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Vietnam recorded 27,311 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours as of 4pm on February 12, up 831 infections from one day before, according to the Ministry of Health.

The Red Spring Festival, the largest blood donation event in Vietnam that turns 15 this year, kicked off in Hanoi on February 12.

Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No 1 between Ben Thanh Market in District 1 and Suoi Tien Theme Park in Thu Duc city will start trial operations by December 31 this year.

Vietnam exported 5.3 billion USD worth of goods to Canada in 2021, up 21 percent year-on-year despite facing challenges caused by the prolonged pandemic, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Canada.

In an article entitled “Roar of a new Asian tiger”, Singapore’s daily Business Times recently shared that Vietnam’s economy is now booming, while the World Bank describes it as one of the most dynamic and emerging countries in the entire East Asian region.

Creating sustainable livelihoods for ethnic minority residents in mountainous and border areas to help them get out of poverty is a consistent policy of Vietnam, which has resulted in major achievements.

The high number of tourists flocking to Hanoi in the Lunar New Year (Tet) holidays brought high hope for the capital city’s tourism sector in 2022.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the ambassadors of Singapore and Egypt at separate meetings in Hanoi on February 11.

India has decided to rescind the anti-dumping duty on flat rolled products of steel plated or coated with alloy of aluminum or zinc originating in or exported from Vietnam, the Republic of Korea (RoK) and China, according to the Trade Remedies Authority of Vietnam under the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Pangasius (tra fish) exports topped 1.61 billion USD last year, an 8.4 percent rise from 2020, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

Vietnam’s fast-growing digital economy is likely to help the country become a high-income economy by 2045, according to an article established on eastspring.com on February 10.

The General Administration of Customs of China (GACC) on February 11 morning issued 1,601 codes for Vietnamese agricultural and food products serving their exports to the Chinese market.

Vietnam obtained 6.1 more points and maintained their 98th place in the latest edition of the FIFA Men’s World Rankings.

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the US have committed to ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea (called the East Sea in Vietnam) and the East China Sea, and deepening engagement with regional partners to protect their ability to develop offshore resources.

A documentary was screened in Choisy-le-Roi, a city in the suburbs of France’s Paris, on February 10 to call for support for the victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin in Vietnam.

The Consulate General of Vietnam in Nanning (Guangxi, China) on February 10 organized a program to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Tiger with representatives of overseas Vietnamese in the locality.

The Travellers' Choice Awards 2021 by Tripadvisor, a world-famous website for travel reviews, has ranked Ho Chi Minh City’s street food adventure tours by motorbike among the 25 most outstanding tourist activities in the world suitable for food enthusiasts.

After many years of organizing the Tet tree-planting festival, themed “Forever grateful to Uncle Ho”, officers and soldiers of the Naval Zone 5 Command stationed on Phu Quoc Island planted tens of thousands of trees.

The State Treasury raised over 23.08 trillion VND (1.017 billion USD) worth of Government bonds (G-bond) via 14 auctions held on the primary market on the Hanoi Stock Exchange (HNX) in January.

Analytical data from the Google Destination Insights tool shows that the number of international searches for Vietnam’s tourism since the beginning of 2022 is increasing, according to the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism’s Information Center.

The export turnover to Asia-Africa in 2021 made up 50.2% of Vietnam’s total exports to the world, said the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

More than 1.9 million workers returned to Ho Chi Minh City to work after the Tet holiday, accounting for about 96%, according to statistics of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

(CPV) - With the cooperation motto of "specific actions, specific results", Hanoi and Singapore will soon make moves to turn cooperation aspirations into actions, making practical contributions to celebrating the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations as well as the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam - Singapore strategic partnership.

A forum to connect overseas Vietnamese businessmen, promote trade and investment in the agricultural sector will be held both person-to-person and online in Hanoi on February 14 by the State Commission for Overseas Vietnamese (SCOV) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Fruit and vegetable exports reached nearly 301 million USD in January 2022, up 0.3% compared to December 2021 and a sharp increase compared to 260 million USD of the same period last year, according to the Vietnam Fruit and Vegetable Association.

Vietnam has received 8,976 international tourists to Phu Quoc Island in the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang, and the central provinces of Khanh Hoa and Quang Nam since the pilot program welcoming international tourists was implemented, according to the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

During the past 9 days of Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday (from January 29 to February 6), Vietnam’s export and import turnover reached 3.05 billion USD, a sharp increase of 83% compared to the same holiday last year.

There are few places where tigers have as many names as in Vietnam. That proves the important position of the tiger in the cultural life of the people.

Protecting and caring for health of nearly 23 million Vietnamese children and students is the responsibility of not only their families but also the community, the society and the entire political system, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on February 10.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Republic of Korea (RoK) counterpart Chung Eui-yong had in-depth discussions on measures to advance the Vietnam-RoK strategic cooperative partnership to a new high during their talks in Seoul on February 10.