Vietnam Today

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 5 requested the gradual normalisation of the COVID-19 pandemic at a teleconference between the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control with ministries, sectors, and 63 provinces and cities.

Given that more and more Vietnamese people are being evacuated from war zones in Ukraine, the Vietnamese Embassy in Hungary has considered citizen protection a key task and required all of its staff to get ready around the clock.

Vietnamese carrier Bamboo Airways freshly announced that it will conduct its first repatriation flight for Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine on March 9.

National flag carrier Vietnam Airlines will conduct the first flight bringing Vietnamese citizens in Ukraine home on March 6 morning.

Vietnam and Cambodia have completed the demarcation and marker planting of 84 percent of their shared border line over the two decades between 1999 and 2019, heard a conference reviewing the work held in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on March 4.

The northern port city of Hai Phong raked in 305.66 million USD worth of foreign capital in the first two months of 2022, given the complex developments of COVID-19.

A business dialogue with overseas Vietnamese (OV) investors was held in Hanoi on March 4 in both in-person and online format.

The Mekong Delta province of Long An has shown interest in strengthening cooperation with businesses in Ibaraki to bring more local labourers to work in the Japanese prefecture.

Revenue from tra fish exports is expected to reach 1.7 billion USD thanks to adaptation efforts of businesses and effective support from the State, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a decision giving green light to a master plan for the Mekong Delta, which consists of Can Tho city and 12 provinces, in the 2021 – 2030 period, with a vision to 2050.

The National Assembly will strengthen efforts to build laws on issues related to women and children, said Politburo member and NA Standing Vice Chairman Tran Thanh Man during a meetng with the Vietnamese Women’s Association (VWU) Central Committee on March 4.

As Vietnam is scheduled to reopen its borders for international tourism from March 15, Singapore has decided to launch the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) with Vietnam, restoring two-way quarantine-free travel.

The Government has approved the policy to arrange flights to bring Vietnamese people from Ukraine home.

The Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission convened its 12th meeting from March 2-4 under the chair of its head Tran Cam Tu.

After arriving in New York to start his working term as Head of the Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang met and cordially greeted Ambassadors and Heads of the Permanent Missions of Laos and Cambodia to the United Nations.

A ground-breaking ceremony for Sa Pa Airport was held in Cam Con commune, Bao Yen district, the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai, on March 3.

The Vietnam Trade Office in Algeria recently introduced the "Handbook of business and investment in Algerian market in 2021".

A Lao Party official has affirmed that 2022 is of special significance for the people of Laos and Vietnam, as it is the Year of Solidarity and Friendship between the two countries, and they will jointly organize many commemorative activities.

(CPV) – Standing Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu has confirmed that Vietnam highly values the strategic partnership with Australia and believes that the bilateral relationship is in the strongest and best period of development ever.

The Vietnam Youth and Students Association and the Vietnamese Students Association in the Czech Republic, recently held a forum on the study in the Czech Republic, opening up learning opportunities for young Vietnamese people.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and ASEAN leaders have been invited by the US President to attend a special ASEAN-US summit to be held in Washington DC in the coming time, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has announced.

Vietnam welcomes the ongoing dialogue between Ukraine and Russia, and hopes that the sides will soon find long-term peaceful solutions to differences in line with international law and taking account of legitimate rights and interests of the concerned parties, spokeswoman of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a regular Government meeting in Hanoi on March 3, during which he required Government members to keep updated on the regional and world situation so as to timely address any arising issues.

The Party and State of Vietnam give the highest priority to citizen protection measures so as to ensure safety of lives, assets, and legitimate and rightful interests of Vietnamese citizens and legal entities, as well as staff members of Vietnamese representative offices in Ukraine, said spokeswoman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Le Thi Thu Hang.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh suggested the COVAX Facility continue its supply of COVID-19 vaccines to Vietnam, especially vaccines against new variants, during his phone talks with Managing Director of the COVAX Facility Aurélia Nguyen on March 3.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasised the need for breakthrough changes in the mindset and strategic vision in planning work while addressing an online national conference on March 2.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on March 2 demanded accelerating implementation of the project on developing and applying the population data and electronic identification and authentication to serve national digital transformation.

The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control (HCDC) has opened a training course on safe COVID-19 vaccination for children aged 5 – 11 for 1,350 members of local vaccination teams, with guidance given by experts from three children’s hospitals in the city.

The Office of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has announced that Chinese authorities have granted codes to more than 1,600 Vietnamese enterprises to export agricultural products to the Chinese market.

International tourists to Vietnam in February increased by 49.6% over the previous month and 169.6% over the same period last year, thanks to the country’s pilot program of welcoming international tourists and numerous restored international routes.