The Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences on February 26 held a seminar on kick-starting a scheme to build the Encyclopedia of Vietnam, the first of its kind, which will cover more than 70 sectors/fields from social and humanity sciences, culture and...
The Ministry of Education and Training on February 27 held a conference to seek opinions for a draft decree aimed at creating a safe and healthy environment at schools. The draft decree, publicized in July 2016, includes four chapters regulating...
Singapore’s Ministry of Education has announced that the country will grant ASEAN scholarship to Vietnamese students in the 2018 academic year, local media reported. The ASEAN Scholarships for Vietnam is tenable for four years, leading to the award...
Vietnam’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOIT) has discussed with the Japanese Embassy and agreed on measures to control Vietnamese students in Japan and prevent them from illegally staying in the country. The number of Vietnam students...
Secretary General of the Vietnam-US Society (VUS) under the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO) Vu Xuan Hong has hailed Peace Trees Vietnam (PTV)’s contributions to healing the war wounds, fostering trust and friendship between the two...
American artists have been on stage in a series of programs that facilitate the cultural exchange between Vietnam and the U.S. as part of efforts for reconciliation, especially for disadvantaged children in the Southeast Asian country. Artists from...
Authorities in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi have issued a plan in which the municipal government targets to lower the poverty rate by spending VND10.2 trillion ($448 million) for the plan by 2020. Its investment aims to have no out-of-the-place...
Researcher Tran Tan Vinh from Quang Nam provincial library has completed a 200-page book on the Co Tu ethnic group’s artistic wood sculptures. Vinh told Viet Nam News that 800 copies of the book will be released later this year. The book features...
Muong Te district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau has improved the lives of local people under a sustainable poverty reduction project funded by the World Bank (WB). Joining the project last year, Vang San commune was provided...
Kiu, a new e-commerce platform to help small and medium businesses (SMEs) in the lower Mekong region gain access to developed markets, has been launched in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi with the support of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The...
