Removing all landmines and unexploded ordnance in Việt Nam by 2030, can it be done?

KOICA Việt Nam and UNDP Việt Nam are encouraging us all to join the Decade of Mine Action to give back the land to local communities, leave no-one behind and ensure we fulfill the development aspirations of those who need it the most.

PM signs decision to officially declare nationwide COVID-19 pandemic

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc today signed a decision to officially declare a nationwide pandemic.

Developing human resources for meteorology industry

Professor Trần Hồng Thái, general director of Việt Nam’s General Department of Meteorology, talks to Tin Tức (News) online newspaper about the improvements of Việt Nam's meteorology industry

National Assembly Chairwoman receives outgoing Japanese Ambassador

National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân praised the work of Japanese Ambassador to Việt Nam Umeda Kunio to promote relations between Việt Nam and Japan as well as between the two countries’ parliaments.

Delta province steps up efforts to protect Trà Sư cajuput forest

The Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta province of An Giang has approved the Trà Sư cajuput forest protection and sustainable management plan for 2019-30 period in a bid to protect the wetland’s eco-systems.

A talk with the first Vietnamese woman appointed WHO's division director

Trần Thị Giáng Hương, Director of the Department of International Co-operation under the Ministry of Health was appointed the Director of the World Health Organisation’s Division of Programmes for Disease Control last year. She talks to Vietnamplus online newspaper about her new role at an international body.

VN expects stronger ties with Int’l Social Security Association

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam received a delegation of the International Social Security Association (ISSA) led by its Secretary-General Marcelo Abi-Ramia Caetano in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Ambassador takes a toast for Japan, VN co-operation On February 23, His Majesty the Emperor of Japan will turn 60 years old. On this occasion, Ambassador of Japan Kunio Umeda sends Việt Nam News readers a message to celebrate.

HCM City to improve road, drainage to ease traffic, flooding problems HCM City is taking steps to improve road and water drainage infrastructure to mitigate its traffic and flooding problems.

Japan offers testing reagents aids amid fears of new cases

Deputy health minister Đỗ Xuân Tuyên on Friday warned the number of the coronavirus infections in Vĩnh Phúc Province – the biggest cluster detected in Việt Nam so far – was likely to increase in the coming days.