The central province of Nghe An aims to develop a fleet of offshore fishing ships by 2020.

Over 400 guests and overseas Vietnamese enjoyed a warm celebration of the Lunar New Year festival (Tet) hosted by the Vietnamese permanent delegation to the United Nations (UN) in New York on January 15.

Vietnamese students in Japan and expatriates in Cambodia took part in get-togethers to celebrate the upcoming Lunar New Year (Tet) on January 15.

About 1,000 Vietnamese expatriates and students in Singapore attended a gathering on January 14 to celebrate the approaching Lunar New Year. 

The Prime Minister has approved the national strategy on blindness prevention until 2020 with a vision to 2030.

The Military Command of Dakrong district, the central province of Quang Tri has worked with the Peace Trees Vietnam (PTVN) to tackle 150 war-era unexploded shells uncovered at an old underground cellar in the locality.

Three different cables reported technical issues at around the same time, leaving many internet users frustrated with lagging speed.

The new route is designed to reduce private vehicle traffic to Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

A ceremony was held in Vientiane on January 15 to hand over interior equipment, worth VND6.6 billion (US$300,000) in total, to the Lao National Academy of Politics and Public Administration.

The People’s Supreme Court has launched a video teleconference system at district-level people’s courts.

A ceremony was held in Vientiane on January 15 to hand over interior equipment, worth VND6.6 billion (US$300,000) in total, to the Laos National Academy of Politics and Public Administration.

Urbanisation and a sharp increase in population have presented a number of challenges for Hanoi, one of which is the collection and treatment of household waste in a way that causes minimal impact to the environment.

President of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan visited and presented gifts to poor households and welfare policy beneficiaries in the northern mountainous province of Son La on January 14-15, ahead of the Lunar New Year (Tet) festival. 

The Ministry of Education and Training is setting up a programme to retrain surplus teachers in secondary and high schools, to deal with current shortages in kindergartens.

Finland’s education and the best-selling book “Finnish Lesson 2.0” were main topics of a talk held on January 13 in Hanoi as part of activities to celebrate the 100th independence day of Finland.

At least 2,300 swimming pools must be built to accommodate swimming lessons for public high school students, according to the city’s Department of Culture and Sports.

The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs is drafting a decree on compulsory social insurance for occupational accidents and diseases, in which the insurance rate is proposed at 0.5% of a company’s total payroll fund, compared to the current 1%.

With the Vietnamese government recently revealing that local gamblers will be allowed to enter casinos on home soil in a three-year pilot scheme, a set of strict requirements they have to meet have been outlined in a draft decree.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese markets come in all sizes. In the city, markets are often bigger and more crowded than in a village or commune. Each of them also has a name and a story behind it. We now explore the meaning of some Vietnamese markets' names.

VOV.VN - Uruguay on January 13 opened a consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, with an eye toward expanding bilateral and multilateral cooperation with Vietnam and other countries throughout Southeast Asia.

VOV.VN - On January 13, State President Tran Dai Quang took part in a ceremony raising the National flag atop Fansipan mountain, the highest peak in Indochina, at 3,143 metres.

Police say the gang distracted their victims and then grabbed their cash.

A cable car developer has proposed building a cable-propelled transit system for passengers to reach Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, instead of struggling in the usually crowded main streets leading to Vietnam’s busiest airdrome.

Promoting women empowerment is a focus in making policies and action plans in the evaluation progress of Vietnam’s economic restructuring, said Nguyen Dinh Cung, head of the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) at a workshop in Hanoi on January 13.

An exhibition featuring maps and documents affirming Vietnam’s sovereignty over Hoang Sa (Paracel) and Truong Sa (Spratly) archipelagoes opened in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau on January 13.

VOV.VN - This week’s bitter cold temperatures are challenging for people whose jobs require them to spend most of their time outside. 

Ho Chi Minh City wants to boost cooperation with Japanese localities in a more practical and effective manner, especially in the fields of hi-tech agriculture, support industry,  high technology and human resources training.

President Tran Dai Quang on January 13 visited and presented Lunar New Year (Tet) gifts to state policy beneficiaries, poor households in Gia Phu commune, Bao Thang district, and Ban Khoang commune, Sa Pa district, in the northern mountainous province of Lao Cai.

A delegation of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee visited and presented gifts to people in the flood-hit south central province of Phu Yen on January 13.

VOV.VN - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City has been at its busiest as travellers, many of them expatriates working overseas, fly home for TET, while fewer jet out to spend the New Year abroad.