"Tiến Quân Ca" is the national anthem of Vietnam. The song was written and composed by Văn Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of North Vietnam in 1946 and subsequently the Socialist Republic of Vietnam in 1976 following the reunification of Vietnam. Though it has two verses, only the first one is usually sung, similar to the Star-Spangled Banner.
Tuổi Trẻ is a major daily newspaper in Vietnam, published in Vietnamese by the Hồ Chí Minh City branch of the Hồ Chí Minh Communist Youth Union, the youth wing of the Communist Party of Vietnam. While it is still the official mouthpiece of that organization, it has grown to become the largest newspaper in the country. As of 2007 its daily circulation was 450,000.
Thanh Niên is a Ho Chi Minh City-based newspaper in Vietnam. It was the second most circulated newspaper in Vietnam in 2009, with an average circulation of 300,000. Thanh Niên News is released daily in Vietnamese language. Thanh Niên is an official organ of the Vietnam United Youth League and mainly focuses on social affairs, especially those that involve the youth. The newspaper announced the closure of its English language website, which was known as Thanh Niên News, on September 16, 2016, citing company reorganization.
The Miss Universe Vietnam is a biennial national beauty pageant in Vietnam to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe, one of the Big Four major international beauty pageants.
The Asia-America Gateway (AAG) is a 20,000-kilometre (12,000 mi) long submarine communications cable system, connecting South-East Asia with the mainland of the United States, across the Pacific Ocean via Guam and Hawaii.
Ngo Minh Hieu is a Vietnamese cyber security specialist and a former hacker and identity thief. He was convicted in the United States of stealing hundreds of thousands of persons' personally identifiable information and in 2015 was sentenced to 13 years in U.S. federal prison. After his early release from prison in 2020, Hieu returned to Vietnam and was recruited by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) under the Ministry of Information and Communications as a technical expert.
Nguyễn Thùy Chi, commonly known by her stage name Chi Pu, is a Vietnamese actress and singer. She gained popularity with her lead roles in several television dramas and sitcoms including Waterdrop, Happy Dream, and 5S Online. Chi Pu officially started her singing career in 2017. In 2020, Chi Pu was honored among Forbes list of Asia Pacific's 100 most influential digital stars.
Vũ Cát Tường is a Vietnamese singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, television judge and businesswoman who was a runner-up on the season 2 of The Voice of Vietnam. During the music career, she has received 6 nominations, won 2 Dedication Music Award and an inclusion on Forbes Vietnam's 2018 30 Under 30 list, along with many other awards. She is the first Vietnamese artist have an album distributed by Universal Music Group, and VCT is also the first Vietnamese artist having a bilingual album recorded in one of the most famous record studios in the world - United Recordings.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam has resulted in 11,623,182 confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 43,206 deaths. The number of confirmed cases is the highest total in Southeast Asia, and the 13th highest in the world. Hanoi is the most affected locale with 1,649,654 confirmed cases and 1,238 deaths, followed by Ho Chi Minh City with 628,736 cases and 20,476 deaths; however, the Vietnamese Ministry of Health has estimated that the real number of cases may be four to five times higher.
Sports broadcasting contracts in Vietnam include:
The 2020 Central Vietnam floods were a series of floods in Central Vietnam, which also affected some areas in Cambodia and Laos in October and early November 2020. The floods focused heavily in several provinces including Thừa Thiên Huế, Hà Tĩnh, Quảng Bình, Quảng Trị, and Quảng Ngãi. The floods were mainly caused by the seasonal monsoon, though enhanced by numerous tropical cyclones.
Tia Sáng is a Vietnamese Science and Technology magazine created in 1991 under the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is considered a platform for intellectuals to raise their voice about policymaking decisions in Vietnam.
The COVID-19 vaccination in Vietnam is an ongoing immunization campaign against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), in response to the ongoing pandemic in the country. Following the approval of the Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on 30 January 2021, vaccinations commenced on 8 March 2021, and will continue throughout the year with the goal of vaccinating 80% of the population by June 2022. The Sputnik V was later approved for use on 23 March 2021. The Sinopharm BIBP vaccine was approved for emergency use on 4 June 2021, while Pfizer–BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Moderna COVID-19 vaccine and Janssen COVID-19 vaccine were approved on 12 June 2021, 29 June 2021, and 15 July 2021, respectively. Vietnam approved Abdala vaccine from Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology on 18 September 2021, and Covaxin from Bharat Biotech on 10 November 2021.
Miss International Queen Vietnam is a beauty pageant in Vietnam for transgender women. The winner will represent Vietnam in Miss International Queen.
Kênh 14 is a Vietnamese news website, with a focus on entertainment and celebrity-related topics. The site's content is aimed at younger users - including but not limited to teenagers and students.
Street storming is an occasional and spontaneous social activity in Vietnam. While it is also used to refer to street racing, the term is more often used to call the massive gatherings and celebrations of Vietnamese football supporters and civilians on the streets around the country in response to major victories of Vietnam football teams.
Việt Báo is an online newspaper published in Hanoi by the Vietnam Ministry of Information and Communications Center for Press and International Communication Cooperation.
Opera House Station is a future underground Ho Chi Minh City Metro station on Line 1. Built in front of the Municipal Theatre of Ho Chi Minh City, the station opened to public viewing in April 2020. It is expected to be completed in by the end of 2023 before public operations begin in early 2024.
