Farmers and workers in the informal sector are often reluctant to buy voluntary social insurance because they do not understand its benefits and lack knowledge about the programme, according to the Viet Nam Social Security agency, according to the Việt Nam Social Security agency.

Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Hằng interviews Danish Ambassador Kim Højlund Christensen about the first-ever P4G – Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 – global summit in Copenhagen in October 19-20 with the attendance of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, as well as the role of Việt Nam in the initiative as one of the founding member countries.

The Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre has sustainably developed both aquaculture and offshore fishing in the last 10 years under a national marine strategy.

The HCM City People’s Economic Court on Wednesday began hearing the suit filed by taxi operator Vinasun against ride-hailing service Grab, accusing it of unfair business practices and demanding compensation of the VNĐ42 billion worth of losses it has suffered.

Six million people in Việt Nam managed to climb up the poverty ladder according to statistics released on Wednesday.

Farmers in Cà Mau Province breeding giant river prawns in their rice fields are harvesting what promises to be a bumper crop and are getting high prices for the crustacean since it is not the regular prawn season. 

HCM City authorities will redesign a proposal for a bus rapid transit (BRT) route after the Department of Transport said the plan was not feasible.

The emergence of new kinds of illicit drugs and increasingly complicated drug-related crimes have posed greater challenges for the world, including ASEAN, and necessitate renewed efforts from governments in the fight against drug abuse.

Child patients will be given priority in kidney transplants when there is a brain-dead or non-heart-beating donor under a new agreement on organ transplantation between three major hospitals in HCM City.