Vietnam has eliminated malaria in 46 provinces and centrally-run cities as of the end of last year, and is determined to eradicate the disease by 2030, according to official data.

Millions of children in Vietnam have been protected by immunisation over the past 40 years, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) and UNICEF offices in Vietnam on April 25 when they mark the World Immunisation Week from April 24-30.

A delegation from the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) led by its permanent Vice President Do Thi Thu Thao held a working session with the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations headquarters in New York during a recent working trip to the US.

VOV.VN - Four people went missing after a bamboo boat capsized on Chanh river in Quang Yen Town in the northern province of Quang Ninh on the early morning April 25 as a result of fierce thunderstorms.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City desires to boost co-operation with CityNet in a bid to enhance connections and to promote the image of the southern metropolis to network members, Vo Van Hoan, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee, told Kim Jeong-kee, chief executive officer of the Secretariat of CityNet.

VOV.VN - The Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN held a recent working session with a delegation of the provincial Party Committees of Gia Lai, Ha Nam, Ha Tinh, Hoa Binh, Thua Thien - Hue, and Yen Bai within the framework of this year’s Vietnamese local promotion programme in the US.

A ceremony was held in the town of Ba Chuc, Tri Ton district, the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 24 to commemorate people massacred by the Pol Pot genocidal regime in 1978 during the southwestern border defence war.

VOV.VN - India and Vietnam have run numerous cooperation programmes, of which developing high-quality human resources is one of the common goals that both nations are targeting.

VOV.VN - The semiconductor industry has an important role to play in the digital transformation process, and serves as the foundation of three revolutionary transformations: digital transformation, green transformation, and smart transformation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a conference on human resource development to serve the semiconductor industry held in Hanoi on April 24.

VOV.VN - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) on plastic waste was held in Ottawa in Canada on April 23, with the event featuring the participation of negotiators from 176 countries, including Vietnam.