After an up and down 2020 season, midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai of Hanoi FC will be hoping to hit the ground running this year in the National Super Cup tomorrow (Jan 9) against Viettel.

Wakamono, a HCM City company that specialises in producing nano biotech materials, has invented a medical mask that is capable of killing more than 99 per cent of both gram-negative and -positive bacteria, and enveloped and non-enveloped virus.

The HCM City Ballet Symphony Orchestra and Opera (HBSO) will launch a concert featuring dance, arias, and orchestral works from well-known operas to welcome the New Year at the city's Opera House on January 9.

Vietnam will keep using its current COVID-19 prevention strategy, despite the emergence of new more transmissible variants of coronavirus.

Two sandstone statues – Ganesha and Gajasimha – which are on display at the Cham Sculpture Museum in the central city – have been recognised as National Treasures following a Prime Minister’s decision.

Construction of the National Innovation Centre (NIC), worth VND740 billion ($32 million), will be launched at Hoa Lac hi-tech park on the outskirts of Hanoi on January 9.

Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has held phone talks with US Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to discuss bilateral economic and trade issues.

For the first time, renowned poet Nguyen Quang Thieu held an exhibition of his own paintings in the city.

Musician and researcher Nguyen Vinh Bao passed away at his home in Dong Thap Province on Thursday at the age of 103.

Insurance companies in Vietnam are lifting the curtains on their public fundraising plans, seen as a step towards luring more cash in the promising insurance and reinsurance market.

Yen refused a good job and a comfortable life in a city three years ago to settle down in a mountainous area, even amid criticism that she was an eccentric woman.

Goalkeeper Dang Van Lam has stopped playing for Thailand’s Muangthong United and will join Japanese club Cerezo Osaka.

The Mau Son mountain area in Lang Son Province is being blanketed by snow and ice as the temperature has dropped to minus 1 degrees centigrade.

Vietnam and Cambodia have agreed to intensify defence cooperation in 2021, with the focus on stepping up border checks and patrols to prevent illegal entry and exit so as to contribute to each country’s fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year, the Ministry of of Science and Technology (MoST) will focus on building national sci-tech development plans for the next five years to promote socioeconomic development in the new era.

The life expectancy at birth in Vietnam in 2020 increased by 0.1 year compared to 2019 to 73.7 years, according to the report of the Ministry of Health at a meeting held on January 6. 

The number of foreign direct investment (FDI) enterprises continues to increase in Vietnam, but more are reporting losses. 

More than VND1 trillion has been paid by brands in Vietnam for ads on online video apps, social networks and online game apps that operate illegally, estimates the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC).

The People’s Committee of Hanoi has rolled out various measures to improve air quality amidst the alarming pollution level in the city in recent days.

The Vietnamese manufacturing sector ended the year 2020 in growth territory as business conditions improved following disruptions caused by a succession of storms in November, with output, new orders and employment all increasing in December,