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As a country experiencing high economic growth in ASEAN and hit hard by climate change, Vietnam has been aware of the significance of energy restructuring, towards raising the ratio of renewable energy in tandem with the economical, efficient and sustainable use of energy.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 16 attended a ceremony recognising Tuy Phuoc district in the south central province of Binh Dinh to get the status of a new-style rural area.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 15 cut the ribbon to inaugurate a temple dedicated to three Nguyen brothers who led the Tay Son uprising at the end of the 18th century in the central province of Binh Dinh, and later founded the Tay Son dynasty.

A national teleconference was held on February 15 to review the 20-year implementation of the Party Central Committee’s resolution on the collective economy and the 10-year enforcement of the Law on Cooperatives.

On the occasion of the 80th birthday of General Secretary of the Workers' Party of DPRK Kim Jong Il, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Vu Quang Minh paid a visit to the DPRK Embassy in Vietnam.

On February 13, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Chu Ngoc Anh signed a notice to ask all the districts in Hanoi to make records of people at a high risk of contracting COVID-19 and give them vaccine booster shots.

In an article published on February 13, Sputnik said that Singapore's leading bank DBS had forecast Vietnam's GDP growth rate in 2022 at 8%.

The 15th National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee commenced the 8th session in Hanoi on February 15 morning.

Vietnam is ready to promote cooperation with the United Nations on peacekeeping missions, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN) Nguyen Phuong Tra has said.

Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien hosted a reception for Singaporean Ambassador to Vietnam Jaya Ratnam in Hanoi on February 14.

On February 14, more than one million kindergarten, primary school and sixth grade students in Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City were back to school after nine months of COVID-19-induced online learning.

The eighth session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will take place at the NA House in Hanoi from February 15-17.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 14 chaired the fourth meeting of the national steering committee for reviewing the implementation of Resolution No.19-NQ/TW issued by the 11th Party Central Committee on reforming land laws and policies.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has sent a letter of congratulations to Tulia Ackson on her election as Speaker of the Tanzanian NA earlier this month.

(CPV) - Plan International has had initiatives to exchange and listen to young people, including girls from Vietnam, to better understand their lives during the COVID-19 pandemic.

An event was held on February 13 at Truc Lam Zen Monastery in Villebon-sur-Yvette, 25km south of the capital for overseas Vietnamese living in Paris and surrounding areas to pray for peace.

As of February 10, the program on giving presents to women and children as well as people in difficulty due to COVID-19 pandemic launched by the Vietnam Women’s Union had collected more than VND235 billion, equivalent to 783,533 presents.

Over the past 5 years of implementing Directive 05 on enhancing the studying and following of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, morality and style, the Women’s Union at all levels in the central province of Phu Yen has always proactively brought the content into regular activities in accordance with the conditions and situations in the locality.

Vietnam will lift restrictions on frequency of international flights to and from the country starting February 15, 2022, returning to normal as before the COVID-19 pandemic.

An event was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in the Kingdom of Belgium, concurrently the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Vietnamese Delegation to the European Union (EU) in Brussels to celebrate Lunar New Year Festival for overseas Vietnamese community there.

Bac Giang Province has issued a plan to carry out the project celebrating the 30th anniversary of the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).

Vietnam remained the number one team in Southeast Asia, followed by Thailand and the Philippines, in the latest edition of the FIFA Men’s World Rankings, the first of this year.

An art exhibition was held in Ukraine’s Kiev by the Embassy of Vietnam to Ukraine in collaboration with the association of Ukrainian painters to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Vietnam – Ukraine diplomatic ties.

Vietnam and the US should enhance connectivity and work to ensure continuity of supply chains and prevent adverse impacts on the production sector, which has already been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, an official has said.

The Thua Thien Hue Provincial Department of Foreign Affairs has worked with relevant agencies and departments to receive Lao students.

On February 13, leaders of the Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City Department of Health and HCM City Center for Disease Control (HCDC) established three teams to examine preparations at kindergartens and primary schools before they resume in-person classes.

The northern province of Hai Duong will organise its first-ever carrot harvest festival in Duc Chinh commune of Cam Giang district on February 15, Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Tran Van Quan said.

Vietnam’s Military Industry and Telecoms Group (Viettel) jumped 99 places to the 227th in the 2022 list of the world’s 500 most valuable and strongest brands recently announced by Brand Finance, an international brand valuation consultancy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on February 12 signed a dispatch urging the drastic and effective implementation of the socio-economic recovery and development programme as well as the acceleration of the disbursement of public investment.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended a spring festival of ethnic groups and launched the 2022 tree planting festival at the Culture - Tourism Village of Vietnamese Ethnic Groups in Hanoi on February 12.