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Concerned about the Omicron variant, Ho Chi Minh City is boosting actions to keep COVID-19 under control as the Lunar New Year holiday, the biggest traditional festival in Vietnam, is nearing.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who is also Chairman of the National Defence-Security Council and Commander of the people’s armed forces, inspected combat readiness for the Lunar New Year festival at the Military Region 5.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) has devised specific solutions to ensure a warm Tet (Lunar New Year) festival for social policy beneficiaries, and support those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Supportive Fund for Cancer Patients, or Bright Future Fund, has provided relief aid for over 32,000 impoverished cancer patients nationwide over almost a decade.

The Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang plans to transport goods with stabilised price to its seven island communes for locals on the occasion of Tet (Lunar New Year), according to the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded COVID-19 vaccination be further sped up and disease prevention measures strengthened, in an official dispatch issued on January 11.

Vietnam will discontinue automatic stay extension for foreign nationals in the country starting January 15, as it tentatively reopens its borders..

The APEC Statue Park expansion project was inaugurated in Hai Chau district of Central Da Nang city on January 10.

State capital divestment planning and the removal of limitations on foreign ownership are expected to drive insurance stocks to flourish in 2022.

The Command of Naval Region 2 on January 8 sent two delegations to visit and offer Lunar New Year greetings to officers and soldiers performing duties at the DK1 platforms in Vietnam’s southern continental shelf.

The overseas Vietnamese OV) affairs were conducted strongly and comprehensively throughout 2021 with fruitful outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has signed a resolution on the issuance of a government action programme to continue accelerating the implementation of the Politburo's directions.