Prime Minister requests better efficiency of ODA use

The Prime Minister has assigned the Ministry of Planning and Investment to draft strategies and policies on development cooperation with foreign donors in order to improve the efficiency of using official development assistance (ODA) and concessional loans.

Man makes selfless contributions to society amid pandemic

Phương Tấn Đạt is not someone who hogs the limelight. The 31-year-old would rather take a back seat and avoid being the centre of attention. But Đạt’s relentless volunteering efforts during the COVID pandemic in his home city of Cần Thơ, have earned him the National Volunteer Service Award 2021.

Tết support given to struggling workers, people in need

Several groups of people, including more than 200 children, middle-aged and elderly people as well as 38 disadvantaged students and families, from the Cơ Tu ethnic group in Tây Giang District have received warm clothes and blankets from the Lifestart Foundation.

Organic agriculture still faces barriers

Organic agriculture production and consumption in Việt Nam is facing many challenges from modest size, output, and capital shortage to consumer doubt over quality and origin

Quảng Ninh taps its precious pearl potential

Blessed with clear waters and plenty of plankton, Hạ Long and Bái Tử Long bays in the coastal province of Quảng Ninh have the ideal environment, temperature and salinity for pearl farming.

Soldiers work hard to keep up with cremations in HCM City

Private First Class Vũ Đức Thành, 19, opens the door of a cold storage unit that holds the bodies of COVID-19 victims, so he and his colleagues can take the next coffin out for cremation in HCM City’s Củ Chi District. 

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