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On the first day of customs clearance, 40 vehicles carried export goods through Chi Ma National Border Gate and 3 vehicles transported agricultural products through Tan Thanh border gate.

In 2022, China is forecast to have greater demand for cassava. Notably, the country will import more cassava and cassava products from Vietnam due to favourable geographical conditions.

Up to 90% of Singaporean tourists are ready to travel to Vietnam as soon as travel restrictions are lifted, according to a survey recently conducted by Singapore’s Changi Airport Group (CAG).

European companies ended 2021 more positive and optimistic about Vietnam’s trade and investment environment, according to the Business Climate Index (BCI) announced by the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham) on January 27.

Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi ranked fourth on the list of 10 hotels serving the best breakfasts in the Asia-Oceania region, and 11th globally, based on Tripadvisor reviews.

Politburo member and Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue on January 26 paid tribute to President Ho Chi Minh at House 67 in the President Ho Chi Minh Relic Site.

On January 26, an incense and flower offering was held in Cao Bang Province to commemorate the 81st anniversary of Uncle Ho's return to the country to directly lead the Vietnamese revolution (January 28, 1941-January 28, 2022); and 92 years since the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam (February 3, 1930 - February 3, 2022).

An event was organized by the Vietnamese Embassy in China to welcome the Lunar New Year (Tet) for Vietnamese people living in the country.

The “Xuan Que huong” (Homeland Spring) program was held by the Vietnamese Embassy in Tanzania's Da es Salaam city for the Vietnamese community in the country to celebrate the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), the most important festival of Vietnamese people in a year.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on January 26 led a delegation of representatives from the Party, State and Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee to visit and present Tet (Lunar New Year) gifts to poor people, social policy beneficiaries, disadvantaged workers and Agent Orange/Dioxin victims in the northern port city of Hai Phong.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Plant Protection Department (PPD) has reached an agreement with the Australian Department of Agriculture and Water Resources on the use of metsulfuron methyl for cut flowers exported to Australia instead of glyphosate, which has been banned in Vietnam since June 2021.

The resumption of customs clearance by China’s Guangxi at the Tan Thanh - Po Chai border gate will help the two sides release goods faster, meeting the goal of clearing the backlog of vehicles before the Lunar New Year.

(CPV) - The Viet Nam Chemical Agency (VINACHEMIA), in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), organised a closing workshop in Ha Noi on January 25th 2022 to present the results of the project “Application of Green Chemistry in Viet Nam to Support Green Growth and Reduction in the Use and Release of POPs Harmful Chemicals,” funded by the Global Environment Facility.

A person who came in contact with 13 imported cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant was the first recorded case of Omicron in the community in the capital city of Hanoi, according to information announced at the municipal Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control’s meeting on January 26.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai has recently signed a decision assigning the Finance Ministry to earmark over 7,820 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to 10 provinces on the occasion of the Lunar New Year and the between-crop period in early 2022.

Ho Chi Minh City will continue offering additional and booster COVID-19 vaccine shots in 22 districts, wards and Thu Duc city during the Lunar New Year festival, reported the municipal Centre for Disease Control.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited and presented Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to border guards, poor workers and ethnic people in the northern province of Quang Ninh on January 26.

Leaders of Ho Chi Minh (HCM) City met representatives of the overseas Vietnamese (OV) community on January 25, on the occasion of the approaching Lunar New Year Festival (Tet).

On January 25, in Ho Chi Minh City, the Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organizations (HUFO) celebrated the 73rd anniversary of the Independence Day of the Republic of India (January 26, 1950-January 26, 2022).

The Vietnamese Embassy in Egypt has organized activities to prepare for the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet), which has the participation of all officials, staff of the embassy, agencies beside the embassy and Vietnamese families in Egypt.

More than 30 members of Vietnamese families who are part of the New Sunlight for Children (NSL) charity, on January 22 organized to make traditional dishes of Vietnam on the Lunar New Year Festival (Tet) to support poor children in Vietnam.

The central city of Da Nang has taken the top position in the Vietnam Tourism Competitiveness index (VTCI), according to the city’s Department of Tourism.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc offered incense in memory of late Party and State leaders on January 25 on the occasion of the 92nd founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the upcoming Lunar New Year festival.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and other officials on January 25 presented 400 Lunar New Year (Tet) gift packages to frontliners in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, social policy beneficiaries, poor workers and households in Ho Chi Minh City.

Secretary of the Party Committee and Governor of Khammoune province of Laos Vanxay Phongsavanh visited and offered New Year wishes to leaders and people of the central Quang Binh province on January 25.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue has commended the Party Organisation, administration and people of the southernmost province of Ca Mau for their achievements last year despite adverse impacts from the COVID-19 pandemic.

(CPV) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and WorldShare have signed a cooperation agreement to support the construction of 73 new storm- and flood-resilient houses for poor households severely affected by the storms in Quang Binh province.

(CPV) - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Viet Nam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment have launched the campaign “From the Mountains to the Sea - Beat Plastic Pollution” and honored the winning works from the photo contest “Plastic Pollution Story” in Ha Noi on January 24th. The new campaign calls for action to red

(CPV) - Viet Nam receives an additional 6.27 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Germany, Luxembourg, Portugal and the United Kingdom thorugh the COVAX Facility in Ha Noi on January 25th 2022.

The positive initial outcomes of the pilot border reopening to foreign visitors have shown the tourism sector’s adaptability, an important basis for the culture ministry to propose the complete resumption of international travel activities from May, an official has said.