The elderly, with their personal prestige, experience and pool of knowledge, should continue to serve as a mainstay for their local administration and residents, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Nguyen Phu Trong has said.
The Office of the State President on December 12 held a press conference in Hanoi to announce a number of new laws and ordinances, including the Employment Law, the first ever of its kind.
17-year-old swimmer Nguyen Thi Anh Vien scooped another gold medal, in the women’s 200m backstroke, on December 12 at the ongoing 27th SEA Games in Myanmar.
Freedom of speech and press has always been a global issue, which is not only a concern of every nation’s leaders but also a fundamental requirement of human rights.
The LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people) community will be the central focus of an art festival taking place in Hanoi from December 14-29.
Over 700 households across four districts in the central province of Quang Tri, one plagued by unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from the war, have benefited from a sustainable agriculture development project funded by the US’s non-governmental organisation the Roots of Peace (ROP).
Vietnam will develop its aquaculture in an industrial, modern and sustainable way to meet international standards, according to Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Cao Duc Phat.
As many as 220 students of the Khmer-Vietnam friendship primary school in Cambodia attended a ceremony to start their new academic year on December 11.
Border gates in the northern province of Lang Son are busy with medical tests on entries and departures as the strain of avian flu virus H7N9 is spreading further across neighbouring China.
The archaeological excavation of the ancient Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, which was recognised as the World Cultural Heritage by UNESCO in 2010, has revealed evidence dating from the 11th century to 19th century.