VOV.VN - The first-ever book festival on gender equality is being held from March 4 to March 11 at the Vietnam Women’s Museum in Hanoi.

A data management strategy for Ho Chi Minh City by 2025 with a vision towards 2030 was launched on March 3, part of cooperation between the southern metropolis and the World Bank (WB) in 2022-2023.

State management and law enforcement agencies, and non-governmental organisations have taken actions to limit the decline and extinction of wildlife species in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Ship SAR 273 of the Vietnam Maritime Search and Rescue Coordination Center (Vietnam MRCC) docked in Nha Trang city of the central coastal province of Khanh Hoa on March 3 as they took an Ukrainian sailor ashore for treatment after falling into a coma.

VOV.VN - Gender perspectives should be ensured as part of national digital policies, with adequate resources being allocated for full implementation, said Pauline Tamesis, resident coordinator of the UN in Vietnam, at a dialogue held in Hanoi on March 3.

Overseas Vietnamese in the Czech Republic actively contributed their ideas to the draft Land Law (revised) at a conference held on March 2 in both online and in-person formats.

VOV.VN - Muong Te district in the northern mountainous province of Lai Chau and Yen Lac district in the northern province of Vinh Phuc, both of which border Hanoi, were struck by earthquakes on the early morning of March 3.

VOV.VN - Vice chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City administration Bui Xuan Cuong on March 2 received Nicholas Kolesch, vice president of the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) and Peter Loach, country director of the SNV Netherlands Development Organization in Vietnam, to examine cooperation in plastic waste treatment.

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha’s participation in the coming Asia Zero Emission Community (AZEC) Ministerial Meeting in Tokyo will affirm Vietnam’s resolve to realise its committements on greenhouse gas emission reduction and climate change response.

Experts have recommending installing an earthquake monitoring system in Hanoi as the capital city’s old apartment buildings are at risk if disaster strikes.

VOV.VN - Hanoi's Center for Disease Control announced on March 2 that the capital has recorded its first human case of Streptococcus suis, a kind of bacteria that comes from pigs, this year.

VOV.VN - An earthquake measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale struck Tuan Giao district in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien on March 1 evening.

Almost 550,000 workers have had their working hours reduced over the past five months due to orders being cut or reduced, according to a report from the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour.

The War Remnants Museum in Ho Chi Minh City on March 1 organized a ceremony to launch the publication “Tranh dau cho hoa binh” - the Vietnamese version of the book “Waging peace in Vietnam” which details efforts by US soldiers to oppose and resist the US war in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Ordinary passports featuring electronic chips have started to be issued for Vietnamese citizens, with the process starting from March 1.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Ambassador to Thailand Phan Chi Thanh and Governor of the Thai northeastern province of Khon Kaen Kraisorn Kongchalad have sought measures aimed at boosting links between the province and Vietnamese localities across a variety of fields.

Doctors from Binh Dan Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City have assisted their colleagues at Chinese General Hospital and Medical Center (CGHMC) of the Philippines with using robots to perform Gastrointestinal (GI) cancer surgeries.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health sent a telegram on March 1 to various chairman of People's Committees at municipal and provincial levels regarding drastic measures aimed at preventing the H5N1 avian influenza from potentially spreading from poultry to humans.

The Vietnam National Commission for UNESCO held a conference in Hanoi on February 28 to review its 2022 activities and set tasks for 2023.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has been placed fifth in the world in terms of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis with over 55,000 cases reported annually.

The central coastal province of Nghe An has requested departments, sectors and localities to intensify supervision over the implementation of the measures against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

VOV.VN - Duy Tan University and Thanh Do University have been listed among the 20 Private University Ranking: ASEAN+ 2023, as compiled by AppliedHE.

VOV.VN - The Military High Command in the central province of Nghe An said on February 27 that they have defused a bomb weighing up to 120kg that had been left over from the war.

Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Orlando Nicolás Hernández Guillén held a working session with authorities of the central province of Quang Tri on February 27 to discuss activities marking the 50th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s visit to the liberated area in the south of Vietnam (September 1973).

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Hoang Xuan Chien said he hopes that the US will continue offering long-term funding to Vietnam to help the country deal with the consequences of bombs, mines and unexploded ordinance left over from the war and create gainful livelihoods for those living in affected areas.

Doctor Nguyen Viet Giap, director of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Eye Hospital, has been honoured with the 2023 Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Outstanding Service in Prevention of Blindness Award.

VOV.VN - The ultraviolet (UV) radiation indexes in Hanoi on February 27 reached high levels, according to data compiled by weather forecast sites.

The Vietnam Young Physicians’ Association (VYPA) has announced digital transformation activities and launched a programme named “Health digital start-up Clinic4.0”.

On the occasion of the 68th Vietnamese Doctors’ Day (February 27, 1955-2023), officials and staff members of Vietnam’s Level 2 Field Hospital Rotation 4 of the UN Mission have conducted a civil-military co-operation (CIMIC) activity in Bentiu, South Sudan.

Over the past years, Vietnam's health sector has made big strides with and many difficult techniques successfully applied, helping the country gain a foothold on the world medical map.