Researchers surveyed 63 provinces and cities on two main pillars – budget transparency and civil participation – to evaluate localities’ efforts to fully disclose all relevant fiscal information in a timely and systematic manner.

The health ministry’s latest survey showed positive improvement in patient satisfaction towards medical services in Việt Nam in 2018.

Earning enough money to cover daily essentials is a real problem for most garment workers. 

Vietnamese firms should focus on environmental protection and corporate social responsibility when investing abroad to develop sustainably and promote the socio-economic development of their host countries, experts have urged.

Foreign and Vietnamese experts talk to Việt Nam News reporter Khánh Dương about the gap between the rich and the poor in Việt Nam and recommendations for this concerning problem.

China and Europe take centre stage at Davos on Wednesday, a day after Brazil's hard-right President Jair Bolsonaro promised reform and respect for the environment to the world's business elite.

Vietnamese Miss Universe 2017 H’Hen Niê, who, from a Ê Đê ethnic girl living in a poor village in Central Highlands province of Đắk Lắk, has made it into the top five in the Miss Universe 2018 competition, will share her inspiring story at BridgeFest 2019 in Hà Nội on Sunday.

An exhibition of photos depicting social inequality will take place on Saturday in Hà Nội.

Indonesian rescuers battled heavy rains on Monday in a desperate search for survivors after a volcano-triggered tsunami killed at least 281 people, with experts warning the devastated region could be slammed by more tidal waves.

The central province of Hà Tĩnh’s Department of Science and Technology (DoST) proposed shutting down Thạch Khê iron mine – the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia – to protect the environment.