HCM City’s Việt Nam Fatherland Front yesterday launched an anti-littering campaign to keep the city’s streets clean and reduce the risk of flooding.

The Government has officially issued a decree stipulating the details of compulsory social insurance for foreign employees in Việt Nam, which will take effect on December 1 this year.

In a small and remote commune in central Quảng Ngãi Province,  many households have more than six children. All of these households are living in poverty, leaving children impoverished and often absent from classes.

UNICEF and partners are organising a new challenge calling on young innovators in HCM City and surrounding provinces to design solutions that will improve skills and training for young people, and empower them to take actions on issues that affect them.

 The city recorded 638 cases of fire over the past nine months, with more than half of them occurring at residents’ private houses, according to the latest report from the Hà Nội Police’s Department of Fire Prevention and Control.

Eleven individuals and businesses were yesterday conferred the 2018 I-Star Award and a cash prize of VNĐ50 million (US$2,140) for their creativity, innovation and services rendered to the community.

A campaign promoting non-violent education was launched in Hà Nội yesterday.

After working the fields of science and technology for more than two decades, award-winning Dr Nguyễn Thị Thanh Nhàn knows only too well the so-called smart city system is nothing new.

Gender equality worldwide has generally improved as women find more opportunities to participate in society. However, there is still work to do to reach true equality.