The COVID-19 pandemic is still hitting the world of sport hard but 2021 will always be remembered as a year of stunning "first times" for Vietnamese athletes, as well as a few moments of heartbreak for the nation. 

The state budget revenue has increased sharply, even as people and businesses remain depressed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. 

Land prices escalated despite Covid-19, which forced many people to tighten their purse strings.

Below is full speech of Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong at the National Foreign Relations Conference for the implementation of the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, held on December 14.

2021 has been a turbulent year for economies around the world, including Vietnam, due to the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hanoi’s GRDP up 6.69 percent in Q4

More than 1.5 million booster doses of Covid-19 vaccines had been administered to people 18 and older in 40 cities and provinces in Vietnam by December 29.

Vietnam's engagement in UN peacekeeping operations over the past seven years has achieved many positive results, and at the same time opened up many new directions of deployment.

The classification of COVID-19 patients need to prioritise high-risk groups, particularly those over 50 years old, have underlying conditions or are unvaccinated or partly vaccinated, said deputy minister of health Nguyen Truong Son.

Pop star My Tam will virtually hold a concert series called “Unstaged Music Show: My Soul 1981” on the streaming platform NEThub in January. 

HCM City remains Vietnamese travellers’ favourite destination for New Year celebration

Covid-19 in the last few years brought the world’s tourism to its knees. Current opportunities exist but if Vietnam starts the new race later than other countries, it will lose.

The National Committee for Ethics in Biomedical Research on December 29 voted in favour of the results of the third human clinical trial of locally produced vaccine Nano Covax against the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

Vietnamese epidemiologists have discovered an additional 14 Omicron cases following the first identified in Hanoi a couple of days ago.

An ambitious plan to invest billions of dollars into Viet Nam's airport system is one step closer to reality.

Vietnam has a strong voice and gains trust from the world, especially countries in Asia, Africa, Europe and the US.

In 2021, Vietnam has continued acting as an active and responsible member of the international community as seen in its performance in many multilateral cooperation mechanisms.

The Ministry of Health on December 29 issued new definitions of COVID cases, suspected cases and close contacts in a bid to detect and manage new infections quicker and more effectively.

As of December 30, five out of the best growth stocks in Vietnam have seen increases of more than 1,000 percent in value, with one even reaching an over 2,000 percent rise.

The first extraordinary session of the 15th National Assembly will open on January 4 and close on January 11.

Plans are in place to resume some regular international flight routes to Vietnam, almost two years after they were halted because of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Getting married at an older age, being 'afraid' of giving birth and expecting to have only one child are alarming facts in Vietnam, especially when the country’s aging is four times faster than that of other countries.

The number of civil servants with doctoral and master's degrees in Vietnam in 2019 were 2,347 (0.8%) and 19,136 people (6.5%), respectively.

As Vietnam battles the 4th wave of COVID-19 pandemic lingering since late April, much of the country's resources have been streamlined to treat the infected people, limit transmissions and accelerate the national vaccination campaign.

It’s necessary to be daring and set a high goal of exporting $50 billion worth of farm produce in 2022 as agriculture is a pillar of the economy, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference on December 29.