Japanese doctor brings light to visually-impaired

Over the past 17 years, Japanese doctor Tadashi Hattori has become a friend to many visually-impaired patients in remote and disadvantaged areas of Việt Nam, particularly those in Quảng Ninh, Thái Nguyên, Bắc Kạn, Bình Phước and Cà Mau.

City to expand collective economic model

Lê Thanh Liêm, deputy chairman of the city's People’s Committee, said the city had achieved positive results after 15 years of implementing the Party Central Committee’s resolution on continued reform, development and improvement of the collective economy model.

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New document released to regulate use of non-residential real estate

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE) has sent a document to local departments to regulate the use and certification of non-residential real estate projects.

Bibliophile dedicates to bring books to ethnic minority children

Nguyễn Tú Anh, co-founder of the Chủ Nhật Yêu Thương (Beloved Sunday) volunteer group in HCM City, together with his fellow volunteers, spends every Sunday purchasing children's books, then classifying, packing and sending them to remote areas.

Việt Nam makes significant progress in labour quality Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Đào Ngọc Dung spoke to Vietnam News Agency about his ministry's achievements in 2019 and measures it plans to implement to reach its goals in 2020.

Giving plastic another use

Lưu Chung Nghĩa is worried about the amount of plastic that is being thrown away. So, he is making toys from plastic goods to give the plastic a new use.

Silk debris becomes art

So many things that people may throw away can be put to good use. An example is the pieces of silk that are left behind by tailors. An enterprise in Hà Nội uses them to make paintings and postcards. It is all the idea of a disabled person who has now also given jobs to other disabled people.

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.