Vietnam is ranked the 5th location in Asia-Pacific region, having climbed three places to the 19th position in the world among best places to live and work over the next 12 months, according to the 14th Expat Explorer study.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has assigned the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism to submit a brief report on the Oc Eo - Ba The relic site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, proposing putting the site on the Tentative List.

The Government sets a growth target of 6-6.5 percent next year, according to a report presented by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the opening ceremony of the National Assembly’s second sitting this morning.

The trademark “Vietnam Rice” has by now been protected in 22 foreign countries, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) reported, urging for the issuance of a legal document managing the use of the trademark.

The Ministry of Transport announced on October 19 that it has built plans on restoring domestic flights in the period from October 21 – November 30 based on the outcomes of the pilot resumption of domestic flights from October 10-17.

After the Government issued Resolution 128 a number of cities and provinces began changing their pandemic prevention and control measures, facilitating production, goods circulation and people’s livelihoods.

The second plenary session of the 15th National Assembly opened in Hanoi on October 20.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision approving the railway system planning for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, which sets a target of building nine new railways with a total length of 2,362km by 2030.

The Vietnamese national men’s football team has fallen out of the Top 15 in the Asian region following their recent defeats in the final round of Asian qualifiers for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.

Although the start of the 2022 football season is still more than three months away, clubs have been working hard to strengthen their line-ups.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced up to 7,941 enterprises in the Mekong Delta to suspend their operations or register for dissolution in the first nine months of this year. ​

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According to the latest information, after the U23 Vietnam national football team completed the Asian U23 qualifying round, Coach Park Hang Seo will return to Vietnam and negotiate a third contract with the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

The Vietnamese football team can expect up to 20,000 local fans in the upcoming matches against Japan and Saudi Arabia in November.

Northern region to experience strong cold snap

HCM City has had more than 11,000 hospitalized Covid-19 patients and more than 2,000 deaths per week in the fourth Covid-19 wave that began in late April. Dozens of field hospitals were established and all of them were overloaded.

Vietnam’s economy has recently received many optimistic signals from the business community, which are fuelling expectations of a stable and rapid recovery after a long disruption due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A film project by female director Nguyen Phan Linh Dan was honoured at the Asian Project Market (APM) as part of the 26th Busan International Film Festival 2021 in South Korea last week. 

Hanoi needs an additional 2.5 million doses of AstraZeneca and 3.5 million doses of Pfizer vaccines.

FIFA has officially issued a ruling in the case of Thailand’s Muangthong United football club against Vietnamese goalkeeper Dang Van Lam.

The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has kicked of a program called “Bug Bounty” to find security holes in all national digital conversion platforms.

The capital city is committed to offering the best conditions for foreign investors to conduct businesses, said the city's leaders during a meeting with foreign investors in Ha Noi yesterday.

Vietnam received only 0.5 percent of travelers from Spain in 2019, although the number of visitors has increased in recent years.

Realtors with strong financial capability are collecting land for large projects in the future.

The Ministry of Health (MOH) on October 14 sent a dispatch to local healthcare departments informing them about the plan to vaccinate children aged 12-17.