The Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) on March 24 jointly held a consultation conference on Vietnam’s voluntary national review (VNR) on the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG),

VOV.VN - The police in Ho Chi Minh City have busted a human trafficking ring involving Malaysian nationals that allegedly deceived 30 Indonesians for property appropriation in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Due to COVID-19 challenges, Vietnam will seek to end tuberculosis (TB) by 2035 instead of 2030 as planned, said Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan at a ceremony held in Hanoi on March 24 to mark World Tuberculosis Day.

“Chao tieng Viet” – a set of books on Vietnamese language teaching, is televised for the first time, marking the success of efforts to spread the love for this language to all over the world.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese peacekeepers operating the Level-2 field Hospital No. 4 in South Sudan have been honoured with UN Peacekeeping medals in recognition of their outstanding contributions during the year-long mission in the East African country.

Business Finland, a Finnish government body for trade, tourism and foreign investment promotion, has launched a Talent Boost programme in Vietnam to attract local, high-quality human resources.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and Israel have agreed to sign a labour cooperation agreement in 2023, with a view to bringing Vietnamese labourers back to work in Israel in the field of agriculture.

The Vietnam National University (VNU), Hanoi continues to maintain its position in key subjects with six ranked in the QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) World University Rankings by Subject 2023 freshly released by the world's leading provider of services, analytics, and insight to the global higher education sector, according to the university.

Vietnamese intellectuals are an important workforce in the country’s industrialisation and modernisation, and international integration as well as building a knowledge-based economy, Phan Xuan Dung, President of the Vietnam Union of Science and Technology Associations (VUSTA) said on March 23.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Bui The Duy held a working session in Hanoi on March 23 with a business delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) led by the council's President and CEO Ted Osius who are on a working visit to Vietnam from March 21-23.

Artificial intelligence (AI) has an important role to play in the development of modern and sustainable agriculture as it will help with farm automation and optimisation, from weather forecasting, plant and livestock health monitoring to product quality improvement, heard a workshop in Hanoi on March 23.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese authorities are in the process of verifying and investigating the case of Minh Quoc Nguyen, a Vietnamese national wanted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in a US$3 billion money laundering scheme.

VOV.VN - Two people were killed on March 23 after their car fell into a 70-metre abyss in Loc Nga commune of Bao Loc city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong.

VOV.VN - The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee held a ceremony on March 23 in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary since the nation established diplomatic ties with Italy.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE), in collaboration with the People’s Committee of Hoa Binh province, held a national-level ceremony on March 23 in response to the World Water Day (March 22), the World Meteorological Day (March 23), and the Earth Hour 2023.

VOV.VN - The majority of the country’s northern provinces, including Hanoi, have recently been hit by the first hot spell of the year as temperatures climbed to highs of 38 degrees Celsius.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has underscored the need to establish a social ethical standard for behaviour regarding water resources, especially transboundary water, in line with the principles of fairness, equality, rationality, and respect for the rights and interests of other countries in river basins.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City has recorded a cluster of 20 H1N1 influenza A infections at a local primary school in District 10, the Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (HCDC).

VOV.VN - Authorities on March 22 released four Vietnam Airlines attendants who had been detained for allegedly smuggling more than 11 kilograms of drugs from France to Vietnam.

Impact-based forecasting and warning information plays a very important role, contributing to disaster damage reduction and socio-economic development, experts said at an international workshop in the northern province of Hoa Binh on March 22.

The Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Committee of Ho Chi Minh City hosted a get-together on March 22 with representatives of the Muslim community in the city on the occasion of Ramadan month - the month of fasting for Muslims.

Policy advocacy will be promoted, along with efforts to call for financial and human resources for the prevention and control of malaria, parasitic and insect-transmitted diseases to successfully eliminate malaria in Vietnam by 2030, heard a conference held by the Ministry of Health and PATH, a global non-profit organisation on public health, in Hanoi on March 22.

VOV.VN - Honda Vietnam has presented a total of 36,882 helmets to first and second graders in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho in the 2022-2023 academic year.

Professional social work is an inevitable requirement for the country’s development as a stable, sustainable and equal society, according to experts at the 14th Eurasia Forum of Social Workers held in Hanoi on March 21.

VOV.VN - Universities and businesses of Laos and Vietnam are expected to take part in a joint tech innovation expo due to be held in Vientiane, Laos, on April 4 – 5.

VOV.VN - Three Vietnamese teams have qualified for the final round of the Bosch Future Mobility Challenge 2023, due to take place in Romania this May.

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) and young people must be the pioneers in implementing the policy of promoting national digital transformation, and developing the digital economy based on science, technology and innovation, National Assembly (NA) Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue requested on March 21.

A conference was held at Tra Vinh University in the Mekong Delta province entitled the Vietnam-Canada International Education and Partnership Conference to discuss collaboration between college and university educational institutions in the two countries.

VOV.VN - A heat wave, the first of its kind this year, is spreading northern and central regions of Vietnam, causing temperatures to rise sharply to 36 - 39℃.

Thailand will further promote sci-tech and education cooperation with Vietnam, including a plan to teach Vietnamese at some local universities, affirmed Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation (MHESI) Anek Laothamatas in a working session with Vietnamese Ambassador Phan Chi Thanh in Bangkok on March 20.