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Statistics on the Immunization Portal on December 21 show that the whole country has injected over 140.4 million doses of vaccines.

(CPV) - Unleashing Creativity Week 2021 will take place from December 24 to 31, 2021 at the Centre for Art & Culture at 22 Hang Buom street, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi.

All the Vietnamese contestants at the 18th International Junior Science Olympiad (IJSO) in 2021 won prizes, including four golds and two silvers.

The Vietnamese Embassy and the Labour Management Board in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on December 20 met and handed over new passports for 17 Vietnamese sailors who were rescued from a shipwreck off the RoK’s Ulleung Island on December 1.

A ceremony was held in St. Petersburg to pay tribute to former military experts of the Soviet Union (Russia now) who supported Vietnam during the resistance war against the US, on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army and the 32nd anniversary of the All-People National Defense Day (December 22).

A ceremony was held on December 19 to end the 2nd training course on Vietnamese teaching for overseas Vietnamese teachers in Europe and North America.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation began their State visit to Cambodia from December 21-22, at the invitation of King of Cambodia Preah Bat Samdech Preah Boromneath Norodom Sihamoni.

Referring to the image of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's wife wearing ao dai, Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan Vu Hong Nam shared how to actively bring many Vietnamese cultural beauties to Japanese people.

Appreciating the long-standing and sustainable relationship between Vietnam and France, which continues to develop well, especially after the two countries upgraded their relationship to a strategic partnership in September 2013, Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Phan Van Mai said that France is currently an important partner of Ho Chi Minh City.

Export and import turnover between Vietnam and Cambodia will likely reach 9.3 billion USD in 2021, a 75% increase against 2020, according to the Vietnam Trade Office in Cambodia.

The Hanoi Department of Tourism has coordinated with the Binh Dinh Department of Tourism to organize a conference to link tourism development between the two sides in the new normal period.

Vietnam is forecast to export about 260,000 tons of pepper in 2021, valued at about 950 million USD, according to the Vietnam Pepper Association (VPA).

The Community Liaison Committee of the Overseas Vietnam community in Johor, Malaysia, recently organized a meeting to review its operation in 2021.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc departed from Hanoi on the morning of December 21 for a State-level visit to Cambodia on December 21 and 22 at the invitation of Cambodian King Norodom Sihamoni.

The capital city of Hanoi will focus on “discipline, responsibility, action, innovation, development” in its activities, and outline several socio-economic development indices in 2022 as follows:

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 20 met with ambassadors and heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad who returned to attend the 31st Diplomatic Conference in Hanoi.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 20 applauded the Central Military Commission, the Ministry of National Defence and all-level Party Committees for their leadership in national defence and security despite a range of difficulties and challenges this year.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong hailed the Central Public Security Party Committee and the Ministry of Public Security for fulfilling assigned tasks this year during a conference held by the committee in Hanoi on December 20.

The Foreign Ministry held a conference in Hanoi on December 20 in both online and offline formats to popularise the content of a cultural diplomacy strategy till 2030 which was promulgated by the Prime Minister on November 30, 2021.

The Honorary Consular Office, the Overseas Vietnamese Association in Odessa province and the Community Charity Board recently coordinated with the Odessa City Hall to present charity gifts to Pediatric Hospital No. 3 in Odessa.

In 1963, Egypt became one of the first Arab countries to establish relations with Vietnam. Over the past 58 years, the two countries' friendship has been increasingly consolidated and promoted in many fields.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has just signed official dispatch 1745/CD-TTg dated December 19, 2021 of the Prime Minister on strengthening the prevention and control of the COVID-19 pandemic, controlling the new Omicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

The Vietnam-Cambodia relationship plays a very important role in the development of each country, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang ahead of State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc's visit to Cambodia from December 21-22.

According to a proposal of Hanoi City Department of Education and Training, students in areas with high COVID-19 pandemic risk will return to online learning from December 20.

Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on December 19 attended a virtual ceremony to mark Hung Yen province's 190th founding anniversary, the 80th founding anniversary of the provincial Party Committee and the 25th anniversary of the northern locality's re-establishment.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the northern port city of Hai Phong to work harder to become the centre for regional connectivity given its favourable location and situation.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc paid a working visit to the Political Officers College of the Ministry of National Defence on December 19 on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Vietnam People’s Army (December 22) and the 32nd year of All-People Defence Festival (December 22).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has suggested the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau focus on developing logistics services, infrastructure; national, regional and global transport connectivity, green and hi-tech industry and agriculture, culture and tourism.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue received Chief Minister of India’s Kerala state Pinarayi Vijayan in New Delhi on December 17 as part of his official visit to the country.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc chaired the 14th meeting of the Central Steering Committee for Judicial Reform in Hanoi on December 18 to review its 2021 activities and launch tasks next year.