(VOVWORLD) - 83% of the expats in Vietnam are optimistic about the year ahead despite all the adversities since the COVID-19 pandemic broke out, according to a study conducted by HSBC.

(VOVWORLD) -The Vietnam Administration of Sea and Islands (VASI) at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and the World Bank on Tuesday jointly held a virtual consultation seminar on the building of a Blue Economy partnership group.

(VOVWORLD) -Northern localities are poised to face a new cold spell between Thursday and Saturday, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

(VOVWORLD) - A seminar titled "Ho Chi Minh Trail at Sea – a historic miracle and lessons for the cause of national construction and defense" was held online from Hai Phong city connecting 25 places across Vietnam on October 19.

(VOVWORLD) -The central city of Da Nang topped the Digital Transformation Index (DTI) rankings in 2020 for localities nationwide in all three key pillars of digital government, digital economy and digital society, according to the DTI 2020 Report, which was released at a conference in Hanoi on Tuesday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Ministry of Health on Tuesday received 100,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine and 100,000 test kits donated by the Hungarian Government.

(VOVWORLD) -Women’s role in fighting natural disasters topped the agenda of Tuesday’s seminar co-organized by the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women (UNWOMEN) in Vietnam.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnam welcomed recent dialogues and meetings between officials of the Israeli Government and the Palestinian Authority, describing them as active steps towards promoting mutual trust and paving way for dialogues and negotiations, said Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN.

(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese photographer Viet Van from the Lao Dong (Labour) newspaper was among the Honorable Mentions given out by the International Photography Awards (IPA) 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - The Ministry of Transport announced on Tuesday that it has built plans on restoring domestic flights in the period from October 21 – November 30 based on the outcomes of the pilot resumption of domestic flights from October 10-17.