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The Ministry of Health has warned of the potential risk of COVID-19 outbreaks due to the emergence of new variants of SARS-CoV-2.

Worshipping “Ong Cong, Ong Tao” (Land Genie and Kitchen Gods) is a long-standing custom of great significance as it symbolises the farewell to all bad things of the old year to help people relaxedly enter a new year.

UNDP Resident Representative in Vietnam Ramla Khalidi has commended Vietnam for its achievements in poverty reduction and development, as well as the country’s commitments to sustainable development goals (SDGs).

About 91.1 million people in Vietnam participated in health insurance last year, accounting for 92.04% of its population and marking an increase of over 2.2 million participants compared to that of 2021.

Vietnam’s passport climbed four spots to rank 88th among the most powerful passports in the world, according to the newly-released Henley Passport Index 2023.

On the morning of January 12, the Provincial Party Committee, People's Council, Provincial People's Committee, Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee visited the Provincial Martyrs Cemetery.

The United Nations Development Programme stands ready to support the Vietnamese government in the detailed formulation and implementation of the Just Energy Transition Partnership resource mobilisation plan.

Chairman of the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS)’s Executive Council Most Venerable Thich Thien Nhon opened a zero-dong fair in support of the poor at Minh Dao pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City, on January 8.

On January 7, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister - Le Minh Khai visited and presented gifts to policy families, poor households and workers in Long An.

The Hanoi People’s Court on January 4 passed sentences against 36 defendants for violations related to equipment procurement bidding packages for a hospital project at Dong Nai General Hospital.

Gender imbalance at birth in Vietnam must be rectified, or it will produce unpredictable consequences and threaten population stability and the sustainable development of the country.

Many localities are working hard to build smart rural areas, as part of a national target programme on building new-style rural areas.