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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has commended the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on its programme to build houses for the poor in 2019-2021.

The Vietnamese Party and State pay attention to issues relating to the elderly and their rights, said Chairwoman of the Vietnam Association of the Elderly Pham Thi Hai Chuyen.

Developing a skilled workforce should be considered an important pillar to help the country adapt to the new normal and the national economy quickly recover from the recession and grow intensively and sustainably.

Long An Provincial People's Committee has just agreed to renovate and repair Dong Thap Muoi Regional General Hospital as a field hospital for the treatment of Covid-19 patients at the request of the Department of Construction.

Eleven sailors and their fishing boat which had been drifting at sea for nearly a day were brought to safety by rescuers from the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Centre on December 5 morning.

The Department of External Affairs of Ho Chi Minh City in collaboration with the municipal Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union and the Thai Consulate General in the city on December 4 organised a blood donation event .

It is an urgent need for Vietnam to increase public transport and reduce private vehicle, it was agreed at a debate of representatives from nine sub-committees of the National Traffic Safety Committee on December 2.

Authorities of Ho Chi Minh City on November 30 received nearly 5 million N95 medical face masks worth 34.1 billion VND presented by US company RAAS Nutritionals LLC. to support the city's COVID-19 fight.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has ordered proactive moves be made in the face of Omicron, a new coronavirus variant that has been spreading to many countries around the world.

The Vietnam News Agency won a total of 20 prizes at the 7th National External Information Service Awards presentation ceremony in Hanoi on November 28 night.

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Van Thanh on November 26 had a meeting with heads of Vietnamese representative agencies abroad who have been appointed in 2021.

Currently, Long An has basically controlled the epidemic and is restoring socio-economic activities.