While Ho Chi Minh City and a number of southern provinces are facing widespread issues with COVID-19, digital transformation efforts are being taken more seriously.

Many enterprises in HCM City are operating under a so-called production-and-quarantine model, i.e. maintaining production while strictly following quarantine rules amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

After nearly 18 years of living in Vietnam, retired Nigerian footballer Amaobi Honest Uzowuru has found his second home.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) have recruited Spanish fitness coach Miguel Ledesma Carrasco to help the national team prepare for the upcoming 2021 FIFA Futsal World Cup.

At the General Meeting of shareholders held on Wednesday morning, Vietnam Airlines JSC (HVN) approved a plan of raising VND8 trillion (US$346.2 million) through share issuance. 

The Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) has revised two scenarios for the Vietnamese economy by the end of the year, with the GDP rate forecast to expand by 5.9% and 6.2%, respectively.

There must be satisfactory solutions for the sake of the economy and the country's reputation in international relations because the pressure to open up, for example, through accepting vaccine passports, is great.

According to the latest data from the Authority of Information Technology Application of the Ministry of Information & Communications, by July 12 there had been a total of 40.21 million downloads of the Bluezone application. 

Hanoi Medical University over five years received more than 1,000 letters expressing people’s wish to donate their bodies after death, but it actually received about 10 bodies.

Mobile sales have been launched in HCM City, which has remained Vietnam’s largest Covid-19 epicentre.

When HCM City went into lockdown under Government Directive 16 on July 9, many businesses and manufacturers prepared plans to set up temporary accommodations for their workers to avoid the spread of coronavirus and maintain production.

Vietnam reports 1,922 new COVID-19 cases on July 15 evening

The number of newly-opened securities accounts opened in the last 18 months is equal to the total number of the previous 20 years.

Keeping customers happy so they come back for more is essential to every service business.

A book project to promote Vietnamese culture to Vietnamese and international readers called “Tủ Sách Văn Hóa Việt” (Bookshelf of Vietnam Culture) has been launched.

The State Bank of Vietnam set the daily reference exchange rate at 23,203 VND per USD on July 15, down 1 VND from the previous day.

The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on July 14 wrapped up its 47th session in Geneva, Switzerland, with 27 resolutions adopted, including one regarding climate change and human rights, 

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on July 14 had phone talks with his Romanian counterpart Klaus Iohannis.

The Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) has received in-principle approval from health authorities to host the national team’s upcoming 2022 World Cup qualifiers at home.

Additional 805 COVID-19 infections were reported on July 15 morning, including four imported cases, according to the Ministry of Health.

In addition to the 18 athletes who have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Vietnamese sport is proud to have three international-level referees invited to officiate at the largest global multi-sport event in Japan this summer.

Vietnam as of July 10 had reported 26,608 Covid-19 infection cases and 110 deaths.

A project is being implemented with the participation of Vietnamese scientists who are trying to use AI to discover Covid-19 infections through coughs.

‘Vi’ (Taste), the award-winning movie by direct Le Bao, has been officially banned in Vietnam by the Cinema Department because of 30 minute nudity scenes.

Lo Sanh Phin is now the only Dao man in Ha Giang Province still weaving screens to make paper, a traditional craft of the Dao.