(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc praised the Government Office for doing a good job as he addressed the Office’s meeting on Friday to review performance in 2020 and work out plans for 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - The 2020 Putaleng paragliding tournament opened in Lai Chau province’s Tam Duong district on Friday with around 100 international and Vietnamese pilots.

(VOVWORLD) - More than 1,600 research works by scientists at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology have been published in prestigious international journals this year, up 37% against last year.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi has set a target of welcoming 19 million visitors, 65% of 2019’s total number of visitors, in 2021, despite numerous challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

(VOVWORLD) - Hanoi will set off fireworks for 15 minutes (0-0.15 am) on January 1 to welcome the New Year 2021.

(VOVWORLD) - 85% of those vaccinated with Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine do not have any side effects, Alexander Ginzburg, head of Russia’s Gamaleya Research Center for Epidemiology and Microbiology, said on Friday.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday said the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations is the convergence of wisdom of thousands of scientists and is a precious national asset.

(VOVWORLD) - Hoan Kiem district’s authorities said Thursday that beginning next Friday, walking streets in the southern part of the Old Quarter will be extended, connecting with the Hoan Kiem Lake area.

(VOVWORLD) - Christmas is being merrily celebrated in many places in Vietnam as COVID-19 has been contained across the country. In Ho Chi Minh City, families and young people crowded the streets and visited churches on Christmas Eve.

(VOVWORLD) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson says the UK has reached a trade deal with the EU worth 660 billion pounds a year.