Many policies for ethnic minority-inhabited and mountainous areas, and extremely disadvantaged areas were developed and implemented during the 2013-2020 period with the coordination between the Government Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs and the Vietnam Farmers Union (VFU).

The Hanoi administration has permitted bus and taxi services to resume operations at a limited capacity from 6 a.m. on October 14, following a three-month hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vietnam is poised to have 95% of 8.1 million children aged between 12 and 17 years old in the final quarter of the year get vaccinated, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam will accelerate the national COVID-19 vaccination campaign as more than 100 million doses of different brands are expected to be delivered to the nation in the fourth quarter of the year, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen said on October 11.

Vietnam Airlines Flight VN216 left Ho Chi Minh city for Hanoi on October 11 after authorities allowed the resumption of service on 19 domestic routes.

The Ministry of Transport on October 10 issued a set of temporary regulations on the pilot resumption of road passenger transport while ensuring safety amid COVID-19.

Another tropical typhoon with international name Kompasu is moving closer to the East Sea on the morning of October 11, bringing heavy rains to many areas of North East Sea, according to the National Center for Meteorological and Hydrological Forecasting.

The Quang Tri provincial police had successfully rescued three people isolated by flooding for more than 15 hours due to heavy rain.

Tropical storm Lionrock has moved into the Gulf of Tonkin and is expected to lose its strength before striking north-central coastal provinces of Vietnam on October 10 afternoon.

Another shipment of 603,380 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine donated by the United States just landed at Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City on October 8 evening.

The Ministry of Health is currently drawing up guidelines for vaccinating children against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, with the campaign poised to begin sometime in October, according to Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan.

PSNews - The group flew to HCM City in August and September to support the city’s pandemic fight. However, the pandemic situation in the southern region has changed for the better.

Thẻ Police Department for Administrative Management of Social Order under the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) is accelerating the integration of personal data and information, including health information, in citizens’ e-ID.

PSNews - Recently, the Vietnam Sports Administration under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism announced that, the northern province of Quang Ninh will host the 9th National Sports Games in November 2022.

Vietnam is scheduled to receive foreign visitors with a vaccine passport on a trial basis in November, before fully reopening to the international tourism market by June 2022.

Dragon fruit, a speciality of Binh Thuan province, is expected to be awarded the Protected Geographical Indication certificate in Japan.