Việt Nam News

French electropop trio Kid Francescoli will perform with Vietnamese band Ngầm (Underground) in Hà Nội on July 1.

In recent interviews with Việt Nam News, an energy expert and industry leaders in the sector spoke to Vân Nguyễn about the country's commitments at the COP26 to transit away from coal, the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on its energy transition and recommendations for Việt Nam to keep its race to net-zero economy on track.

Public investment has been disbursed slowly in the first half of this year. Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyễn Chí Dũng talked to Vietnam News Agency about the reasons and solutions to quickly speed up the disbursement rate and implementation progress.

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vương Đình Huệ has had a meeting with the speakers of the UK House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle and House of Lords John Mcfall on Wednesday in London during his official visit to the UK at the invitation of the latter two.

The number of foreign tourists visiting Việt Nam in the first two quarters of 2022 increased 6.8 times over the same period of 2021, reaching 602,000, according to the General Statistics Office (GSO).

The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant BA.5 has been detected in Việt Nam and may overwhelm the variant BA.2 which is dominant in the country, according to Prof. Dr. Phan Trọng Lân, Director of the Health Ministry’s Department of Preventive Medicine.