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Vietnam’s export turnover of fiber of all types reached a record high of 5.5 billion USD in 2021, despite the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tourism ministers of ASEAN member nations on January 19 agreed to reopen ASEAN tourism to revive this industry amid the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a statement.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on January 19 held a get-together in honour of 100 charity organisations and groups, who have made silent but noble contributions to the southern city’s COVID-19 prevention and control during the fourth wave of outbreaks last year.

Fast digital transformation is considered the best way for Vietnamese agricultural sector to overcome difficulties to recover and develop in the post-pandemic period, thus affirming its role as a key pillar of the economy, according to experts.

The capital city of Hanoi will quickly restore its tourism activities when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control at home and abroad, according to the municipal Tourism Department.

A delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh on January 17 paid visits to medical staff of Vung Tau Hospital, and officers and soldiers of the Military Command of the southern province of Ba Ria – Vung Tau on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (Tet) Festival.

“Xuan Que Huong” (Homeland Spring) Programme 2022, the biggest annual event held for overseas Vietnamese (OV) on the occasion of the Lunar New Year Festival, will be held on January 22, or the 20th day of the last lunar month of the Year of the Buffalo.

The COVID-19 pandemic has seriously affected all aspects of social life, causing difficulties for businesses and employees, forcing them to flexibly adapt to and integrate in the "new normal". Thus, Ho Chi Minh City is implementing many solutions to promote production, and socio-economic development, in which enterprises play a key role.

The capital city of Hanoi will quickly restore its tourism activities when the COVID-19 pandemic is under control at home and abroad, said the municipal Tourism Department during its conference on January 14 to launch 2022 tasks.

Ho Chi Minh City preschools will reopen after Tet (traditional Lunar New Year) after more than half a year of closure due to COVID-19 outbreak, but children’s attendance has been left to their parents’ discretion.

The 17th Vietnam – Australia Human Rights Dialogue was productive and frank, and covered an extensive range of issues, according to a statement issued by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) on January 13.

The Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) market in Vietnam has been going through a downturn due to the pandemic, but the technology sector is bucking the trend, according to experts at a seminar on digital transformation and M&A on January 11.

As many as 200 gift packages worth 1,250,000 VND each were delivered to disadvantaged workers in the central province of Phu Yen on January 12 under a programme to support people in disadvantaged circumstances to have a warm Lunar New Year (Tet), which was held by Phu Yen Labour Confederation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh demanded COVID-19 vaccination be further sped up and disease prevention measures strengthened, in an official dispatch issued on January 11.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has asked the Ministry of Health to promptly review and amend guidelines on COVID-19 risk level assessment criteria.

WHO Regional Director for the Western Pacific Takeshi Kasai on January 11 said the World Health Organisation backs visions and viewpoints in the COVID-19 prevention and control programme set out by the Vietnamese Government to flexibly response to new variants.

The business community hopes the Government will maintain Resolution 128 on flexibly and safely adapting to and effectively controlling COVID-19, and keep its motto unchanged even when adjusting or upgrading it, according to a proposal on measures to support tourism sector's post-pandemic recovery.

An emergency relief project funded by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) was launched by the Vietnam Red Cross Society in Thua Thien-Hue province on January 10, targeting people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam's central region.

The 2022 “Mua xuan cho em” (Spring for Children) programme raised more than 104 billion VND (4.58 million USD) to support disadvantaged and pandemic-hit children.

The Government has issued Resolution No. 01/NQ-CP on the main tasks and solutions for implementing the socio-economic development and State budget plans for 2022.