq.m in rural areas.

Việt Nam’s education system has adapted well to online teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic, but online tests conducted across different applications has revealed some limitations, raising doubts in the community about the quality of online learning.

Transport firms at coach stations in HCM City expect an unprecedented low passenger demand for travel during the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This is the eighth straight day the capital has had the highest number of new transmissions, with 1,910 recorded in total.

Experts have said Việt Nam needs a roadmap to recover the tourism sector which has been devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ministry of Health has told four central-level hospitals – Chợ Rẫy, Huế Central, HCM City University of Medicine and Pharmacy and Thống Nhất – to provide training in resuscitation services to staff without these skills who work in COVID-19 healthcare facilities in HCM City.

In addition to the Hà Nội districts of Đống Đa and Hai Bà Trưng, the city's three inner districts of Ba Đình, Hoàn Kiếm and Tây Hồ have to halt in-person dining and some non-essential services from Sunday after the city announced a new pandemic level assessment early Saturday.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has plans to support employees working in economic zones, industrial parks, and high-tech zones to work and participate in production recovery, especially migrant workers returning to work.

More than half of new virus incidences, 8,077, were community cases

Those eligible include people entering for diplomatic, official, or business purposes; investors; experts; skilled workers and families; people cited in agreements; and those having contact with those staying in Việt Nam for a short time.

While Lâm Đồng Province has its fair share of organic farms, Huy is one of very few farmers that were recognised as one of the “Outstanding Vietnamese Farmers in 2021”.

At 1,400 metres above sea level in Quế Hamlet, the life of the Cor people remains simple and almost isolated from the rest of the world.