Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh called for concerted efforts to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing while chairing a teleconference with 28 coastal provinces and cities on December 1.
Officials, civil servants, public employees and workers of State administrative and socio-political organisations will enjoy a seven-day Lunar New Year (Tet) and four-day National Day holidays next year.
VOV.VN - Vietnam Wind Power 2022 (“VWP22”), an annual event since 2018, is taking place at Lotte Hotel in Hanoi.
Two ships of the Indian Navy, the multi-role stealth frigate INS Shivalik and the INS Kamorta corvette, on November 30 docked at Nha Rong port for a three-day friendly visit to Ho Chi Minh City.
The Ministry of Information and Communications held a conference in Hanoi on November 30 to roll out Internet advertising management measures.
VOV.VN - The coldest spell since the beginning of winter this year has forced residents of the capital to wrap up in an extra layer of clothing in an effort to stay warm amid the arrival of chilly weather conditions.
The Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) has issued a document asking ministries, ministerial-level agencies, Governmental agencies, People's Committees of provinces and central-level cities, and central committees of mass organisations to implement a number of tasks to materialise a project on communication on human rights in Vietnam.
A team of 23 scientists from different hospitals and institutes has conducted a massive scientific research project to help control tuberculosis (TB).
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare of Laos should work more closely together to build labour and social cooperation strategies to suit the current situation of each country as well as the region and the world, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam has said.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 30 asked the Vietnam Red Cross Society (VRC) to devise specific programmes and plans to pool support from ministries, agencies and localities, and social resources for the poor as the Tet (Lunar New Year) is approaching.
VOV.VN - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) will launch a series of scientific and artistic activities as part of the “Ready for Next 2022” programme, which is expected to take place from December 4 to 11.
VOV.VN - The Vietnam Association for Promoting Education (VAPE) and the Lao Embassy in Vietnam on November 30 presented scholarships to 200 outstanding Lao students learning in Vietnam.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Quang Hieu suggested increasing comprehensive, long-term measures to support overseas Vietnamese, especially those in extremely disadvantaged areas, while addressing a thematic conference in Hanoi on November 29.
Construction of a wastewater treatment plant partly funded by Italy's official development assistance (ODA) in the southern province of Tay Ninh commenced on November 29.
VOV.VN - The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is committed to working alongside the Vietnamese Government to assist ethnic children and those living in far-flung areas.
The Institute of Cultural Exchange with France (IDECAF) held a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh City on November 29 to mark its 40th founding anniversary.
VOV.VN - Three works by the Voice of Vietnam (VOV) were honoured at the 59th Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) General Assembly in New Delhi, India, on November 29.
VOV.VN - A conference was held on November 29 in Hanoi to look into the humanities in relations between Vietnam and the Republic of Korea (RoK).
VOV.VN - A Hanoi delegation led by Nguyen Thi Tuyen, standing deputy secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, recently went on a working visit to Germany, with a view to promoting friendship and co-operation between Hanoi and Berlin.
Many of Hanoi’s historical factories are being moved outside the city and experts are united in their calls for these locations to be set up as creative spaces, particularly as Hanoi is working towards joining UNESCO's creative cities network.
VOV.VN - The US$35 million Fujikin Danang Research, Development and Manufacture Centre, funded by Fujikin Incorporated of Japan, has officially opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang.
There were 1,111 traffic accidents nationwide from October 15 to November 14, killing 579 people and injuring 833 others, said chief of the Office of the National Traffic Safety Committee Tran Huu Minh.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception for Nguyen Binh, a young literature talent who has been honoured with the 2021 National Award for Young Writers for his English translation of Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu).
An exhibition featuring Thanh Hoa cultural heritage is underway in the northern province of Thanh Hoa, as part of activities held to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO)’s Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage.
Vietnamese labourers in Gwangju city of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s South Jeolla province and its adjacent areas were given legal advice at a gathering on November 27.
VOV.VN - More than 98% residents of Ho Chi Minh City – the most populous locality in Vietnam - now possess COVID-19 antibodies, according to a survey announced by the municipal Health Department on November 28.
The Central Highlands province of Dak Lak will spend more than VND55.4 billion (US$2.2 million) to convert the model of elephant-riding to elephant-friendly tourism.
VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring three on the Richter scale jolted Ha Giang city in the northern border mountainous province of the same name on November 28.
VOV.VN - As part of efforts to search and collect the remains of national martyrs, team K72 of the Binh Phuoc provincial Military Command have found 11 sets of remains of fallen soldiers who sacrificed their lives in Cambodia.
VOV.VN - A srong cold air wave is moving toward Vietnam from the north and is expected to strike the northern and north-central regions in the middle of this week, according to the National Centre for Hydro-meteorological Forecasting.