Disadvantaged labourers given help to work abroad

Thanks to a number of support policies at the local level, hundreds of disadvantaged labourers in the country will have more opportunities to work abroad this year.

Việt Nam highlights ASEAN’s efforts in protecting children’s rights The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has shown its strong commitments to promoting and ensuring the rights of children through a multitude of important documents such as the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint 2025.

Northern farmers turn to high tech agriculture

Underdeveloped northern provinces were embracing high technology to make breakthroughs in farming productivity in hopes of lifting locals – mostly of ethnic minorities – out of poverty.

Eliminating malnutrition for children at risk and in hospital: expert

On the sidelines of the 4th Annual Abbott Nutrition Health Institute Global Growth Summit held last week in Stockholm, Sweden, Dr. Robert Murray, Professor of Human Nutrition from the College of Education and Human Ecology, Ohio State University, speaks to Việt Nam News reporter Thanh Hải about challenges and measures to eliminate malnutrition in Việt Nam and around the world.    

Prime Minister requires further expansion of social insurance coverage Việt Nam has basically achieved the target of health insurance for all, but it still needs to further expand the coverage of social insurance, according to Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

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.

Trade experts upbeat on EU-Vietnam bigger trade and investment potential

Trade experts were upbeat over the EU’s decision to ratify the free trade and investment agreements between Việt Nam and the bloc while predicting a strong increase in trade and investment.

Bình Phước farmers have good cashew harvest

Farmers in Bình Phước Province have begun to harvest their cashew crop, and yields are higher than last year because of favourable weather and the efforts of authorities and farmers to prevent diseases.   

Businessman with cancer dreams of school for poor children

Nguyễn Công Nội, 29, has found a reason to fight cancer, namely his dreams of opening a school for poor children.

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.