VOV.VN - Vietnam welcomes Russia’s consideration of simplifying visa procedures for Vietnamese citizens, deputy spokesperson of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s routine press briefing on March 9.

VOV.VN - Leaders of the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on March 9 had a working session with a delegation from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) led by its Administrator Samantha Power, during which the two sides discussed collaboration in climate change response and how to support people affected by the natural phenomenon.

VOV.VN - The Government Committee for Religious Affairs released a white book on religions and religious policies in the nation at a conference held on March 9 in Hanoi by the Ministry of Information and Telecommunications.

VOV.VN - Two consecutive tremors were reported in Kon Plong district in the Central Highlands of Kon Tum province during the early morning of March 9, according to the Earthquake and Tsunami Warning Centre under the Institute of Geophysics of Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Artificial intelligence (AI) is poised to revolutionise economies, with Vietnam being well-positioned to reap the benefits and emerge as a leader, both in development and application, according to an article run at intelligent global legal research platform Lexology.com.

VOV.VN - Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), began the second day of her Vietnam on March 8 trip by heading to Ho Chi Minh City.

Officials of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of central Quang Ngai province had a meeting on March 8 with photographer Ronald L. Haeberle, who took pictures of the Son My massacre on March 16, 1968.

A delegation of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria visited the memorial on the street named Journalistes du Vietnam 8/3/1974 in Algiers capital city on March 8 to commemorate the Algerian journalists who died in a plane crash on the outskirts of Hanoi in 1974.

VOV.VN - A British couple on March 8 returned to Hanoi-based National Hospital for Tropical Diseases to thank doctors for saving them from the coronavirus three years ago.

VOV.VN - Vinh Quang detention camp in Tam Dao district, Vinh Phuc province, has hosted a special gathering for foreign female prisoners in celebration of International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8.

More women than ever are holding political decision-making posts worldwide, but gender parity is still far off, said the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) in a report released on March 7.

A ceremony took place at the Japanese Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City on March 7 to sign a contract on the funding of three projects in Vietnam at a total value of US$252,528.

On the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2023, the UN Resident Coordinator, the Chief of Mission of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and the Ambassadors of Australia, Japan, Republic of Korea, Sweden, UK and the US to Vietnam have joined voices to celebrate the strength of women and girls on the move.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Philatelic Association under the Vietnam Post Corporation will play host to a conference of the executive committee of the Federation of Inter-Asian Philately (FIAP) in Hanoi from March 10 to 12.

President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) Nguyen Dinh Khang, who is also Vice President of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU), paid a working trip to Greece from March 6-7 at the invitation of the international body.

VOV.VN - Each elderly person at the Number 3 Social Protection Center in Hanoi has a unique life story. Without their relatives, they celebrate International Women’s Day on March 8 in a special way.

A roundtable was held in St. Petersburg on March 6, discussing the history of friendship between Russia and Vietnam through meetings of Soviet Union leader Iosif .V. Stalin and President Ho Chi Minh.

VOV.VN - Vice Minister of the Ministry of National Defense (MND) Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien came together with Samantha Power, administrator of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), and US Ambassador to Vietnam Marc Knapper to announce a new contract of up to US$73 million to treat and clean soil at Bien Hoa Air Base.

Experts have welcomed new plans to address challenges in the procurement and bidding for drugs and medical equipment.

The Forest Protection Sub-department in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum has said that since 2018, its units have received 326 wild animals, of which nearly 300 individuals have been released to nature and handed over to national parks, and the rests are being cared for by these units.

VOV.VN - When accessing the App Store on March 6 local iPhone users were able to see a list of applications with the title of "Made by Vietnamese women”.

VOV.VN - Andrew Patrick, the UK’s Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy, made his first visit to the nation from March 6 to March 7, with the visit coming on the 50th anniversary of UK-Vietnam diplomacy, as well as the fifth anniversary of implementation of a bilateral Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on co-operation in tackling human trafficking.

The Hanoi Department of Transport is planning to deploy a unified electronic ticketing system for public bus and metro services in 2024.

VOV.VN - Winners of the Vietnam Outstanding Young Faces Award 2022 were announced on March 6 by the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Central Committee.

The Institute of Archaeology and the Centre for Conservation of World Heritage Citadel of the Ho Dynasty held a conference on March 4 to report preliminary findings of excavation of four gates of the citadel.

VOV.VN - Women who continue to work hard earning a living can easily be spotted on streets across the capital on International Women’s Day, which falls on March 8 annually.

US veteran Peter Mathews and his spouse arrived in Ky Xuan commune, Ky Anh district, the central province of Ha Tinh, on March 5 to hand over martyr Cao Xuan Tuat’s diary that he has kept for the past 56 years to his family.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has issued a directive asking ministries, agencies and localities to raise their capacity to ensure aviation security and safety in the new situation.

The conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands (Ramsar sites) has contributed to sustainable socio-economic development, carbon storage, climate change adaptation, environmental protection, and nature and biodiversity preservation.

Vietnam ranked fourth out of 20 countries with the largest volume of plastic waste discharged into the sea.