Zen Monk Thich Nhat Hanh passed away at Tu Hieu pagoda in his birthplace Hue city, the central province of Thua Thien-Hue, early January 22 aged 95.

When one door closes, another opens. The pandemic has caused serious consequences, but it also brings opportunities.

Vietnam has lost over 120,000 hectares of sugarcane in the 2016-21 period, a staggering 45 per cent decrease.

Before being appointed Deputy Minister of Public Security by the PM, Major General Nguyen Van Long, as Director of the C03 Agency, together with coworkers cracked a number of major corruption cases.

In the digital era, advanced technologies have wider implementations in various aspects. Many startup businesses in Vietnam have chosen technological products and services as their development direction and have achieved impressive results so far.

Parents are willing to spend tens of millions of dong on English lessons that prepare their children for the IELTS test.

Vietnam is suffering from a shortage of 23,866 preventive medicine workers, including nearly 8,000 doctors and around 4,000 workers with a Bachelor’s in public health, according to the anti-Covid steering committee’s report released on January 20.

The year 2021 was said to be disastrous for many industries but Blockchain boomed during the period as all Blockchain-related indexes grew strongly.

In the event that sea levels rise by 1 metre, it will engulf 47.29% of the Mekong Delta area, approximately 17.15% of the area of HCM City, and 13.20% of the Red River Delta area, according to the 2020 climate change scenario.

A number of agencies have recently discovered multiple smuggling and drug trafficking cases that were handling large quantities.

The list of 19 newly recognised national intangible cultural heritages was divided into various types including traditional festivals, social practices and beliefs, handicraft, folk knowledge and traditional performing arts.

The Ministry of Health has proposed the Government purchase 21.9 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine for children aged between 5 and 11.

Many of the cases in 2021 involved high ranking officials, both incumbent and retired, and general-level officers, including 10 cadres under the management of the Politburo and Secretariat.

Ten countries have so far endorsed Vietnam’s vaccine passport to facilitate travel between their countries and Vietnam, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said at a press briefing in Hanoi on January 20.

Northern Vietnam will experience a cold Tet with drizzle, whilst central and southern Vietnam will be sunny and dry.

Young Vietnamese girl Duong Nguyet Nghi won 53 international awards for her 3D animated short film titled “The Organized Life”, which was co-made by Nghi and her friend Patrick Yu Wang.

Viet A Technology Corporation has been found to have imported three million rapid Covid-19 test kits named Novel Coronavirus 2019-nCoV Antigen Test (Colloidal Gold) from China at US$0.995, or VND21,560 per kit in the last four months of last year.

Vietnam-US trade hits record high in 2021

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong urged breakthrough changes in corrupt asset evaluation and recovery in 2022, as he chaired the 21st meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption on Thursday in Hanoi.

Internet infrastructure in the country is set to receive considerable investment in 2022 to meet users’ growing demand.