Việt Nam News

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) recently handed over 6,903 dignity kits to the Central Committee of the Việt Nam Farmers’ Union (VFU) in support of women and girls at risk of gender-based violence in five central provinces hit by flooding – Thừa Thiên-Huế, Quảng Trị, Quảng Ngãi, Nghệ An, and Thanh Hoá.

The Civil Aviation Authority of Việt Nam (CAAV) is ready to support its Indonesian counterpart after a recent plane crash that claimed the lives of more than 60 people, said CAAV leader.

Soldiers in the Brigade No.167 of Naval Region 2 undergo hard on-land physical training to make them stronger and more adaptive to their harsh working conditions on sea.

A mother and her baby daughter have tested positive for COVID-19 for a second time - after they were given the all-clear and released from quarantine. 

The body that represents workers' rights in Việt Nam is calling on the Government to increase minimum wage as the country's economy begins to show positive signs of recovery.

Việt Nam has created new jobs for more than eight million workers over the past five years and is one of 10 countries worldwide with the lowest unemployment rate.

The lack of a detailed plan has led to limitations in attracting resources for infrastructure investment.

Kim Đồng Primary School has been built in a remote area in Hậu Giang Province by Saigon Children’s Charity (saigonchildren), and it opened last week with more than 90 students.

At its “rising” wishes festival held in HCM City last week, Unilever Vietnam’s OMO brand called on the community to join hands to turn more than 500,000 wishes for Peace - Prosperity - Health on the occasion of Tết (Lunar New Year) into practical action to bring positive changes to families, society and the community.

The current extreme cold weather brought snowfall in high mountainous areas while hoarfrost was reported in several communes in the high mountainous province of Yên Bái’s Trạm Tấu District.

Promoting patriotic traditions and positive human values, Việt Nam Buddhism has made many contributions to society in different fields, Nguyễn Phúc Nguyên, head of the Department of Buddhist Affairs – Government Committee for Religious Affairs, said at a conference held on January 10.

The Hải Vân Tunnel 2, the longest road tunnel in Southeast Asia which connects the central province of Thừa Thiên-Huế and Đà Nẵng City, opened to traffic yesterday four years after construction began.

Tân Sơn Nhất and Nội Bài are the two largest and most important airports of Việt Nam. They have been overloaded for many years causing visible cracks, deformation and subsidence of the asphalt surfaces, and only last year, with the pandemic putting a halt to most international flights did the authorities decide to take advantage of the downtime to do the repairs and upgrades.

Construction of the expansion of the Hòa Bình hydropower plant began in the northern mountainous province of Hòa Bình yesterday with Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc attending the ground-breaking ceremony. 

Twelve months is the minimum time that policy makers need to study and come up with regulations for the use of new-generation cigarettes, experts have suggested.

HCM City has achieved its “dual goal” of containing the Covid-19 pandemic and reviving the economy, the chairman of its People’s Committee, told a meeting on Saturday (Jan 9).

One new imported case, 24-year-old Vietnamese woman returning from Japan.