Thousands of medical workers have headed to Ho Chi Minh City and worked around the clock to help the southern hub win its battle against the country’s worst COVID-19 outbreak so far. Enduring dangers and hardship, they have carried on regardless, with a dogged determination that “we will return home when the pandemic is stamped out”.

Vietnamese artists have joined the national effort to fight the ravages of COVID-19 by releasing music videos to encourage people in Ho Chi Minh City - the country’s largest hotspot.

The ancient town of Hoi An, the misty town of Sa Pa and the capital city of Hanoi are rated by foreign tourists as the most beautiful spots for photography lovers in Vietnam.

The annual programme highlighting the beauty of Hoàng Su Phì terraced fields in the northern province of Ha Giang during harvest season will be held virtually for the first time because of the pandemic.

The airport on Con Dao Island, the southern province of Ba Ria - Vung Tau, will be expanded and upgraded to better serve rising passenger demand and the operation of new-generation aircraft.

An initiative introduced recently by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, to present theatre programmes online, has received a warm response from both artists and the community as it helps convey cultural and spiritual values to people during the pandemic.

UNESCO heritage site Ha Long Bay in northern Vietnam is one of 12 nominees for Asia's leading tourist attraction category at 2021 World Travel Awards. ​

More than 130,000 tonnes of rice sourced from the national food reserve will be provided for 24 cities and provinces to aid people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. ​

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee has agreed to conduct vaccination against COVID-19 for foreigners living, studying and working in the city, within its capacity and resources.

Ton Duc Thang University and Duy Tan University in Ho Chi Minh City have broken into the ShanghaiRanking Consultancy’s Academic Ranking of World Universities in 2021.

Vietnam recorded more than 3,900 cyberattacks in the first seven months of 2021, according to the Authority of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications.

COVID-19 tracker apps have been used by enterprises and QR code scanners made available in the northern province of Bac Giang, a former Covid-19 hotspot, in recent times, with a view to ensuring the dual targets of pandemic containment and economic development.

Vietnam's homegrown Covivac COVID-19 vaccine is being injected to volunteers Thai Binh province’s Vu Thu district from August 18 during its second phase clinical trials.

Two Vietnamese films have been named among the 26 projects chosen for the Asian Project Market at this year’s Busan International Film Festival of the Republic of Korea.