Việt Nam News

The ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) serves as a solid foundation to promote connectivity within the bloc in the most natural way, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung said on Tuesday.

Tết (Lunar New Year) is a time for families to get together and celebrate up and down Viet Nam, but not for medical workers.

More measures are needed in the fight against trade fraud and illegal cross-border smuggling between Việt Nam and other countries, which continues to be a problem, the General Department of Customs has said.

Over the past three years, N T H, a 38-year-old patents from Mekong Delta of An Giang, regularly visits the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion for chronic myeloid leukemia treatment.

Nguyễn Thị Sáu, 54 and Lê Thị Lan Vy, 24, are two of many patients who have received support from doctors of the Centre for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery to regain their confidence.

Police in Hà Nội’s Hoàn Kiếm District discovered a shop producing counterfeit licence plates for cars and bikes. This morning, officers searched the shop on 46 Trần Nhật Duật Street and discovered a number of license plates and tools to manufacture them.

More than 3,000 railway tickets are available for sale from Tuesday, according to Vietnam Railway, in response to the rising travelling demand during Tết (Vietnamese Lunar New Year Holiday).

14 winners of the 2019 ASEAN-Korea Academic Essay Contest have visited Việt Nam under the framework of the 2019 ASEAN-Korea Youth Academic Workshop organsised by the ASEAN-Korea Centre and ASEAN University Network.

This year marks PeaceTrees Vietnam’s 25 years of tireless endeavours in its humanitarian mission to clear unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Quảng Trị Province, said Nguyễn Phương Nga, President of the Việt Nam Union of Friendship Organisations.

The Rạng Đông Light Source and Vacuum Flask JSC has agreed to pay more than VNĐ2.4 billion (US$102,100) in compensation to nine families whose homes were damaged during a fire at the company’s warehouse last August, an official said on Monday.

The Việt Nam Red Cross Society (VNRC) plans to mobilise financial sources for providing at least 1.5 million gifts to the poor, Agent Orange victims, disadvantaged families and victims of natural disasters in 2019 ahead of the traditional Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The incomes of people living in coastal areas in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Sóc Trăng have improved under the coastal resources for sustainable development project implemented since 2012, local authorities said.

HCM City is hopeful of mitigating its manpower shortage, especially in sectors related to industry 4.0, over the next few years since many local universities plan to launch majors in artificial intelligence and such streams starting in 2020-21.

Many Hanoians have applauded a proposal by the People’s Committee of Hoàn Kiếm District to build an embankment around Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) Lake.

Construction of an interchange connecting Belt Road No 3 and Hà Nội-Hải Phòng Expressway and other related infrastructure started on Monday in Hà Nội.

HCM City authorities in 2020 will continue to restructure the economy, improve competitiveness and labour productivity, and meet the city’s State budget target as set by the Government.

Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Tòng Thị Phóng on Monday joined a programme to present gifts to people in the central province of Nghệ An ahead of Tết (Lunar New Year).

The southern central province of Quảng Ngãi plans to invest VNĐ2.8 trillion (US$121.2 million) in a wastewater treatment system from 2020 to 2025.