More than 2 million poor households won access to loans worth over 80 trillion VND (3.52 billion USD) from the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) last year.

As of November 30, Vietnam counted 816 press agencies with 40,000 employees, of whom 17,161 have been granted with press cards.

The capital city of Hanoi will focus on “discipline, responsibility, action, innovation, development” in its activities, and outline several socio-economic development indices in 2022 as follows:

Vietnam has signed purchase deals or received donations for nearly 211 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines, with 156.4 million already arrived as of December 10, 2021, according to the Ministry of Health.

Vietnam welcomed over 15,000 foreign tourists in November, up 42.4 percent from the figure in October, the General Statistics Office.

With the height of sophistication in the way Red Dao women dress up, a unique decoration art in traditional costume is created symbolising the Red Dao ethnicity and distinguishing them from other ethnic groups.

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh has approved a pilot plan to welcome international visitors as proposed earlier by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism.

Cuc Phuong, a famous tourist destination and natural attraction near Hanoi, was named Asia's leading national park at the 2021 World Travel Awards.

Vietnam has won the title of Asia’s Leading Destination in the World Travel Awards (WTA) 2021.

Three-month social distancing has seriously affected the labour market with high unemployment and underemployment rates being recorded.

Hanoi has made marked socio-economic achievements since 1986 when Vietnam began to open up for economic integration. The capital city posted high economic growth rates, especially in the 2015-2020 period, contributing to raising the country's position in the context of international integration.

The UNESCO designated the Nui Chua National Park in the central province of Ninh Thuan and the Kon Ha Nung Plateau in the Central Highlands province of Gia Lai as global biosphere reserves.

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

Vietnam has ranked ninth among the ten friendliest countries in the world, the World Population Review quoted a survey conducted by InterNations.

Sixty years have passed since the US army dropped tens of millions of extremely toxic chemicals on various areas across the south of Vietnam, but their devastating impact still lingers. Over the years, special attention has been paid to Vietnamese AO/dioxin victims.