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The Vietnamese Tet (Lunar New Year) Festival in Fukuoka took place in the Japanese prefecture from January 15-21, featuring the traditional Tet space of Vietnamese people.

The impacts of COVID-19 vaccine race to international relations in the world and Vietnam were discussed at a scientific forum held by the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) in Hanoi on January 12.

The overseas Vietnamese affairs were conducted strongly and comprehensively throughout 2021 with fruitful outcomes, Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu, head of the State Committee for OV Affairs, told a press on January 7.

Permanent Vice Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Tran Thanh Man presented gifts to policy beneficiary families in Long Xuyen city ahead of the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival as part of his working trip to An Giang province.

The Vietnamese community abroad has donated more than 3 billion VND (130,264 USD) to the National COVID-19 Vaccine Fund and pandemic prevention and control activities at home.

Along with the Party and State diplomacy, people diplomacy has help create a synergy strength for Vietnamese diplomacy, contributing to the country’s achievements in 2021, said Director of the Russian-Vietnamese Cooperation Development Fund "Tradition and Friendship" Nguyen Quoc Hung.

Amid the fierce competition in the market, many female entrepreneurs have become powerful figures in their business areas.

Chairman of Japan’s Daiyu Steel Co. Ltd Sakuo Inoue has pledged to donate 1 million JPY (8,940 USD) to Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Responding to the call from Vietnamese Party and State leaders, overseas Vietnamese around the world as well as international friends and organisations have given valuable moral, material and brainpower support to COVID-19 fight in Vietnam, particularly to the country's goal of vaccine coverage.

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has surpassed important business and financial targets set for the first nine months of 2021, with its contribution to the State budget fulfiling the yearly plan.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai on September 17 signed a decision on expense to buy nearly 20 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine BNT162 by Pfizer.

The Vietnamese Consulate General in Fukuoka city, in the Japanese prefecture of the same name, raised a total of 7.65 million JPY (69,600 USD) from August 21 to September 15, in support of Vietnam’s national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received a total of 8.652 trillion VND (376.1 million USD) as of 5pm on September 1, said its management board.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia on July 27 received a cash donation worth 13,130 MYR, or about 3,100 USD, from the local Vietnamese women’s union to the national COVID-19 vaccine fund.

Vietnam recorded 330 new COVID-19 cases, including nine imported, from 12pm to 7h30pm on July 7, raising the total number of infections in the day to 1,007, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam logged 264 new COVID-19 infections in the afternoon of July 1, including 246 domestic and 18 imported cases, reported the Ministry of Health.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over 7.95 trillion VND (344.5 million USD) as of June 30 afternoon, its management board said.

As of 5pm on June 28, the national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over 7.8 trillion VND (338 million USD), its management board said.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund received over 6.6 billion VND from 17 sponsors at a ceremony on June 24.

The national COVID-19 vaccine fund had received over 7.4 trillion VND (321.7 million USD) as of 5pm on June 23, its management board has reported.