All routes leading to St Joseph’s Cathedral in Hanoi’s Nha Tho Street will face limits to the number of people and vehicles entering and leaving this area on Christmas Eve, local police have announced.

Vietnamese acrobat duo Giang Quoc Co and Giang Quoc Nghiep broke their own world record by doing a head-to-head balancing act and climbing 100 stairs of the Girona Cathedral in Catalonia, Spain on December 23.

Vietnam, which is pursuing a policy on the development of digital technology, has set the goal of having 10 technology firms with annual revenue of over $1 billion by 2025.

2021 has been a fruitful year for Vietnam’s agriculture as many farm specialties have entered choosy markets.

Gardeners in Hoi An are concerned as buyers have not turned up and few orders have come this year.

Organic agriculture production and consumption in Việt Nam is facing many challenges from modest size, output and capital shortage to consumer doubt over quality and origin.

The three products are priced between VND4.5 million and VND6.5 million, affordable for most consumers.

Only Japan has officially agreed with Vietnam’s plan to resume regular international flights starting next year with four flights a week, the Civil Aviation Authority said on December 23.

Private First Class Vu Duc Thanh, 19, opens the door of a cold storage unit that holds the bodies of COVID-19 victims, so he and his colleagues can take the next coffin out for cremation in HCM City’s Cu Chi District. 

Vietnamese parents agree that their children need to be good at math, but disagree on whether they need to have good handwriting.

Vietnam lost 0 - 2 against Thailand in the first leg of the AFF Cup semifinals on December 23.

For the January-November period of 2021, the number of domestic tourists was 34.75 million, and total revenue was 167 trillion VND, 40% down year on year.

Authorities in Hanoi have decided to restore an old French villa at 49 Tran Hung Dao Street.

A recovery in the global investment flow will open up a bright future for Vietnam’s investment attraction, according to experts.

Deputy PM Le Van Thanh disagreed with a proposal of the Vietnam Railway Corporation to import 37 used train carriages from Japan, echoing the Transport Ministry’s views on the issue, the Government Office announced. 

Vietnam wins three golds at 2021 Asian Karate Championship

China suspends goods import via border gates in Mong Cai 

The PM has asked the Ministry of Public Security to coordinate with other relevant agencies and localities to speed up and expand the investigation into the price gouging of Covid-19 test kits at the Viet A Technology Corporation. 

After continuously rising and hitting new price levels since the beginning of the year, real estate stocks once again have emerged as the market’s leader in recent sessions. 

Vietnamese representative Do Thi Ha will head back to Puerto Rico on March 16, 2022, to compete in the grand final of the Miss World 2021 pageant alongside the other finalists, according to organisers.

Having launched a bicycle-sharing system in downtown HCMC, Tri Nam Group JSC, the project investor, plans to extend the public bike scheme to Hanoi, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Danang.

HCM City has taken a number of measures to improve its investment environment so that it can improve its ranking in the provincial competitiveness index, but the effort has not yielded results yet.

Large economies such as the US, the major partners of Vietnam, are recovering rapidly, which could bring more trade and investment opportunities to Vietnam. But economists have warned of high inflation.

“Bo Gia” (Dad, I’m sorry), by directors Tran Thanh and Vu Ngoc Dang, was honoured as the Best Feature Film at Golden Kite Awards 2020 which was held by the Vietnam Cinema Association (VCA) in Hanoi on December 22.

In light of the spread of the Omicron variant in Southeast Asia and around the world, Vietnam should act as though the variant is already in the country, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.