Best to keep the focus at home

The first week of 2021 saw something that movies could never believably depict. It was captured live, with the US Capitol coming under attack from protesters who broke in while Congress was in joint session finalising the voting on who will be US President for the next four years.

Vietnamese-American songtress Lệ Thu dies

Vietnamese-American songtress Lệ Thu, who was well-known in southern Việt Nam in the 1970s, died of COVID-19 in the US on January 15. She was 78.

Top leader holds phone talks with new Secretary General of Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Party General Secretary and State President Nguyễn Phú Trọng held phone talks with the newly-elected General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee Thongloun Sisoulith on January 16.

COVID-19 update in Việt Nam on Saturday evening

New albums released for Tết

Love, youth and women are themes in new albums by female artists Phùng Khánh Linh and Hà Miên whose music celebrates the upcoming Tết (Lunar New Year) which begins in February.  

First industrial park in Việt Nam gains access to 5G network

The Yên Phong 1 Industrial Park in northern Bắc Ninh province has become the first park in Việt Nam to gain access to the 5G telecom network, with the new technology launched onsite by Viettel on Thursday.

Co-operation needed to deal with medical challenges Delegates discussed public health policies and measures and international co-operation with the COVID-19 pandemic and prevent health threats during a seminar yesterday.

Việt Nam to remain at centre of Asian supply chains: EIU Việt Nam will remain at the centre of Asian supply chains and one of the most competitive manufacturing locations in the Asia-Pacific region, said analysts at the Economist Intelligence Unit in a report on the country released this week.

Việt Nam always a leading partner of Netherlands in Asia Việt Nam is always a leading partner of the Netherlands in Asia, said the Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Sigrid Kaag, at an online meeting with Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Trần Tuấn Anh on Thursday.

Việt Nam steps up measures to protect guest workers abroad

Vietnamese authorities have improved the legal framework, stepped up communication measures and promoted international co-operation to ensure labourers enjoy better rights when working abroad under contracts, a conference has heard.