Hanoi on February 20 announced the 2023 Public Administration Reform (PAR) Index of its departments, department-level agencies, and People’s Committees of districts and Son Tay township, with the Department of Home Affairs and Dong Da district taking the lead.

The Department of Information Security under the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has warned of the continued prevalence of online scams after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.

VOV.VN - Relevant forces have controlled a forest fire in Hoang Lien National Park of Lao Cai province, northern Vietnam, preventing the fire spreading to nearby primitive forests.

Vietnam aims to send 125,000 labourers abroad to work under contracts in 2024, focusing on key traditional markets such as Japan, Taiwan (China) and the Republic of Korea (RoK), according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA).

VOV.VN - AAE Company is set to organise educational exhibitions this March in Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang, with the functions gathering together more than 50 colleges and universities from the United States and Canada.

VOV.VN - A forest fire broke out in in sub-region 286 of Hoang Lien National Park in the village of Seo My Ty in Ta Van commune of Sa Pa district at 13:40 p.m. on February 19.

More than 100 Vietnamese students from universities across the UK took part in the Leader Camp 2024, an annual event organised by the Vietnamese Student Association in the UK (SVUK), which was held last Sunday at the University of Westminster and aimed at helping the students to learn and explore their potential leadership capabilities.

VOV.VN - The Drug Crime Investigation Police Department working alongside police forces in Binh Duong province have broken up a transnational drug trafficking ring from Cambodia to Vietnam, seizing more than 64kg of drugs of various kinds.

Developing a large language model (LLM) AI in the Vietnamese language will require huge resources.

The Vietnamese Intellectual Society in the UK and Ireland (VIS) will contribute to the building of Vietnam's strategic policies while actively strengthening bilateral relations, and attracting the UK Government-funded projects in the fields of research and science-technology, said its Chairman Prof. Nguyen Xuan Huan.

The Pink Spring blood donation this year kicked off on February 18, the ninth day of the Lunar New Year, earlier than in previous years, said the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT).

VOV.VN - The capital city of Hanoi is scheduled to start construction on four more bridges spanning the Red River this year.

VOV.VN - Warm weather is forecast to hold out in northern localities of Vietnam in a couple of days before it turns cold later this week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting.

The Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) on February 16 held a memorial service in Hanoi for US peace activist Merle Evelyn Ratner, a close friend of Vietnam, who passed away earlier this month.

The Vietnamese pavilion at the 32nd Havana International Book Fair has displayed about 100 books and publications about President Ho Chi Minh, the revolutionary cause and renewal process Vietnam as well as its country and people.

VOV.VN - Vietnam currently tops the Southeast Asian region in the number of students studying abroad, according to the Southeast Asia Key Trends Report 2024 by Acumen, an international education consulting organisation.

VOV.VN - The Prime Minister has requested that the Ministry of Public Security develop devices and seek technical solutions for collecting, exploiting, and using biometric information about iris, DNA, and the voice of citizens to be integrated into the new ID card.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is likely to endure another year of baking heat in 2024 following the second hottest recorded year in history in 2023, according to the National Centre for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting (NCHMF).

VOV.VN - Leaders of numerous State management agencies and experts have outlined major orientations and specific actions Vietnam should take towards fulfilling its net zero emissions commitment by 2050 delivered at the 26th UN Conference on Climate Change (COP26).

VOV.VN - A heat wave is gripping localities in southern Vietnam, causing daytime temperatures to rise to 37-38°C and humidity to fall to below 40%.

VOV.VN - Vietnam will implement a national strategy on semiconductor industry development in 2024 to make it a key national industry in the coming decades, said Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung.

Vietnam aims to handle all administrative procedure applications online by 2030, according to the freshly approved National Data Strategy.

Vietnam is at elevated risks from infectious diseases, given its location in the hot and humid tropical monsoon region as well as the increasing rate of trade and travel.

VOV.VN - The Xuan Hong (Red Spring) Festival, the biggest annual blood donation campaign in Vietnam, is scheduled to begin on February 18, the National Institute of Hematology and Blood Transfusion (NIHBT) has said.

VOV.VN - A total of 541 traffic accidents were recorded nationwide during the recent lunar New Year holiday (Tet) from February 8 to 14, killing 214 people and injuring 504 others, according to the Traffic Police Department.

Ho Chi Minh City and Son La city in the northern mountainous province of the same name have joined the UNESCO Global Network of Learning Cities (GNLC) as announced by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on February 14.

VOV.VN - The southern province of Kien Giang has asked local travel agencies to assist approximately 300 Taiwanese visitors left stranded on Phu Quoc island due to controversy over tour costs to fly home on schedule.

VOV.VN - Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh, the largest of its kind in Vietnam, is expected to operate 834 flights with 136,000 passengers on board, February 13, the fourth day of Lunar New Year, known locally as Tet.

An event called “Spring of Love” was organised by the General Union of Vietnamese in Brussels (UGVB) on February 11 (the second day of the first lunar month) on the occasion of the arrival of the Year of the Dragon, offering an opportunity for overseas Vietnamese in the country to get together and honour their common roots.

With Tet (the Lunar New Year holiday) arriving, Canadian, Cuban, Indian, Norwegian, French and New Zealand ambassadors to Vietnam told about their excitement and their plans for the year ahead.