The night of music and talks will bring an extraordinary experience of the native culture of the Central Highlands to the public of Hanoi.

The disbursement of public investment was estimated at VND398 trillion as of the end of December, meeting 82.8 per cent of the Government’s plan – the highest rate in the 2016-20 period, according to the Ministry of Planning and Investment.

A film screening of the comic opera Così fan tutte (All Women Do the Same), staged by the UK’s Royal Opera House in 2010, will be held at Culture Café Salon on January 10.

Hanoi Department of Natural Resources and Environment has advised residents to stay indoors as air pollution worsened on January 6.

Players of the national women’s football team have gathered for a training camp ahead of a busy 2021, which will end with an effort to defend their SEA Games title.

Hoang Tuan Anh, the creator of the ‘rice ATM’ which dispensed rice to the poor to help them survive the Covid-19 pandemic, is one of the 14 people nominated by VietNamNet as Inspiring Characters.

Police in the central province of Nghe An are hunting four Chinese people who illegally entered Vietnam.

The regulatory sandbox for financial technology (fintech) which is expected to be created this year, coupled with efforts to promote the use of digital financial services, are expected to accelerate the development of fintech in Vietnam.

The Hanoi’s People’s Committee has sent a team of inspectors to investigate the operation of Minh Quan High Technology Development and Investment JSC following a recent environmental workers’ strike.

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) has requested provinces and cities thoroughly handle hotspots of air pollution and exhaust gas emissions.

In the first 11 months of this year dragonfruit exports fell by 10 per cent because of the COVID-19 pandemic but still dominated Vietnamese fruit exports with shipments of more than US$1 billion.

The human trial of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccine will begin on January 21-22, Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long has stated.

The Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted investment flow into Vietnam’s startups, but for venture funds, Vietnam is still considered a priority market in Southeast Asia in 2021.

Ex-Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang and nine accomplices are set to be brought to trial on January 7 for violations at the ministry and in Ho Chi Minh City that caused losses of some $118 million.

A ceremony was held in Hanoi on January 6 to mark the 15th anniversary of the Government Portal (VGP).

Stricter COVID-19 prevention in cultural, sports, and tourism sector requested

The Covid-19 pandemic left 1.3 million Vietnamese people unemployed in 2020, said the Department of Population and Labor Statistics under the General Statistics Office (GSO) at a press briefing in Hanoi on January 6.

The upcoming National Super Cup 2020 fixture on January 9 will permit only 5,000 spectators into the stadium in line with the Health Ministry’s novel coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention and control measures.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has urged the National Council for Cultural Heritage to focus more on the preservation and promotion of relics to make them a source of strength for national development.

Handicrafts target $5 billion in export value by 2025