The festival is held annually to commemorate Kings of the Tran Dynasty (1225-1400) and Tran Hung Dao, or Tran Quoc Tuan, a royal prince, statesman and military commander who helped Vietnam, then Dai Viet, repel two out of three major Mongol invasions in the late 13th century. … [Read more...] about Pandemic prompts cancelation of major Lunar New Year festival
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American man among two new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam
As of 6 pm on January 26, a total of 1,430 Covid-19 patients had recovered and been discharged from hospital. There have been 35 deaths, most of them being the elderly with serious underlying diseases. At present, nearly 22,000 people who had close contact with Covid-19 patients or returned from virus-hit areas are being monitored at hospitals, quarantine facilities, and at home. … [Read more...] about American man among two new imported Covid-19 patients in Vietnam
New, outstanding issues in national development orientations for next decade
Hanoi (VNA) - Party General Secretary and State President Nguyen Phu Trong, head of the document sub-committee, has delivered the 12th-tenure Party Central Committee’s report on documents submitted to the 13th National Party Congress, pointing out many new and outstanding issues in the orientations for the next 10 years. He presented the report at the opening session of the congress, in Hanoi on January 26. The overall development goal for the 2021-2025 tenure and subsequent years is to improve the Party’s leadership capacity, ruling capacity, and combatant strength; build a clean and comprehensively strong Party and political system; enhance the people’s trust in the Party, State, and the socialist regime; inspire aspirations for a prosperous and happy country and bring into play the will and strength of the great national solidarity in combination with the strength of the era; comprehensively and concertedly promote reforms, industrialisation, and modernisation; … [Read more...] about New, outstanding issues in national development orientations for next decade
More new COVID-19 cases recorded in Southeast Asia
Hanoi (VNA) – Thailand on January 26 reported 959 new cases of COVID-19, a record daily rise since the start of the pandemic. The figure included 937 community infections, 914 of which were recorded in Samut Sakhon province, while the remainder was imported. Samut Sakhon became the epicentre of a new COVID-19 outbreak in Thailand last month, following a mass testing on migrant workers from Myanmar and Thai citizens. Thailand’s national tally now stood at 14,646, with 75 deaths. Total recoveries exceeded 10,000 and more than 3,600 cases are under treatment. In Indonesia, the national count exceeded 1 million on January 26 after the country logged 13,094 new COVID-19 cases. The death toll increased 336 to 28,468. On the same day, Cambodia recorded two new cases, both imported, taking the national count to 460. The new cases are returnees from Indonesia and Thailand earlier this month, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Health. Total recoveries stood at 412 while the … [Read more...] about More new COVID-19 cases recorded in Southeast Asia
Ministry of Home Affair to issue new project on attracting talents
The project, called “National strategy to attract and appreciate talents”, is considered by the Government as a key aspect in recruiting and retaining talents, said Deputy Director of Department of Public Officials - Public Employees under Ministry of Home Affairs, Ms. Le Minh Huong, in a recent interview with SGGP Newspaper. … [Read more...] about Ministry of Home Affair to issue new project on attracting talents