Việt Nam News

A centre for digital transformation (DXCentre) was recently set up in HCM City with a  view to supporting agencies, organisations, and enterprises in going digitalised and studying, piloting, and transferring digital technology products.

The construction is in progress and covers around 669km out of the total over 721km, or 92.8 per cent, according to Lê Quyết Tiến, director of the Investment Management Department, Ministry of Transport.

Many Vietnamese young people do not hesitate to give up high-income jobs in foreign countries and return to contribute their efforts to Việt Nam.

This is part of the programme "Connecting potential - Adding value - Sustainable development" of traditional craft village values

Authorities in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta are providing vocational training the workforce to help people find steady jobs and improve their lives.

Authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu on January 25 hosted a high-level delegation of the Cambodian province of Preah Sihanouk, who came for a well-wishing visit on the occasion of Vietnam's traditional Lunar New Year (Tet) festival.

 HCM  City plans to illuminate the sky with fireworks displays across eight locations on the eve of the upcoming Lunar New Year, an increase of two venues compared to the similar occasion last year.

Chairman of the National Assembly Vương Đình Huệ on January 25 extended greetings and presented gifts on the occasion of the Lunar New Year (called Tết in Vietnamese) to families of policy beneficiaries, revolutionary contributors, poor households, Agent Orange/dioxin victims, and workers facing difficulties in the Mekong Delta province of Bạc Liêu

Some 15,000 disadvantaged households are expected to benefit from a programme called “Zero-đồng minimart - Tết (Lunar New Year) 2024” being held in HCM City until January 27.

Fifty-one years since the signing of the Paris Peace Accords, the central province of Quảng Trị, once the frontline between the north and the south of Vietnam, has been taking strong steps forward and cherishing the values of peace.

The Vietnam Buddhist Sangha (VBS) of HCM City carried out charitable and social activities with total funds of over VNĐ748 billion (US$30.3 million) last year.

Teaching the Vietnamese language since 1995, Ngô Kim Việt, a Vietnamese woman living in the US state of Maryland for over 40 years, always perceives that the value of the mother tongue needs to be maintained and passed down to younger generations of the Vietnamese origin.

the south central province of Phú Yên has recorded no violations of IUU fishing regulations in the past five years.

The provincial Steering Committee for search, collection and identification of fallen soldiers’ remains (Steering Committee 515) in the Mekong Delta province of Long An on January 25 held a ceremony at Bình Hiệp international border gate to receive 34 boxes of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who laid down their lives in the battlefields in Cambodia during wartime.

Vice President Võ Thị Ánh Xuân and a working delegation on January 25 visited and presented gifts to social policy beneficiaries living in disadvantageous circumstances, poor and near-poor households, and disadvantaged workers and children in the Mekong Delta province of Bến Tre

With the Lunar New Year holiday approaching, demand for fresh pork and other food products are on the rise, so businesses in HCM City are hard at work to ensure sufficient supply, while the authorities are making sure the food sold in markets satisfy health and safety standards.

Despite a raft of challenges, the country recorded relatively comprehensive socio-economic achievements, standing out as a bright spot in the region and the world as a whole.

Deputy Prime Minister Trần Lưu Quang said the National Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Control must proactively carry out its task to minimise damage to people and property.