General News

  • The US Institute of Peace (USIP) has recently organised its annual dialogue on war legacies and peace in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Efforts in handling war consequences and impacts on the development of the Vietnam-US relations were among the...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • The average income of people doing rural occupations will be 2.5-3 times higher than in 2020. It is one of the main targets of the rural careers development strategy until 2030, with a vision to 2045, which has been approved by Deputy Prime Minister...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Vietnam’s northern mountainous province of Lao Cai kicked off its first-ever trade fair, dedicated to showcasing products crafted by locals from ethnic minority and mountainous regions, on August 28. Spanning across 120 booths, the fair presents an...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Vietnam’s National Assembly’s Ethnic Council and the Ethnic Affairs Committee of the Lao NA shared experience in ethnic affairs and sustainable poverty reduction at a seminar in Hanoi on September 21. The event was held in the framework of a working...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • The International Road Assessment Program (iRAP) is receiving $2 million in grant funding and additional support from Google’s philanthropic arm, Google.org, to provide children with a safer journey to school across the world, including Vietnam....
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Vietnamese humanitarian and non-governmental organizations are increasingly less inclined to work with the United Nations due to fear of reprisal from their government, according to a new report by the global body’s human rights agency. NGO...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Many patients with liver, lung, breast, colorectal and stomach cancer were diagnosed in their 30s, or even 20s, instead of in their 40s and 50s as before, according to records from two major public hospitals in Hanoi – National Cancer Hospital (...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Different localities in Hanoi have conducted many activities to prevent and control dengue fever. The activities were implemented after dengue fever in Hanoi continued to rise, with more than 9,800 cases in 599 outbreaks from the beginning of this...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • Vietnamese Minister of Health Dao Hong Lan attended the United Nations High-Level Conference on Ending AIDS in New York on September 20 (local time) on the sidelines of the high-level discussion of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023
  • There are about 60,000 tons of waste disposed of each day in Vietnam, only 15% of which is collected, recycled, or reused. To reach the Net Zero Emissions goal, the recycling of waste is one key factor. The EU has pointed out that this process, when...
    Monday, 25th September, 2023