“Went as employees but return as entrepreneurs” is the motto of Đồng Tháp Province’s labour export programme and it is proving to be effective.

A series of policies and measures have been devised and implemented by authorities of the Mekong Delta province of Trà Vinh in recent years to improve the spiritual and material life of the Khmer community.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has applauded the significant contributions of the Vietnam Bank for Social Policies (VBSP) to the country’s poverty reduction and socio-economic development.

Taekwondo club: confidence-booster for disadvantaged kids

 Every week, a group of people with disabilities, poor kids and orphans gather in the front yard of a social centre in HCM City’s Bình Tân District, laughing, playing and getting ready for their taekwondo class.

Hundreds of students from Yên Tĩnh Commune in the central province of Nghệ An have to cross the Chà Hạ River over a makeshift bamboo footbridge to get to school each day.

The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigative Police Agency on Thursday said it had started legal proceedings against a woman from HCM City and four others for allegedly trafficking human organs.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc visited workers in the northern port city of Hải Phòng yesterday ahead of Tet (Lunar New Year), the biggest and most important holiday in Việt Nam.

Phan Huy Chú High School teacher Nguyễn Kim Anh has assigned her students the task of helping their parents with preparations for the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

The Hà Nội Department of Transport has requested transportation businesses publicise their fares and not illegally increase prices during the Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday.

Việt Nam’s oil and gas output hit an estimated 2.05 million equivalent tonnes in January, surpassing the monthly target by 5.8 per cent.