Việt Nam, Indonesia call for int’l support for Great Lakes region

Việt Nam and Indonesia have emphasised the need to prioritise promoting intra-regional co-operation in the Great Lakes region in Africa based on peace and stability goals and called for support from the international community for the region.

Bringing a measure of happiness to Yên Bái For the first time ever in Việt Nam, a happiness index has been included in a provincial plan for socio-economic development as a key indicator besides conventional metrics such as GDP, poverty rate, employment and social investment.

New decree to improve performance of civil servants

National Assembly Deputy Bùi Thị An speaks to vov.vn online newspaper about the Government’s efforts to improve the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees.

Vietnam News Agency’s anti-fake news project wins international press award

A project on fighting fake news by Vietnam News Agency has won top prize in the category “Best Project for News Literacy” – one of ten categories within the framework of the Asian Digital Media 2020 Awards presented by WAN-IFRA, the World Association of News Publishers.

Voice of Vietnam targets internet users with new digital platform National radio broadcaster Voice of Vietnam (VOV) on Friday launched VOV Live – a digital platform that offers users unlimited access to the diversified content produced by VOV, including its huge archive of radio shows aired over the past 75 years.

Poor English exam results reflect teaching quality: education experts More than 749,000 students took the English test in the first phase this year, with an average score of 4.58 out of 10.

Textile and garment exports set to continue declining1 The Việt Nam Textile and Garment Group (Vinatex) forecasts Việt Nam's textile and garment exports will continue to decline by 14-18 per cent each month for the rest of 2020 over the same period last year.

National mourning for former Party General Secretary Lê Khả Phiêu

He held senior positions in the army in a military career that spanned more than 40 years, including Director of the General Political Department of the People's Army of Việt Nam.

Showbiz shows signs of revival after virus crisis

The Vietnamese art scene has shown encouraging signs of revival after being devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic as the country moves into a 'new normal'.

Issuance of legal documents to implement FTA must be hastened Việt Nam must hasten the process of issuing legal documents and institutional reform to implement free trade agreements (FTAs) and take advantage of these trade deals to boost exports.