By the afternoon of January 11, the country has injected more than 162.2 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, of which the coverage of first dose reached 100% while 92.6% of the population aged 18 years and older have been fully vaccinated.

Since 2022, Hanoi authorities conduct at-home vaccination for the elderly, people with underlying diseases, high-risk groups, people who have lost consciousness or lack behavioural capacity...

Localities in the central region have tightened COVID-19 prevention and control measures, and simultaneously created conditions for residents to return to their hometowns for lunar New Year (Tet) celebrations.

As many as 45,000 workers, mainly in the footwear, mechanical electronics, and refrigeration sectors, will be urgently needed in Ho Chi Minh City after the Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

The Public Security (CAND) Newspaper on January 11 coordinated with the provincial Police Department of Soc Trang to present 30 tablets to children of local police officers.

The northern part of Vietnam is expected to experience two additional cold spells over the next 10 days, according to the Central Centre for Hydro-metrological Forecasting.

Vietnam’s COVID-19 daily count has surpassed the 16,000 mark again, hitting 16,035 during the past 24 hours after falling to 14,818 in the previous day, the Ministry of Health said in its coronavirus update on January 11.

The Thua Thien-Hue provincial Youth Union Chapter and the Youth, the Vietnam Young Entrepreneurs Association and the Thua Thien-Hue provincial Young Entrepreneurs Association have jointly launched a program to provide oxygen tanks to COVID-19 outpatients who are under treatment at home.

There are 408 severely and critically ill coronavirus patients in Hanoi capital, an increase of nearly 14% compared to the average seven days ago, according to the Ministry of Health.

An exhibition on plastic waste reduction opened in Hanoi on January 7, aiming to help change citizens' mindset and behavior regarding the use of plastic bags and other single-use plastic products.

Vietnamese “blue beret” medical staff members of Vietnam's third level-two field hospital at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) have joined local colleagues in conducting a successful caesarean section for a mother with severe kyphosis.

PSNews - The project aims to enhance the capacity of social organisations and local communities in building policies and giving feedback on natural resources management and biodiversity via training courses. It will also help improve livelihoods of residents living on forests, thereby easing pressure on natural resources.

PSNews - Youth volunteers will deliver oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 patients' addresses as informed by each local COVID-19 steering committee.

A total of 5,200 billion VND was lost due to natural disasters in 202, according to the General Department of Disaster Prevention and Control under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.

Health professionals of the Ministry of Health are due to meet on January 5 to consider licensing local pharmaceutical companies that produce Molnupiravir for COVID-19 treatment.

Three people were killed following a gas cylinder exploding at their rented house in Hanoi on the evening of January 3.