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Deputy PM asks for highest education quality, safety for students

Deputy PM asks for highest education quality, safety for students

Ca Mau Airport to reopen on November 29 after year-long upgrade

Ca Mau Airport to reopen on November 29 after year-long upgrade

Vietnamese students place confidence in Vietnam-China cooperation

Vietnamese students place confidence in Vietnam-China cooperation

Deputy PM suggests studying long-term development of hospital ship model

Deputy PM suggests studying long-term development of hospital ship model

VNA cooperates with Mexican Labour Party to publish book on top leader's articles and addresses

VNA cooperates with Mexican Labour Party to publish book on top leader's articles and addresses

Inside Phu Quoc’s APEC landmarks: Features ‘never seen before’

Administrative reform shifts focus to practical results

Over 50 international scientists attend 45th symposium on physics in collision

Vietnamese students in Australia promote innovation, knowledge links

German police hand over antiquities to Vietnam

German police hand over antiquities to Vietnam

The Vietnamese Embassy in Germany on March 29 received antiques which Berlin police seized from an unidentified Vietnamese entrepreneur in late 2016.

Vinh Long’s Binh Minh town recognised as new-style rural area

Vinh Long’s Binh Minh town recognised as new-style rural area

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 27 handed over a decision on the recognition of Binh Minh town in the Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long as a new-style rural area.

485,000 kWh of electricity saved during Earth Hour 2018

485,000 kWh of electricity saved during Earth Hour 2018

Vietnam saved 485,000 kWh of electricity, equivalent to 834 million VND (36,612 USD), during the Earth Hour from 8:30pm-9:30pm of March 24, according to the National Load Dispatch Centre.

Can Tho looks to complete new-style rural area plan in 2019

Can Tho looks to complete new-style rural area plan in 2019

The Mekong Delta city of Can Tho expects to recognise four additional communes as new-style rural areas in 2018 and three more in 2019, fulfilling its plan to turn 36 communes into the new-style rural areas a year earlier than scheduled.

WIPO helps Vietnamese firms in IP protection

WIPO helps Vietnamese firms in IP protection

Experts from the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) talked with Vietnamese enterprises on how to protect their intellectual property rights overseas at a seminar in HCM City on March 5.

New policy supports kid credit cards

New policy supports kid credit cards

Beginning March 3, 2018, persons who are between 15 and 18 years old can open debit cards, credit cards and prepaid cards without the need to provide proof of income's sources, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.

Earth Hour campaign 2018 scheduled for March 3

Earth Hour campaign 2018 scheduled for March 3

The Earth Hour campaign 2018 will start at 8pm in Hanoi on March 3 with the slogan "Go more green", according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Filipino saved after suffering heart attack at sea

Filipino saved after suffering heart attack at sea

A Philippine man on a Greek-flagged ship has been rescued and transported to central Da Nang city's Hoan My hospital after suffering a heart attack on the way to China from Singapore.

Over 2.2 billion USD spent on national target programmes

Over 2.2 billion USD spent on national target programmes

As much as 51.7 trillion VND (2.25 billion USD) of the State budget was spent on implementing national target programmes in 2017, including 15.2 trillion VND (664.2 million USD) sourced from the central budget and 11 trillion VND (480.7 million) of investment capital for development.

PM praises three students in Soc Trang for their honesty

PM praises three students in Soc Trang for their honesty

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has praised three students in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang for their honesty to give back a sum of 40 million VND (about 1,760 USD) to its owner.

Memorable Years of The Dog in Vietnam's history

Memorable Years of The Dog in Vietnam's history

Several Years of The Dog witnessed milestones in the course of the nation's history.

Free coaches bring workers home for Tet

Free coaches bring workers home for Tet

Free coaches sponsored by trade union organisations and local authorities are bringing thousands of migrant workers back to their hometowns as the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) is only a few days away.

Thousands of OVs register to attend Homeland Spring programme

Thousands of OVs register to attend Homeland Spring programme

Thousands of overseas Vietnamese have registered to participate in the annual "Xuan Que Huong" (Homeland Spring) 2018, said Deputy Foreign Minister and Head of the State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs Vu Hong Nam.

Work begins on Truc Lam Zen monastery in Dong Thap

Work begins on Truc Lam Zen monastery in Dong Thap

Construction of a Truc Lam Zen Monastery and a tower began in the Mekong Delta province of Dong Thap on January 21.

HCM City plans to build smart apps for administrative procedures

HCM City plans to build smart apps for administrative procedures

All administrative units of Ho Chi Minh City need to build applications (apps) so that local people could access information via their smart devices, said Tran Vinh Tuyen, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

Farmers prepare special food for lunar New Year

Farmers prepare special food for lunar New Year

Farmers and food producers in the Mekong Delta are busy preparing speciality fruits and foods to meet burgeoning demand for the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday, which falls on February 16 this year.

Work begins on Truc Lam Zen monastery in Soc Trang

Work begins on Truc Lam Zen monastery in Soc Trang

Construction of a Truc Lam Zen Monastery began in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang on December 24.

Blind teacher wins top scholarship for social work

Blind teacher wins top scholarship for social work

Huynh Huu Canh and his cousin were digging up an iron object one day when a bomb left over from the war exploded, killing his cousin and leaving Canh, then in the fourth grade, blind.

Vietnam builds school for northern bordering Lao province

Vietnam builds school for northern bordering Lao province

A groundbreaking ceremony was held in Bounneua district in Laos’ northern province of Phongsaly on December 15 for the construction of a high school with funding from the Vietnamese Government.

Farmers create innovative machines to save time, costs

Farmers create innovative machines to save time, costs

As most of the machines used in the agricultural sector are imported, innovations in agricultural machinery made by Vietnamese farmers are being viewed as “rain after the drought”.