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Vietnam won Myanmar 3-1 in their group-stage match at the 2022 Southeast Asian U19 Football Championship on July 8.

Vietnam won a silver medal in Muay’s wai kru (pre-fight ritual performance) event at the 31st Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 31) on May 17.

Vietnam’s social welfare system needs further improvements to reach targeted social care goals set by the Party and State, according to experts.

The escalating oil and gas prices would reduce and even neutralise the effect of the 2-percent VAT cut which was intended to stimulate consumption, stir growth and reduce inflation pressure, thus resulting in failure to achieve the growth target, losses to the budget and rising inflation, according to Nguyen Bich Lam, former Director General of the General Statistics Office (GSO).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 28 ordered preparations in all aspects at a higher level than usual during the first Government regular meeting of 2022 as no one can forecast all possible unexpected developments and there may be more difficulties and challenges than advantages and opportunities.

National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue’s visits to the Republic of Korea (RoK) and India from December 12-19 were a success, contributing to the implementation of the country’s external relations policies and creating a new stature for Vietnam to boost post-pandemic socio-economic recovery and development, stated Chairman of the NA Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha.

The death toll from Typhoon Rai - the strongest storm to hit the Philippines this year - has risen to at least 75, according to official statistics announced by local authorities on December 19.

The Logistics Forum Vietnam 2021 will take place on December 14, focusing on logistics human resources development.

The emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant could impact the recovery of trade in goods and services in ASEAN economies, said Sithanonxay Suvannaphakdy, researcher at the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute of Singapore.

Vietnam’s foreign trade surged 22.3 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of this year to exceed 599.1 billion USD, according to the General Statistics Office.

Dubai-based Al Khaleej Sugar Co. (AKS) plans to invest 2 billion USD to develop a sugar factory and supporting facilities in Indonesia, which could help fill the country’s supply gap.

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the south central province of Binh Thuan is discussing plans to reopen Mui Ne to visitors on October 20 after a months-long shutdown.

Participants to a seminar in Hanoi on April 16 sought ways to strengthen integrated flood risk management in the context of climate change in Vietnam.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, and Japanese Ambassador Chiba Akira on March 23 co-chaired the 15th meeting of the ASEAN-Japan Joint Cooperation Committee.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has allotted an additional 1.5 billion riel (368,000 USD) to four provinces bordering Thailand for support of returning migrants in quarantine.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has earmarked nearly 19.3 trillion VND (838 million USD) to respond to river and coastal erosion by 2030, according to Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Pham Van Thieu.

2020 was a special year for ASEAN as well as for Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite such a tough 12 months the country demonstrated its stature, mettle, and wisdom in many regards.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 28 stressed the need for the railway system to be upgraded in order to serve national development.

Some 150,000 flood survivors in central Vietnam will be in urgent need of food aid over the next five to six months, while 110,000 vulnerable people will require support to recover their livelihoods and agricultural production, the Disaster Risk Reduction Partnership (DRRP) reported at a meeting in Hanoi on October 26.

The Cambodian National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has reported that the ongoing floods have so far killed 39 people, with 22 in Banteay Meanchey province.