Digital transformation is considered to be among the key solutions to removing obstacles facing production and business and creating new development directions, and is being applied by many localities and enterprises amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

The high turnout (99.6 percent) at the elections of deputies to the 15th National Assembly and all-level People’s Councils for 2016-2021 demonstrates people’s political awareness, patriotism and trust in the Party and the State, an official has said.

The startup Hanet, which makes AI cameras for home use, anti-theft, access control and time attendance has successfully raised capital in the first investment round (series A) from the technology group G-Group.

E-commerce platforms in Vietnam have seen the number of new users grow by 41% since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of the new users said they would continue to use the new form of shopping even after the epidemic ends.

In recent decades, the Vietnamese wood industry, from a small craft industry, has grown rapidly to become a global processing industry.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) has proposed an eight-month exemption of health insurance premiums, until January next year, for labourers and firms victimised by COVID-19.

A total of 201 new domestic cases of COVID-19 across six Vietnamese localities were confirmed positive for the SARS-CoV2-virus by the Ministry of Health on June 6, with Bac Giang, Bac Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City suffering the most infections.

Human knowledge has been digitized for cyberspace in the Internet era.

It is likely that the 31st SEA Games, which is scheduled to take place from November 21 through December 2 in Vietnam, will be postponed because of developments of the Covid-19 pandemic in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

A delegation of HCMC’s leaders on June 5 offered incense to pay tribute to late President Ho Chi Minh on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of his departure to the world to seek suitable pathways for the country’s salvation (June 5, 1911).

Many ill people in Danang are arriving at hospital too late due to fears of Covid-19.

In the current circumstance, countries that are able to reopen their borders will stand a bigger chance to spur economic growth. Such a chance are worth every effort to be made by Vietnam to grasp it. 

While foreign-invested enterprises (FIEs) have been growing and prospering, Vietnamese enterprises have been developing inadequately because they lack favorable conditions to thrive.

Ha DieuTrang is an alumna of Worcester Academy in the US. She was an English major at the Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted, but chose to study IT in university because she wanted to challenge herself in a field which was not her forte.

Ben Tre is the homeland of coconuts. It also has shrimp production and the largest seedling gardens in the country. With such treasures, the province could develop these into multi-billion dollar products.

Before June 1, the southern metropolis recorded 50 infection cases a day. On June 1 and 2, it reduced to 43 cases and 28 cases respectively.

Some supermarkets and fast food stores in districts 12, Tan Binh, Hoc Mon yesterday announced a dramatic increase in online orders, up by 3-5 times compared to prior days.

World Environment Day 2021 calls for urgent action to revive the damaged ecosystems.

The Ministry of Health on June 6 morning reported the latest detection of a further 39 locally-transmitted cases, with the majority found in Bac Giang at 21, HCMC at 10 and Bac Ninh at 8, lifting the overall number of infections to 7,029.

A COVID-19 vaccine fund made its debut on June 5 evening in Hanoi, featuring the participation of PM Pham Minh Chinh, officials from the Vietnam Fatherland Front, ministries, sectors, and organisations, business community representatives and others.

It is forecast that this summer the weather in the Northern region of Vietnam will not be as intense and prolonged as it was in 2020. However, there may be heat waves in some provinces with the highest temperatures reaching 41- 42 degrees Celsius.

Late artist Ha Thi Cau is remembered as an advocate for the Vietnamese folk singing genre ‘Xam’. 

The Korean media predicts that the Vietnamese football team and coach Park Hang Seo will achieve a miracle: getting a card to the Asian final qualifying round of the 2022 World Cup.

It is necessary to have new approaches in fighting Covid-19 as per the PM’s direction – being more proactive, switching from defense to attack, applying technology, and applying rapid and proactive testing and vaccinations at lightning speed.

Given COVID-19 developments, the Ministry of Transport (MoT) has approved the suspension of passenger flights to Con Dao Island and those linking Quang Ninh and Gia Lai provinces with Ho Chi Minh City.