Buddhists pray online due to COVID-19 outbreak

HCM City and six other provinces and cities are planning to reopen schools on March 1, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, after a two-week delay to the scheduled resumption when Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday ends mid-February.

HCM City eyes 10 percent growth in export in 2021

Despite facing many difficulties caused by COVID-19 pandemic, Vietnamese soprano Hien Nguyen will have her debut concert in Hanoi next month.

Textile and garment companies have made big strides in the industry for the past decade, but 2020 was a challenge.

At 9 am, an ambulance left Field Hospital No 1 in Hai Duong province, carrying a group of students to a site in Chi Linh City where they needed to take samples for tests for SARS-nCov-2.

Vietnam is concerned about cases of using or threatening to use force in international relations, which go against the UN Charter and harm international peace and security, Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN said.

The Ministry of Public Security plans to have issued chip-based ID cards to 50 million citizens by July 1 this year.

A campaign seeking ideas for Hanoi's street decoration and lighting for this year has been launched by the municipal Department of Culture and Sports.

The environment sector of HCMC has planned to invest some VND6 trillion in building a landfill, a waste-to-energy (WTE) plant, and a cemetery park, alongside tackling toxic waste and replacing waste collection vehicles in the next five years.

Vietnam’s dollar billionaire Pham Nhat Vuong did not succeed with his plan to take over LG’s smartphone production division in Vietnam and Brazil, but has taken new moves in the US market.

Very few apartments priced at below VND25 million per square meter in HCM City exist, according to Ministry of Construction (MOC).

In an effort to avoid gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam (BSV) has told some pagodas to accept online donations and offerings via e-wallet.

The Japanese man who tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 after dying at a hotel in Hanoi carried a Covid-19 variant found for the first time in Vietnam.

The Hue Museum of Royal Antiquities is featuring more than 40 artefacts dating to the time of King Minh Mang at Ngu Phung Pavilion to mark the 200th anniversary of his reign in the former Imperial Citadel of Hue, a UNESCO heritage site.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, the world’s largest trade pact, offers Vietnamese agricultural exporters an excellent opportunity to increase their participation in global value chains, experts said.

The Ministry of Health posted no new locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases on the morning of February 25, keeping the national tally at 2,412, while the total recoveries reached a total of 1,804 .

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has approved projects on the construction and infrastructure development of three industrial parks (IPs).

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung and Thai Permanent Secretary for Foreign Affairs Thani Thongphakdi exchanged views on cooperation between the two countries and international issues on February 24.

As a leading financial newspaper run by Japanese media giants Nikkei Inc., Nikkei Asia have stated that, “Southeast Asia's growth leader in 2021 may well be Vietnam”, during a recent article detailing ASEAN's GDP forecasts for the year ahead.