Hà Nội to pay attention to people with disabilities Hà Nội will issue free bus passes to people with disabilities and continue improving infrastructure to help them access public transport.

2019 a successful year for Việt Nam Bank for Social Policy

Trần Lan Phương, deputy director of the Việt Nam Bank for Social Policies, talks to Nông Thôn Ngày Nay (Countryside Today) online newspaper about the bank’s big achievements last year.

Top leader chairs meeting of Party Central Committee’s Secretariat

The Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee met in Hà Nội on Friday chaired by Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng to review the performance of its directive on the organisation of the Tết (Lunar New Year) festival.

HCM City leader commends religious dignitaries during pre-Tết visits Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee Nguyễn Thiện Nhân on January 20 extended best wishes to religious dignitaries and followers in the city on the occasion of the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday, which starts this weekend (Jan 25).

4,000 houses built with social policy credit Social policy credit helped to build more than 4,000 houses and over 1.2 million water supply and sanitation facilities in rural areas in 2019, according to the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP).

Economic development must go with environmental protection: PM

Economic development must go together with environmental protection and social development to ensure sustainable growth and prosperity, said Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Abuse of health service still a challenge: experts The number of health insurance holders has exceeded the goal set by Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc of reaching 80 per cent of the population joining social insurance by the end of 2020.

Prime Minister holds talks with farmers Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc emphasised the significance of processing to the agriculture sector during talks with more than 300 farmers in Cần Thơ City on Tuesday.

Soft loan policy plays role in poverty reduction

Nearly eight million poor households and families subject to special social policies have received soft loans worth nearly VNĐ222 trillion (US$9.56 billion) over the past three years, contributing to improve the living conditions of the poor, particularly in ethnic minority-inhabited and rural areas.

Bình Dương faces shortage of public housing, kindergartens amid influx of workers

The south-eastern province of Bình Dương is considered to be a place with many public housing projects and kindergartens for workers and their children, but they are proving insufficient.