Female director introduces cải lương with TV shows

Female director Tô Thiên Kiều is making her mark and producing TV shows featuring cải lương (reformed opera), a 100-year-old traditional music genre of the south, to attract people in HCM City and the Cửu Long (Mekong) River Delta region. 

Việt Nam makes responsible contributions to ASEAN common affairs

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits, ASEAN summits with partners and the third Mekong-Republic of Korea (RoK) Summit via videoconference from October 26-28 at the invitation of Sultan of Brunei Darussalam Hasanal Bolkiah – Chair of ASEAN 2021.

HCM City, industrial provinces seek ways to get COVID returnees back

Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta provinces, HCM City and Bình Dương Province will organise a job fair on October 29 for workers who returned to their hometowns to escape the COVID-19 outbreak.

3.1m doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by US, Japan arrive in Việt Nam 3.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the US and Japan have reached Việt Nam over the weekend.

Cải lương star performs in TV shows

Cải lương (reformed opera) star Bùi Công Danh, winner of the famous TV show Sao Nối Ngôi (Bright Stars) 2021, will perform in a series of theatre shows on Vĩnh Long Television’s THLV1 channel next month. 

Mekong Delta to boost investment in transport infrastructure The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta region needs a special mechanism to improve its transport infrastructure to reduce logistics costs, bolster competitiveness and boost agricultural exports, Minister of Transport Nguyễn Văn Thể has said.

Việt Nam to build nine new railways by 2030

Deputy Prime Minister Lê Văn Thành has signed a decision approving the railway system planning for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, which sets a target of building nine new railways by 2030.

Mekong Delta province green-lights clutch of major projects The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of Hậu Giang has approved changes to a project to build petroleum ports and warehouses in Châu Thành District’s Mái Dầm Town.

Famed Óc Eo culture set for preservation

Việt Nam will submit a summary report on the Óc Eo - Ba Thê archaeological site to the UNESCO World Heritage Centre requesting its inclusion on the tentative list of World Heritage Profiles. 

Tourism updated in light of new normal

Various provinces throughout the country have finally resumed tourism after the fourth wave of the pandemic. Safe, green and closed journeys are now being offered to visitors during what is being called the new normal.