Freedom of mobility was the first thing Xinh enjoyed after purchasing a motorbike, using money from the local village savings and loan association (VSLA) which offers a savings incentive for members to pool their money by buying shares and then loaning to each other.
The fourth international conference on geotechnics for sustainable infrastructure development (GEOTEC HANOI 2019) opened in Hà Nội on Thursday, aiming to shorten the science and technology gap between Việt Nam and other countries in the sector.
National Assembly (NA) Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân has informed voters in the Mekong Delta city of Cần Thơ about the outcomes of the freshly concluded 8th session of the parliament.
Civil society organisations (CSOs) had contributed much to HIV/AIDS prevention and control, but obstacles remained in their work, experts said at conference on Wednesday in Hà Nội.
The Ministry of Transport has submitted to the Prime Minister a plan to build seven more expressways by 2030.
HCM City is encouraging families to have three children as the birth rate has dropped to 1.33 children per women of reproductive age in the city.
The income per capita of rural residents in Kiên Giang Province, the country’s largest rice producer, has reached VNĐ46.2 million (US$1,990) a year, up 1.5 times against 2015, mostly due to the use of new farming models and agricultural restructuring.
Pỉ Hoa, 67, is the oldest student at an adult literacy class in a poor remote village in the central province of Quảng Trị.
The pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, programme will be expanded to another 15 cities and provinces as part of the country’s commitment to end HIV by 2030, according to the Việt Nam Administration for HIV/AIDS Control.
