Deputy PM asks for positive changes in children-related affairs in 2024
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has asked for greater efforts and decisive, robust, and effective actions from relevant sectors to create tangible changes in caring for, educating and protecting children in 2024 and the future.
HCM City forum to highlight visions for Vietnam’s development
The Vietnam Forum: The Moment will be hosted by the Ho Chi Minh City Peace and Development Foundation (HPDF) on May 25-26 in HCM City, highlighting connectivity, culture and creativeness in Vietnam’s development, heard a press conference on January 24.
Two hemodialysis machines donated to Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital
The Poor Patient Sponsor Association of Quang Binh province on January 24 held a ceremony to transfer two hemodialysis machines to the Vietnam-Cuba friendship hospital in Dong Hoi city, the central province of Quang Binh.
Vietnam, RoK deploy cooperation agreement on social insurance
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) said on January 24 that it has signed a deal with the National Pension Service (NPS) of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on the implementation of an agreement on social insurance between the two governments.
Vietnam wins big at Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad
VOV.VN - All 20 Vietnamese students put in excellent displays to win medals at the Southeast Asian Mathematical Olympiad (SEAMO) which was held from January 19 to January 22 in Singapore.
Cultural exchanges help tighten youth international friendship
A cultural exchange took place on January 23 at Cu Chi Tunnels historical site in Ho Chi Minh City between young officers of the city’s armed forces and students of Laos and Cambodia who are studying in the southern metropolis.
PM calls for preventive solutions against severe cold wave
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 23 issued an official dispatch instructing local administrations of northern and north central localities and relevant ministries to take measure to urgently deal with the prolonged and severe cold wave that is affecting people and agricultural production.
COVID-19 JN.1 variant detected in HCM City
VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health said on January 24 that it has detected the appearance of the JN.1 sub-variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that is currently spreading rapidly around the globe.
Vietnam’s first homemade radar satellite to go into space
LOTUSat-1, Vietnam’s first ever indigenous weather satellite, is expected to be launched into orbit from December 2024 to February 2025, according to the Vietnam National Satellite Centre (VNSC) at the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST).
France, Vietnam boost co-operation in pharmaceutical system development
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the France-Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIFV) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strategic co-operation in optimizing the medical and pharmaceutical systems to care for people's health.