Vietnam sets series of records in organ transplanting
Despite lots of unprecedented challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Vietnam has made breakthroughs in the medical field with many breakthroughs in organ transplanting.
Vietnamese 3 centimeters taller on average over the last 10 years
Vietnamese are getting taller with the average height for men and women last year growing by 3.7 and 2.6 centimeters, respectively, compared to 2009.
Nikkei: Vietnam among Asian trio that keep COVID near zero
As the world struggles with surging COVID-19 cases, Taiwan along with Vietnam and Singapore, has succeeded in limiting local transmission to almost zero.
Canada-based group labelled terrorist for seeking violent overthrow of Vietnam government
The Ministry of Public Security has designated Trieu dai Viet (Vietnam Dynasty), which seeks to violently overthrow the Vietnamese government, as a terrorist organization.
Earthquakes caused central Vietnam hydropower plant leakage
A water leakage that shut down a hydropower plant in central Thua Thien-Hue Province last week was connected to a series of earthquakes and seismic events since 2012.
Vietnam among top places to retire on $2,500-a-month budget or less 1
If you are thinking about retiring abroad, Vietnam maybe your idea destination. According to a new report from International Living, Vietnam is among the world’s best places to retire in 2021.
Hanoi might suspend unnecessary festivals over Covid-19 concerns
On January 6, the Director of the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports To Van Dong said that in the 2021 festival season, the city organized and managed well the festivals in the direction of overcoming previous shortcomings and ensuring safety for citizens in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. If unnecessary, festivals will not be held.
Vietnam Green Housing Program facilitating people’s access to affordable housing
A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signing ceremony on new partnership between the Ministry of Construction’s Housing and Real Estate Market Administration (HREMA) and the German Development Cooperation’s GIZ SIPA Programme, aiming to reduce Green Gas Emissions In The Residential Building Sector took place on January 6.
Second Vietnam-produced COVID-19 vaccine to enter human trials
Vietnam will soon begin testing second COVID-19 vaccine COVIVAC, manufactured by the Institute of Vaccines and Medical Biologicals (IVAC), in clinical trials on humans, according to the Ministry of Health.
Willing Vietnamese driver helps South African’s visitors find lost bag despite language barrier
Despite speaking a different language, a Vietnamese taxi driver did willing to help the South African mother and her child find their bag mislayed on a bus.
New decree issued for foreign employees in Vietnam
Contractors have to report on the use of foreign employees during the first half of a year and the whole year before July 5 and January 5 of the following year, respectively, the decree said.
Virtual waiting room app initiated by Vietnamese students named among top start-up idea
A team of students from Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences initiated a virtual waiting room application named QQueue providing a free mobile queue management system, reduce waiting time for patients, and limits gatherings in the public spaces.
Unique Vietnamese glutinous rice dumpling making contest in northern Vietnam
Every year on January 1-3, the upland district of Mu Cang Chai, Yen bai province holds the glutinous rice dumpling making festival. The festival both brings in a celebrative atmosphere for locals and attracts tourists from different world's corners.
Vietnam to halt flights from countries with new Covid-19 variant
The Ministry of Health has submitted a report to the Prime Minister, proposing that Vietnam stop operating and restrict licensing flights to Vietnam from countries and territories with the new Covid-19 variant.
Vietnam's human trials of Second Covid-19 vaccine may begin in January
Human trials of second homegrown Covid-19 vaccine may begin in late January this year. The Ministry of Health has granted permission to the Nha Trang-based Institute of Vaccines and Biological Medical (IVAC) to carry out human clinical tests for Covivac, a locally-produced novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine, on volunteers in January, two months ahead of schedule.
How the wealth of top Vietnamese billionaires fluctuates in a year
Tran Dinh Long, the Chairman of Hoa Phat Corporation, Vietnam’s biggest steel maker is the fastest-growing Vietnamese billionaire in 2020 with more than $ 1 billion.
Foreign tourist launches T-shirt stall when stranded in Vietnam due to Covid-19
Unique traits of the capital city of Hanoi such as the matrix of electric lines, beer hoi, bamboo pipes… all depicted on the one-of-a-kind T-shirt that Darrau sells at his tiny stall in Hanoi.
Replication of New Year's 'Calendar book distribution' ceremony in Hue
Tourists visiting Hue imperial relics on New Year's day have a chance to witness the ceremony called "Calendar books distribution" (or Lễ Ban Sóc in Vietnamese), a common traditional practice in the Nguyen Dynasty.
Central Vietnam hydropower plant flooded following water pipe breaks
A broken pipe flooded a hydropower plant with water and mud in Thua Thien-Hue Province Friday, forcing it to shut down.
Series of unique events nationwide take place welcoming New Year 2021
New Year flag-salute ceremony held at the country’s easternmost point, new rice celebration of Bahnar ethnic group in Gia Lai, reenacting calendar- granting ceremony of the Nguyen’s Dynasty, etc are among outstanding events held on the first day of the New Year 2021.
