Việt Nam has made good progress in human development, with an average annual Human Development Index (HDI) growth of 1.36 percent during the 1990-2018 period. This places Việt Nam among the group of countries with the highest HDI growth rates in the world.
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From the perspective of young artist Nguyễn Xuân Lam, folk paintings proved their vitality in modern times at an exhibition of his works that opened in Hà Nội on Saturday.
A combination of various public health and preventive medicine specialties should be paid attention to at the domestic and international levels to protect people’s health amid emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases globally, Deputy Minister of Health Nguyễn Trường Sơn told a conference at the Pasteur Institute in HCM City last week.
Female film producer Mai Thu Huyền launched her new film project based on a famous Vietnamese epic poem written in the 18th century recognised as one of the country's top literary works.