Breastfeeding can help reduce 13 percent of the mortality among children under five years old, or save about 6 million children from infectious diseases, a health official has said.
Vietnam will start compiling its own encyclopaedia this year as the work was recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
A photo exhibition entitled “To ke ban nghe” (I tell you my stories) came to the central province of Ninh Thuan on August 1 after its success in Hanoi, with 120 photos of daily life taken by ethnic children on display.
President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF)’s Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan has asked central press agencies to do more to foster stronger national great unity.
Vietnam calls on all parties concerned to respect the newly-reached ceasefire agreement in Gaza Strip, Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Le Hai Binh has said.
A pilot model to raise awareness of the fight against HIV/AIDS and discrimination in ethnic minority-inhabited areas was launched in the northern mountainous province of Ha Giang on July 31.
The Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC) will sell tickets online from this November under a deal recently signed with FTP-FIS-TeleHouse joint venture.
The Hanoi People’s Committee and the municipal Labour Federation on July 31 honoured 150 local enterprises for their remarkable business and production achievements as well as their active contributions to social work.
The role of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in boosting the supply chain of solar energy is the main focus of a workshop held in Hanoi from July 31 to August 1.
The northern city of Hai Phong has planned to earmark about VND3.6 billion (US$169,000) for a large-scale vaccination campaign against measles and rubella for children aged between 1 and 14.